Faubourg
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A district or part of a town adjoining the principal city; as a faubourg of New Orleans. 18 La. 286. FAUCES TERRAE (Lat. jaws of the land). Projecting headlands or promontories, including arms of the sea. Such arms of the sea are said to be inclosed within the fauces terrae, in contradistinction to the open sea. 1 Kent, Comm. 367. Where these fauces approach so near that a man standing on one shore can discern what another man is doing on the other shore, the water inclosed is infra corpus comitatum, within the body of the county. Andr. 231; 4 Inst. 140; 2 East, P. C. 804; 5 Wheat. (U. S.) 106; 5 Mason (U. S.) 290; 1 Story (U. S.) 259.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A district or part of a town adjoining the principal city; as a faubourg of New Orleans. City Council of Lafayette V. Holland, 18 La. 286. FAUCES TERRit (Lat jaws of the land). Projecting headlands or promontories, including arms of the sea. Such arms of the sea are said to be inclosed within the fauces terree, in contradistinction to the open sea. 1 Kent 367, See Arm of the Sea; King’s Chamber; Territorial Waters; 16 Yale L. J. 471.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In French law, and in Louisiana. <A cistriet or part of a town adjoining the princ’pal city; a suburb, See 18 La. 286.