Fossa
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In the civil law. A ditch ; a receptacle of water, made by hand. Dig. 43, 14, 1, 5.
In old EngUsh law. A ditch. A pit full of water, in which women committing felony were drowned. A grave or sepulcher. Spelman.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
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In old English law. A ditch; a pit full of water, in which women committing felony were drowned; a grave.
In the civil law. A ditch, a receptacle of water, made by hand.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In old records. Grass; herbage. 2 Mon. Angl. 9065; Cowell. FOQ:TICIDE. In medical jurisprudence, Destruction of the fetus; the act by which criminal abortion is produced. 1Beck, Med. Jur. 288; Guy, Med. Jur. 183.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850