Fossatum
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A canal; a moat; a place inclosed by a ditch; a trench.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. I.
In old English law. A dyke; a bank of earth thrown up out of a ditch; a ditch or trench: a moat or fosse around an encampment or fortified place; a canal; a place fenced with a ditch.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A dyke, ditch, or trench; a place inclosed by a ditch; a moat; a canal.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from fossa, q. v.] In old English law. A dyke; a bank of earth thrown up out of a ditch. Glanv. lib. 13, c. 34. Bract. fol. 116. Stat. Westm. 2, c. 46. A ditch or trench. The same with fossa. Spelman. Reg. Orig. 92 b, 198 b, 199. A moat or fosse around an encampment or fortified place. Spelman. A canal or cut from a river. Cowell. Cart. 20 Hen. III. cited ibid. A place fenced with a ditch. Cowell.