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A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

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A thread

Filum aqnse: strictly a thread or line of water, a water line or mark, the outer line or edge of a stream; the water's edge; in modern usage, the same as medium filum aquce or middle or central thread. Filum Ti»: the thread or middle line of a way. In old law. A thread or wire used for passing through and connecting papers together; a file; a thread or line passing through a stream or road; a line or mark, as the edge or border of a thing. Filum forestse: the edge of the forest.