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Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Wholly surrounded by land of some other person or persons, as when the owner of a close surrounded by his own land grants the land and reserves the close. L R. 13 Ch. Div. 798, In that case it was held that the implied right to a way of necessity operated by way of a regrant from the grantor of the land, and was limited by the necessity which created it; it was not a way of necessity for all purposes, but only such as the close was used for in the condition it happened to be at the time of the grant, Semble, the same rule applies if the grant is of the landlocked close with an implied grant of a way of necessity over the surrounding land; id.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An expression sometimes applied to a piece of land belonging to one person and surrounded by land belonging to other persons, so that it cannot be approached except over their laud. In R. 13 Ch. Div. 798; Sweet.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

An expression sometimes applied to a piece of land belonging to one person and surrounded by land belonging to other persons, so that {t cannot be approuched except over their land. L. R. 16 Ch. Div. 798; Sweet.