Meadow
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
A tract of land above the shore of a sea or stream, which is over-flowed by spring and extraordinary tides only, and which yields grass good for hay.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A tract of low or level lana producing grass which is mown for hay. Webster. A tract which lies above the shore, and is overflowed by spring and extraordinary tides only, and yields grasses which are good for hay. 34 Conn. 429. 4 MEAN
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
A tract which lies above the shore of a sea or stream,- and is overflowed by spring and extraordinary tides only, and yields grasses which are good for hay.3 A " sedge-flat " is not a meadow.^ The statutes which have long existed in many States, authorizing the majority of the owners of adjacent meadow or swamp lands to have commissioners appointed to drain and improve the whole tract, and to assess the expense upon all the proprietors in proportion to the benefits received, have often been upheld as reasonable regulations.'' See Aqua, Currit, etc.