Plantations

In English Law. Colonies; dependencies. 1 Bl. Comm. 107. If this use of the term was ever current in America, it is now obsolete. See 7 Conn. 201. In England, this word, as it is used in only to the colonies in the West Indies and America. 1 Marsh. Ins. bk. 1, c. 8, § 2, p. 64. The title of the state of Rhode Island, at the time of the Articles of Confederation, was "Rhode Island and Providence Plantations." In American Law. A large estate, cultivated chiefly by negroes, who live in a distinct community on the estate, under the control of the proprietor. 79 Ga. 721. Apparently the term is applied in Maine to a minor civil subdivision. Webster.

Colonies; dependencies. 1 Bla. Com. 107. In England, this word, as it is used in stat. 12 Car. II. c. 18, Is never applied to any of the British dominions in Europe, but only to the colonies in the West Indies and America; 1 Marsh. Ins. 69. In its ordinary use it is nearly synonymous with farm, and includes all the land forming the parcel or parcels under culture as one farm, or even what is worked by one set of hands. Attorney General v. State Board, 38 Cal. 291. It has been held that in order to constitute a plantation, the estate should be under the control of one proprietor. Robson v. Du Bose, 79 Ga. 721, 4 S. E. 329. The devise of a plantation passes the stock, implements, utensils, etc., on it; 1 Sim. 435; but plantation stock does not include cotton seed; Purnell v. Dudley, 57 N. C. 203.