range

Defined in 7 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)

United States Code

16 U.S.C. § 1332 — as used in this chapter

“range” means the amount of land necessary to sustain an existing herd or herds of wild free-roaming horses and burros, which does not exceed their known territorial limits, and which is devoted principally but not necessarily exclusively to their welfare in keeping with the multiple-use management concept for the public lands;

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In the United States government surveys of lands, the "townships" (q. v.) are ranged in tiers east or west of a given meridian, such ranges therefore being a row of towns in a north and south direction. The "towns" are tiers lying at right angles to the ranges.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

In U. S. land surveys, one of a series or tier of townships in a row parallel to and east or west of a given prime meridian. See Township.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A word used in the land-laws of the United States to designate the order of the location of public lands. In patents from the United States to individuals for public lands, they are described as being within a certain range.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In the government survey of the United States, this term is used to denote one of the divisions of a state, and designates a row or tier of townships as they appear on the map.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

In public-land laws and surveys, is used as a guide in finding a given township; the townships of a certain row or tier, as they appear on the map, are said to lie in range No. so and so.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

This word is uged in the land laws of the United States to designate the order of the location of such lands, and in patents from the United States to individuals they are described as being within a certain range.