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Running Lands

Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In Scotch law. Lands where the ridges of a field belong alternately to different proprietors. Bell, Diet. RUNNING OF THE STATUTE OF LIMitations. A metaphorical expression, by which is meant that the time mentioned in the statute of limitations is considered as passing. 1 Bouv. Inst, note 861.