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Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
The appropriation of property, usually land, by the owner to public uses; as of a right of way, when a private landowner lays out a road, and it is accepted by the pubhc or public authorities.