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Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)
Definitions from Case Law
From 170 U.S. 593 - Provident Life Trust Co of Philadelphia v. Mercer County Ky · 1898Most cited · 79 citing opinions
clear through the county,—from one end of the county to the other; and that, while the railway enters the north line of the county, and runs within the county limits a distance of nearly 20 miles, it does not touch the south county line, nor come within a nearer distance of it than 2 miles.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
It has been held to be equivalent to “over” in a statute providing for laying out the road through certain grounds; Hyde Park v. Cemetery Ass’n, 110 111. 147, 7 N. E. 627; and it may mean within; Provident L. & T. Co. v. Mercer County, 170 U. S. 693, 18 Sup. Ct 788, 42 L. Ed. 1156.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
In an act providing that no road shall be laid out "through" the grounds of a cemetery cornpany, held to mean " over."* A general warranty, in a deed of conveyance, to defend the possession of the premises against claims made " through or by "the grantor estops his heirs and subsequent grantees from claiming an interest in the premises.'