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metes and bounds

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metes and bounds
The boundaries, property lines, or limits of a parcel of land, defined by distances and bearings, 4.
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There was no sounding such a spirit, no measuring, no determining of metes and bounds, nor neatly classifying in some pigeon-hole with others of similar type.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
The master's domain was wide and complex, yet it had its metes and bounds.
White Fang by London, Jack View in context
It would be bold, therefore, and possibly unjust, to venture a decisive opinion as to its merits; although it appears to have been at least a matter of doubt, whether Colonel Pyncheon's claim were not unduly stretched, in order to make it cover the small metes and bounds of Matthew Maule.
House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
 
 
 
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