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| Expression | 1. (Conveyancing), abuttals and boundaries. In lands of the ordinary rectangular shape, butts are the lines at the ends (F. bouts), and bounds are those on the sides, or sidings, as they were formerly termed. --Burrill.[Websters]. | |
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Common Expressions: BUTTS AND BOUNDS
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| Butts and bounds | (Conveyancing), abuttals and boundaries. In lands of the ordinary rectangular shape, butts are the lines at the ends (F. bouts), and bounds are those on the sides, or sidings, as they were formerly termed. --Burrill. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: BUTTS AND BOUNDS
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| Butts and bounds | Law | BUTTS AND BOUNDS. This phrase is used to express the ends and boundaries of an estate. The word butt, being evidently derived from the, French bout, the end; and bounds, from boundary. (references) | |
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