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In mining law. An underground passage driven horizontally along the course of a mineralized vein or approximately so. Distinguished from "shaft'' which is an opening made at the surface and extending downward into the earth vertically, or nearly so, upon the vein or intended to reach it; and from "tunnel," which is a lateral or horizontal passage underground intended to reach … [Read more...]
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What belongs of right; relating to right; as real actions are either droitural or possessory, droitural when the plaintiff seeks to recover the property. Finch, Law, 257. … [Read more...]
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This term signifies, not goods which are the subject of salvage, but atters floating at random, without any known or discoverable ownership, which, if cast ashore, will probably never be reclaimed, but will, as a matter of course, accrue to the riparian proprietor. Watson v. Knowles, 13 R. I. 041. … [Read more...]
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These were at first high ships of great burden, but afterwards those which we now call "men-of-war." Jacob. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A road or way over which cattle are driven. … [Read more...]