A great dam made across a river, accommodated for the taking of fish, or to convey a stream to a mill. … [Read more...]

estates. A passage, street or road. A right of way is a privilege which an individual or a particular description of persons, such as the inhabitants of a particular place, or the owners or occupiers of such place may have, of going over another person's ground. 2. It is an incorporeal hereditament of a real nature, a mere easement, entirely different from public or private … [Read more...]

"Natural wear and tear" means deterioration or depreciation in value by ordinary and reasonable use of the subject matter. That which is the ordinary and usual decline in the condition of a product or property, for example, the floor of a residence from ordinary foot traffic. … [Read more...]

contracts. A writing in which is set down the names of passengers, who are carried in a public conveyance, or the description of goods sent with a common carrier by land; when the goods are carried by water, the instrument is called a bill of lading. … [Read more...]

A great dam or fence made across a river, or against water, formed of stakes interlaced by twigs of osier, and accommodated for the taking of fish, or to convey a stream to a mill. Cowell; Jacob. … [Read more...]