Lat. Properly a whirlpool, but in old English law and conveyancing, a deep pit filled with water, distinguished from “stagnum,” which was a shallow pool or pond. Co. Litt 5; Johnson v. Rayner, 6 Gray (Mass.) 107.
Lat. Properly a whirlpool, but in old English law and conveyancing, a deep pit filled with water, distinguished from “stagnum,” which was a shallow pool or pond. Co. Litt 5; Johnson v. Rayner, 6 Gray (Mass.) 107.