(A) measures. A line is a lineal measure containing the one twelfth part of a on inch. (B) estates. The division between two estates. Limit; border; boundary. 2. When a line is mentioned in a deed as ending at a particular monument, it is to be extended in the direction called for, without regard to distance, until it reach the boundary. 1 Taylor, 110, 303 2 Hawks, 219; 3 Hawks, 21; 2 Taylor, 1. And a marked line is to be adhered to although it depart from the course. 3. Where a number of persons settle simultaneously or at short intervals in the same neighborhood, and their tracts, if extended in certain directions, would overlap each other, the settlers sometimes by agreement determine upon dividing lines, which are called consentable lines. These lines, when fairly agreed upon, have been sanctioned by the courts; and such agreements are conclusive upon all persons claiming under the parties to them with notice, but not upon bona fide purchasers for a valuable consideration without notice, actual or constructive. (C)
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
In descents. The order or series of persons who have descended one from the other or all from a common ancestor, considered as placed in a line of succession in the order of their birth, the line showing the connection of all the blood relatives. Measures. A line is a lineal measure, containing the one twelfth part of an inch. In estates. The boundary or line of division between two estates. Building line. A line established by municipal authority, to secure uniformity of appearance in the streets of the city, drawn at a> certain uniform distance from the curb or from the edge of the sidewalk, and parallel thereto, upon which the fronts of? all buildings on that street must be placed, or beyond which they are not allowed to project. See Tear v. Freebody, 4 C. B. (N. S.) 263. Collateral line. A line of descent connecting persons who are not directly related to each other as ascendants or descendants, but whose relationship consists in common descent from the same ancestor. Direct line. A line of descent traced through those persons only who are related to each other directly as ascendants or descendants. Line of credit. A margin or fixed limit of credit, granted by a bank or merchant to a customer, to the full extent of which the latter may avail himself in his dealings with the former, but which he must not exceed; usually intended to cover a series of transactions, in which case, when the customer’s line of credit is nearly or quite exhausted, he is expected to reduce his indebtedness by payments before drawing upon it further. See Isador Bush Wine Co v. Wolff, 48 La. Ann. 918, 19 South. 765; Schneider Davis Co. v. Hart, 23 Tex. Civ. App. 529, 57 S. W. 903Line of duty. In military law and usage, an act is said to be done, or an injury sustained, “in the line of duty,” when done or suffered in the performance or discharge of a duty incumbent upon the individual in his character as a member of the military or naval forces. See Rhodes v. U. S., 79 Fed. 743, 25 C. C. A. 186. Lines and corners. In surveying and conveyancing. Boundary lines and their terminating points, where an angle is formed by the next boundary line.• Maternal line. A line of descent or relationship between two persons which is traced through the mother of the younger. Paternal line. A similar line of descent traced through the father.