A body of stagnant water without an outlet, larger than a puddle and smaller than a lake; or a like body of water with a small outlet. Great ponds. In Maine and Massachusetts, natural ponds having a superficial area of more than ten acres, and not appropriated by the proprietors to their private use prior to a certain date. Barrows v. McDermott, 73 Me. 441; West Roxbury v. Stoddard, 7 Allen (Mass.) 158. Public pond. In New England, a great pond; a pond covering a superficial area of more than ten acres. Brastow v. Rockport Ice Co., 77 Me. 100; West Roxbury v. Stoddard, 7 Allen (Mass.) 170. Ponderantur testes, son nnmerantnr. Witnesses are weighed, not counted.