LINE, successions. The division between two goods. Limit; Limit; Limit. 2. If a document mentions that a line ends at a particular monument, it shall be extended in the required direction until it reaches the boundary, regardless of the distance. 1 Taylor, 110, 303 2. Falken, p. 219; 3 hawks, 21; 2 Taylor, 1. And a marked line must be respected, although it deviates from the course. 7 wheat. 7; 2 Open. 304; 3 appeals, 239; 7 months 333; 2 Bibb, p. 261; 4.
Bibb, p. 503; 4 months 29; see below, 2 Dana 2; 6 Wend. 467; 1 Bibb, p. 466; 1 swamp. 382; 3 marshes. 382; 3 Murph. 82; 13 Selection. 145; 13 Wend. 300; 5 J. J. Marsh.
587. 3. When several people settled in the same neighborhood at the same time or at short intervals, and their territories overlapped if they were extended in certain directions, settlers sometimes mutually established dividing lines called consensus lines. These lines, if agreed fairly, were sanctioned by the courts; And these agreements are conclusive for all persons who bring claims between the parties with notice, but not for bona fide purchasers against valuable consideration without notice, real or implied. 5 pp. and R. 273; 9 W. and p. 66; 3 S&R.
323; 5 binn. 129; 10 watts, 324; 17 pp. &. R. 57; Jones, L. 0. T. 4. The lines established by a pact between nations bind their citizens and their subjects. 11 Peter 209; 1 Open.
269; 1 ves. Senator, rep. 450; 1 ATK. No. 2; 1 chap. Case 85; 1 P. Wms. 723727; 2 ATK. R. 592; 1 vern. 48; 1 ves. 19; 2 ves.
284; 3 p. and R. 331. For example, there are no clear legal regulations for trees growing at the boundary between two properties. In some states, trees that stand along a demarcation line are the common property of neighbors on both sides of the border, and no neighbor can remove the tree without the consent of the other. If a tree is located on a neighbor`s property but interferes with your property, you have the right to prune it to the property line, as long as it does not endanger the health of the tree, especially the roots. However, you must get permission to enter the neighbor`s property if necessary. You cannot cut down a tree whose trunk is on your neighbour`s property, even if the branches get lost on your property. a Middle English merger of the Old English line «cable, rope; series, line, series of letters; rule, direction» and Old French line «directive, string, cord; descent, descent» (12c.), both from the Latin linea «linen thread, string, plumb line», also «a mark, bound, border, destination; Line of Descent», abbreviation of linea restis «linen cord» and similar expressions, from femenine of lineus (adj.) «made of linen», from linum «linen» (see linen).
The oldest meaning in Middle English was «string used by builders for measuring»; extends at the end of 14c. to «a threadlike marking» (from the meaning «chain used by manufacturers to make things level», middle 14c.), also «track, course, direction». The meaning of «border, boundary» (of a county, etc.) dates back to the 1590s. The mathematical meaning of «length without width» dates back to the 1550s. From the 1530s as «a fold of the face or palm». From the 1580s as «the equator». The meaning of «things or persons arranged in a straight line» dates back to the 1550s. Now considered American English, where British English uses tail; This term is also a noun, but the meaning appears earliest among English writers. The meaning of a «chronologically continuous series of persons» (a series of kings, etc.) dates back to the late 14th century. The meaning of «profession, sector of activity» dates back to the 1630s, according to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), probably from the misunderstood KJV translation by II Corinthians x.16, «And do not boast of another line of things prepared for our hand», with line translating the Greek canon, which probably means «border, frontier»; The phrase «in the line of another man» is in parentheses.
Trade meaning «class of goods in stock» dates back to 1930, so these are goods that the merchant receives on a line in the specific sense «order to an agent» for certain goods (1834). Insurance Underwriting Sense dates back to 1899. The line of credit dates from 1958. The meaning of «series of public transport» (carriages, later ships) dates back to 1786; The meaning of «continuous part of a railway» dates back to 1825. The meaning of «telegraph wire between stations» dates back to 1847 (later «telephone wire»). The meaning of «rope-bearing hooks for fishing» dates back to about 1300. Meaning «policy or set of directives of a political faction» is 1892, American English, from the idea of a procession of partisans; This is the point in the political party line, and worse it is the slang line that means «superficial and plausible speech intended to deceive.» In the British Army, the line (1802) is the numbered regular force, unlike the guards, auxiliaries, militias, etc. In the Navy (1704) he refers to the line of battle (the meaning in the ship of the line, attested from 1706). Dutch lijn, Old High German lina, German leash, Old Norse lina «one string, one rope», also come from Latin. Spanish and Italian have the word in the scholarly form linea. In continental terms, a one-inch subdivision (one-tenth or twelfth in England), attested in English from the 1660s, but never common. See also lines.
A line on «Acquiring information about» is from 1903. Endangering it means «paying money» from 1929 and «speaking clearly» in 1954. The end of the «as far as you can go» line dates back to 1948. His own work, which means «persecution, interest», dates from 1957, the old line of the country (1861). The line drawing dates from 1891. A linear storm (1850) is a type that occurs within 10 days or two weeks of the time the sun crosses the equator. n.1) A venerable set of rights and procedures to ensure fairness, unhindered by the narrow limits of the old common law or other technical requirements of the law. Essentially, courts do the right thing through court orders such as correcting property lines, taking possession of assets, imposing a lien, dividing assets, or an injunction (ordering a person to do something) to prevent irreparable harm.