perambulation

  • 11perambulation — per·am·bu·la·tion || pÉ™ ræmbjÉ™ leɪʃn / jÊŠl n. strolling, walking about; moving about …

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  • 12perambulation — n. Round, circuit, tour …

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  • 13Perambulation — ♦ Delimitation of forest boundaries. (Sayles, George O. The King s Parliament of England, 145) …

    Medieval glossary

  • 14perambulation — per·am·bu·la·tion …

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  • 15perambulation — /paraembyaleyshan/ The act or custom of walking over the boundaries of a district or piece of land, either for the purpose of determining them or of preserving evidence of them. Thus, in many parishes in England, it is the custom for the… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 16perambulation — Visitation for making an inspection. See visitation …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 17perambulation — noun 1. a walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries • Derivationally related forms: ↑perambulate • Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of …

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  • 18perambulate — perambulation, n. perambulatory /peuhr am byeuh leuh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. /peuhr am byeuh layt /, v., perambulated, perambulating. v.t. 1. to walk through, about, or over; travel through; traverse. 2. to traverse in order to examine or inspect …

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  • 19NH RSA Title I — Title I: The State and Its Government, is the collection of New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated which relate to the state s government as a whole. Like other portions of the RSAs, the Title is divided into Chapters and Sections organized in… …

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  • 20Beating the bounds — is an ancient custom still observed in many English parishes. The community would walk the boundaries of the parish, to share the knowledge of where they lay, and to pray for protection and blessings for the lands.CeremonyIn former times when… …

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