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An open area in a city, usually at the intersection of several streets, frequented by the public and sometimes kept in condition similar to that of a park. 23 Am J2d Ded § 4. A tract set apart for the free and common use of the public. Re Third Street, 177 Minn 146, 225 NW 86, 74 ALR 561. Ground devoted to public use, either for purposes of free passage, or to be ornamented and improved for a pleasure ground. 39 Am J1st Pks & S § 2. A place set apart as a place for the erection of a court house or other county buildings. Logansport v Dunn, 8 Ind 378, 382. A representation of a plane with four sides of equal length and four right angles. An instrument having two sides joined so as to be usable by carpenter or other artisan in laying out or determining aright angle. A slang term, in common use by teenagers, for a person deemed to be old fashioned in ideas, manners, or dress.
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Ballentine's law dictionary.
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