GURGES
Categories: Property
Definition (1910 Edition)
Origin: Historical
Lat. Properly a whirlpool, but in old English law and conveyancing, a deep pit filled with water, distinguished from “stagnum,” which was a shallow pool or pond.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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