vicinage
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Defendant now contends that he is entitled to common, pour cause de vicinage.
From Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Samuel Warren
Then I fastened myself upon the pictures, and those strange wreaths of withered leaves that waved between them, and whose searest hues befitted well their vicinage.
From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Elizabeth Sheppard
Exercise, the fresh air, the thought of seeing Robert, at least of being on his premises, in his vicinage, revived her somewhat depressed spirits quickly.
From Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
The latter must be tried in "the vicinage" where the offense is alleged to have been committed, because there the witnesses are to be found.
From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by E. N. Elliott
To separate them, Sir Robert quickly carried his family back to Nithsdale, but Douglas as quickly followed, and lurked in the vicinage for some months, clandestinely meeting his love among "Maxwelton's bonnie braes."
From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen) Wolfe
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