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Inclosure


INCLO'SURE, noun The act of inclosing.

1. The separation of land from common ground into distinct possessions by a fence.

2. The appropriation of things common.

3. State of being inclosed, shut up or encompasses.

4. A space inclosed or fenced; a space comprehended within certain limits.

5. Ground inclosed or separated from common land.

6. That which is inclosed or contained in an envelop, as a paper.