LANDS
\lˈandz], \lˈandz], \l_ˈa_n_d_z]\
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This term, the plural of "land," is said, at common law, to be a word of less extensive signification than either "tenements" or "hereditaments." But in some of the states It has been provided by statute that it shall include both those terms.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.