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of water; by a grant of which, nothing paſſes but a right of fiſhing[1]: but the capital diſtinction is this; that by the name of a caſtle, meſſuage, toft, croft, or the like, nothing elſe will paſs, except what falls with the utmoſt propriety under the term made uſe of; but by the name of land, which is nomen generaliſſimum, every thing terreſtrial will paſs[2].
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