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The bounds of many patents are doubtful; the extent of many titles uncertain; but when a decision is once made on them, it removes the doubt, and ascertains what the original boundaries were.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “The bounds of many patents are doubtful; the extent of many titles uncertain; but when a decision is once made on them…”
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Beveridge emphasizes the importance of judicial decisions in clarifying land boundaries and titles.
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