land" includes not only the face of the earth, but every thing under it, or over it. And therefore, if a man grants all his lands, he grants thereby all his mines of metal and other fossils, his woods, his waters, and his houses, as well as his fields... Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books ; with an Analysis of the ... - Page 14 by William Blackstone - 1836 Full view -
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