Lat. Properly a whirlpool, but in old English law and conveyancing, a deeppit filled with water, distinguished from “stagnum,” which was a shallow pool or pond.Co. Litt. 5; Johnson v. Rayuer, 0 Gray (Mass.) 107.
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Lat. Properly a whirlpool, but in old English law and conveyancing, a deeppit filled with water, distinguished from “stagnum,” which was a shallow pool or pond.Co. Litt. 5; Johnson v. Rayuer, 0 Gray (Mass.) 107.