“filum”

The following 3 entries include the term filum.

ad filum aquae

: to the middle of the stream often used in conveyancing in describing boundaries

filum aquae

noun

: the thread of a stream

usque ad filum aquae

: as far as the middle of the stream referring to a rule in law that when a boundary of a real property is formed by a nontidal stream, unless otherwise evident, the title extends to an imaginary line along the middle of the stream subject to the rights of the public


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