| Purlieu (purlieu) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Pur"lieu |
| [Corrupted (by
influence of lieu place) fr. OF. puralée,
poralée (equiv. to LL. perambulatio a survey of
boundaries, originally, a going through); por (L. pro,
confused, however, with |
Originally, the ground near a royal forest,
which, having been unlawfully added to the forest, was afterwards
severed from it, and disafforested so as to remit to the former owners
their rights.
Hence, the outer portion of any place; an
adjacent district; environs; neighborhood.
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