Four in United Kingdom

Meaning of Four

The following is an old definition of Four [1]: Has no technical meaning. Four corners. All parts; the whole. Take by the four comers: construe an instrument as a whole. Four seas. The waters surrounding England. Within the four seas; within her territorial jurisdiction. On_ all-fours. Said of cases precisely alike. See All-fours.

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Notes and References

1. Concept of Four provided by the Anderson Dictionary of Law (1889) (Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims and an Exposition of the Principles of Law: Comprising a Dictionary and Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence; William C. Anderson; T. H. Flood and Company, Law Publishers, Chicago, United States)