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For further consideration.

A legal phrase used for assessing damages relating to privately owned land that is taken for public use. The name of a writ formerly issuing from the English chancery, commanding the sheriff to make an inquiry "to what damage" a specified act, if done, will tend.

This writ is of ancient origin, and could be issued as a writ of right when a landowner was dissatisfied with the assessment of damages as a result of a condemnation commission.

1. An underground bed or layer of earth, gravel, or porous stone that yields water.
2. Permeable underground rock stratum which holds water.
3. Any geological formation containing or conducting ground water; especially, one that supplies the water for wells, springs, etc.

The pore spaces in aquifers are filled with water and are interconnected, so that water flows through them. Sandstones, unconsolidated gravels, and porous limestones make the best aquifers. They can range from a few square kilometers to thousands of square kilometers in size.

1. The boundary line of a circle.
2. The boundary line of a figure, area, or object; the length of such a boundary.
3. The distance around the widest part of a round object or a line enclosing a circular space.

1. One who bears a cross in a religious procession.
2. Any of various plants in the mustard family (Cruciferae or Brassicaceae), which includes the alyssum, candytuft, cabbage, radish, broccoli, and many weeds.