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Webster 1913 Edition
Perambulation
Per-amˊbu-la′tion
,Noun.
1.
The act of perambulating; traversing.
Bacon.
2.
An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc.
3.
A district within which one is authorized to make a tour of inspection.
“The . . . bounds of his own perambulation.” [Obs.]
Holyday.
Webster 1828 Edition
Perambulation
PERAMBULA'TION
,Noun.
1.
A traveling survey or inspection.2.
A district within which a person has the right of inspection; jurisdiction.3.
Annual survey of the bounds of a parish in England, or of a township in America.