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Definition of Arpents
1. arpent [n] - See also: arpent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Arpents
Literary usage of Arpents
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Dominions in North America, Or, A Topographical and Statistical ...by Joseph Bouchette, Bouchette, Joseph, 1774-1841 by Joseph Bouchette, Bouchette, Joseph, 1774-1841 (1831)
"They also made a temporary grant of 16 arpents, which have since been united to
the common. They also reserved some land back of the common within the same ..."
2. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the by Reuben Gold Thwaites, Jesuits (1901)
"Another Domain of Seven arpents two perches in Front By fifty in depth, whereof
One Hundred arpents are under cultivation, Sixty in meadow, ..."
3. The Seigniorial System in Canada: A Study in French Colonial Policy by William Bennett Munro (1907)
"As land in the colony was plentiful, donations were lavish, — frequently tens of
thousands of arpents at a time. Next to the Jesuits as extensive recipients ..."
4. Edicts, Ordinances, Declarations and Decrees Relative to the Seigniorial by France, France Conseil d'Etat, New France Conseil supérieur de Québec (1852)
"... a land of eight arpents in front, by forty arpents in depth, in the year 1705 ;
to Joseph Moreau, a land of six arpents ; to Jean Francois Frigon, ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana by Louisiana Supreme Court (1866)
"By sale to Thomas Hurst, five arpents front on the right bank of the Bayou, with
the depth of the location, bounded above by the land sold on the same day ..."
6. The Library of American Biography by Jared Sparks (1847)
"Grant of one thousand arpents. — Death of Mrs. Boone. — Hunting Excursions.
THE office of syndic, or commandant, held by Colonel Boone, made but small ..."
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