Definition of DEFINE in Black's Law Dictionary 4th Edition – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.
Definition of DEFINE
To explain or state the exact meaning of words and phrases; to state explicitly; to limit; to determine essential qualities of; to determine the precise signification of; to settle; to establish or prescribe authoritatively; to make clear. U. S. v. Smith, 5 Wheat. 160, 5 L.Ed. 57; Walling v. Yeakley, C.C.A.Colo., 140 F.2d 830, 832; Walters v. Richardson, 93 Ky. 374, 20 S.W. 279. To declare that a certain act shall constitute an offense is defining that offense. U. S. v. Arjona, 120 U.S. 488, 7 S.Ct. 628, 30 L.Ed. 728.
To "define" with respect to space, means to set or establish its boundaries authoritatively; to mark the limits of; to determine with precision or to exhibit clearly the boundaries of; to determine the end or limit; to fix or establish the limits. It is the equivalent to declare, fix or establish. Seeking out what exists already is not "defining." Redlands Foothill Groves v. Jacobs, D.C. Cal., 30 F.Supp. 995, 1004.
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