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Park (Legal sense a large piece)

in a legal sense, a large piece grant, or by prescription. The only distinction between a chase and a park was that the latter was inclosed, where a chase was always open. The term now commonly means a considerable piece of ornamental ground connected with a gentleman's residence; or an inclosed piece of public ground devoted to recreation, and generally in or near a large town. See NATIONAL PARKS.

Up traveler; born in Selkirkshire, Scotland, Sept. 10, 1771. He was sent to Africa