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FRUIT Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

The produce of a tree or plant which contains the seed or is used for food.This term, in legal acceptation, is not confined to the produce of those trees whichin popular language are called “fruit trees,” but applies also to the produce of oak, elm,and walnut trees. Bullen v. Denning, 5 Barn. & C. 847.

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