_Frebord._--I want information on this matter, and consider "N. & Q."
peculiarly the place wherein to seek it, because it is a matter mainly
dependent on local custom. All the notice of Frebord that I have been
able to discover in books is derived from Dugdale. For instance, in
Jacob's _Law Dictionary_, ed. 1807, I read--
"Frebord, _Franchordus_, ground claimed in some places more or
less, beyond, or without the fence. It is said to contain two foot
and a half."
_Mon. Ang._, tom. ii. p. 141.
I heard, the other day, of a Warwickshire gentleman who claimed ten or
twelve feet; but the immediate reason for my Query is a claim at present
under the notice of a friend of mine is for sixty-six feet freebord! Is
not such a claim preposterous?