L. L. L.

North Lincolnshire.

[Selion of land, or _selio terræ_, is derived from the French

_seillon_, a ridge of land, or ground arising between two furrows,

and contains no certain quantity, but sometimes more or less.

Therefore Crompton says, that a selion of land cannot be in

demand, because it is a thing uncertain.]

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