lappage

American

[lap-ij] / ˈlæp ɪdʒ /

noun

Law.

an overlapping of part or all of a piece of land claimed by one person on land claimed by another.

Etymology

Origin of lappage

lap ² + -age

Example Sentences

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Very little movement will effect a considerable change in the lappage of the valve, the valve turning about one-quarter a revolution for the extremes of cut off.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 by Various

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