Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

conterminous, adj

1 Sharing a common boundary <the surveyor set a new line between the conterminous counties>. 2. Enclosed with- in a common boundary < all 48 conterminous states of this country>."Contenement signifies his Countenance, Credit, or Reputation, which he hath, together with, and by reason of his Freehold; and in this sense does the Statute of 1 Edw. 3 and Old Nat. Br. use it, where Countenance is used for Contenement: The Armor of a Soldier is his Countenance; the Books of a Schollar, his Countenance; and the like." Thomas Blount, Nomo-Lexicon: A LawDictionary (1670).