boundary dispute
collocation in Englishmeaningsofboundaryanddispute
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boundary
noun[C]
uk/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/us/ˈbaʊn.dər.i/
a real or imagined line that marks the edge or limit ...
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dispute
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈspjuːt/us/dɪˈspjuːt/
an argument or disagreement, especially an official one between, for example, workers and employers or two countries with a ...
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(Definition ofboundaryanddisputefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The two groups might make common cause as the united ' inhabitants ' on a matter of parish interest, such as a highway orboundarydispute.
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In general, however,boundarydisputeposturing had many facets whereby that process's village identity production mechanism was not always so evident.
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Another description came in the course of investigating aboundarydisputeof 1799.
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A much later claim, from 1873, of aboundarydisputeshows immediately how drastically changed the entire situation had become.
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At times colonialism could help set up a narrower range of possibilities for the resolution of aboundarydispute.
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Left to the chieftainship institutions,boundarydisputesettlements involving changes in jurisdiction invariably compel rural residents to choose between their fields and their homes.
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This equating process within theboundarydisputewent hand in hand with an important naming action that became apparent in certain cases, and which served to solidify the villager identity.
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Treading the boundary, however, was not the only 'standard' means of settling a villageboundarydisputein this period.
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It should be noted that most of theboundarydisputecontroversies that are present in the records (and thereby extant) are there because of their international or inter-district nature.
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I understand that it is theboundarydisputethat is the cause of the difficulties and the suspicion.
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That is not a fair way in which to deal with aboundarydispute.
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Until they are recognised it is not simply aboundarydisputebetween two gentle neighbours; it is a dispute which has historical and fundamental origins.
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I remember a technicalboundarydisputewhich was solved by the position of one scrub rowan tree on the side of a mountain which was shown on the 25 in.
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Although theboundarydisputehas been settled, conflicting ownership claims forced a new survey and partition into 14 lots among 10 owners in 1879.
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The two states settled navigational and riparian water rights in a compact in 1785, but theboundarydisputecontinued.
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Conflict over land could arise as a result of problem of inheritance, farmland, settlement andboundarydispute.
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During a lengthy court proceeding regarding aboundarydispute, squatters settled on portions of the property.
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They share many interests, but are also involved in simmering boundary disputes.
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