thence down the river

thence down the river. With the meanders of a river. • This phrase appears in the field notes of patent surveyors, indicating that the survey follows a meandering river unless evidence shows that the meander line as written was where the surveyor in fact ran it. Meander lines show the general course of the river and are used in estimating acreage, but are not necessarily boundary lines. See MEANDER LINE. [Cases: Boundaries 12. C.J.S. Boundaries § 25.]

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