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concession line

• 1 a survey line, indicated by blazed trees or other markers, establishing the boundaries of a concession (def. 2), the number of the several lots appearing on fixed posts.

  See also: concession (def. 2)  line ((n.)) (def. 4a)  

  • 1794  (1905)  May I request you will be pleased to procure from the persons employed under your Board as Surveyors, a report of their method of opening their Concession lines and those of Townships, &c. . . .
  • 1863  The new townships in Upper Canada are laid out in parallel lines, running nearly east and west, sixty-six chains apart, and sixty-six feet in width, which are termed concession lines, being conceded by Government as road allowances.
  • 1962  "I'm sorry," Chris panted, "but I ran off the road at the concession line."

• 2 a road built on the road allowance between concessions, following the concession line and connected to other concession roads by side roads, the distance separating each being, as a rule, 1 1/4 miles.

  See also: concession road  line ((n.)) (def. 4b)  

  • 1832  The concession lines and side-roads are being cut out at the expense of the Home Government.
  • 1960  This occurred because the ninth concession . . . became a more frequently travelled route than the tenth concession line which was the road to Lloydtown.