black acre

noun

A fictitious, arbitrary placeholder name for a piece of land used in legal arguments, secondary to a white acre.

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Meanings

nounblack acre (plural black acres)

plural black acres

  1. lawA fictitious, arbitrary placeholder name for a piece of land used in legal arguments, secondary to a white acre.
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APA

black acre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20acre

MLA

“black acre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20acre. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “black acre,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20acre.

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