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In mining law. The line of decllnation of strata; the angle which measures the deviation of a mineralized vein or lode from the vertical plane; the slope or slant of a vein, away from the perpendicular, u It goes downward into the earth; distinguished' from the "strike" of the vein, which is its 1 extension in the horizontal plane, or its lengthwise trend or course with reference to the points of the compa . King v. Mining Co., 9 Mont. 543, 24 Pac. 200; Duggan v. Da· vey, 4 Dak. 110, 26 N. w. 887. [s. 376]