BOUND

As an adjective, denotes the condition of being constrained by the obligations of a bond or a covenant In the law of shipping, "bound to" or "bound for" denotes that the ve el spoken of is intended or f designed to make a voyage to the place named. As a ooun, the term denotes a limit or boundary, or a line inclosing or marking oft a tract of land. In the familiar phrase "metes and bounds," the former term prop- G erly denotes the measured distances, and the latter the natural or artificial marks which indicate their beginning and ending. A d1ir tlnction is sometimes,taken betweep "bound" and "boundary," to the effect that, while the H former signifies the limit itself, (and may be an imaginary line,) the latter designates a visible mark which indicates the limit. But no such distinction is commonly observed. [s. 153]