DITCH

The words "ditch" and' "drain" have no technical or exact meaning. They both may mean a hollow space in the ground, natural or artificial, where water is collected or pa es off. Goldthwait v. East Bridge water, 5 Gray (Ma .) 64; Wet more v. Fiske, lo R. I. 354, 5 Atl. 370. [s. 389]