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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PERAMBULATION

n.The act of passing or walking through or over. 1. A traveling survey or inspection.
2. A district within which a person has the right of inspection; jurisdiction.
3. Annual survey of the bounds of a parish in England, or of a township in America.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERAMBULATION

PERAMBULATION Per *am `bu *la "tion, n.

1. The act of perambulating; traversing. Bacon.

2. An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc.

3. A district within which one is authorized to make a tour of inspection. "The. .. bounds of his own perambulation. " [Obs. ] Holyday.