Marches

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Marches
    n 1: a region in central Italy [syn: {Marche}, {Marches}]
    
from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
MARCHES, Eng. law. This word signifies the limits, or confines, or borders. 
Bac. Law Tracts, tit. Jurisdiction of the. Marches, p. 246. It was applied 
to the limits between England and Wales or Scotland. In Scotland the term 
marches is applied to the boundaries between private properties. 
    

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