The term, by a very easy change, came, with the changes of laws, to apply to that portion of land which had originally paid a money merk of rent, but did not, and does not to this day, denote any particular spot or measurement, but merely such proportion of the whole township as had been equivalent to one money merk of rent, when the whole was valued at a given number.
"Second Shetland Truck System Report"
William Guthrie
The word assumption, when used to denote a basis for a plan, signifies "the taking of something for granted".
"Sound Military Decision"
U.s. Naval War College
Anybody refers to only one person; both any and body, the parts of the word, denote the singular.
"Practical Grammar and Composition"
Thomas Wood