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clear-cutting The process of removing all vegetation from a site when harvesting timber, rather than cutting only the marketable trees.Some states require immediate reforestation of clear-cut timber lands.Purchasers of timbered land should be careful to word contracts so as to include the timber.In many states,once an owner signs a contract to sell timber,it ceases to become part of the real estate,is converted to personal property,and is not automatically covered under a sale contract for real property. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Gus comes to see that his fishing is the same as loggers clear-cutting timber. By removing the Ten Commandments from courthouses today, and public display tomorrow, the Supreme Court is clear-cutting America's past, leaving a wasteland where once grew a forest of liberty, justice, and law. Obviously, the current demand for paper cannot be sustained from the world's natural forests, especially with clear-cutting. |
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