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The Debatable Land

Debatable \De*bat"a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. debatable. See Debate.] Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question.

The Debatable Land or or Ground, a tract of land between the Esk and the Sark, claimed by both England and Scotland; the Batable Ground.

Usage examples of "the debatable land".

It is but a few years since this valley was a place choked with jungle, the debatable land and battle-ground of cannibals.

From here they could survey the debatable land where their temporary allies insisted the Russians were in full control.

It was some years before the Civil War, and the regiment was on duty in the Southwest, then the debatable land of Comanche and Apache.

Red Alex was probably still there, at the tower in the debatable land, trying to flush him out.