Note 248 — THE ORIGIN OF PROPERTY IN LAND (continued 2)

Or else the same thing is implied by the turn of the sentence, i. 5: Helvetii a finibus suis exeunt; iv. 3: quum Suevi Ubios finibus expellere non possent; vi. 23: extra fines cujusque civitatis; v. 16: fines regni sui; v. 27: Ambiorix tutum iter per fines suos pollicetur. By a natural transition, fines comes to mean sometimes, not only the boundaries, but also the territory itself, vi. 42: ut Ambiorigis fines depopularentur.