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The distinct and numbered subdivisions in legal codes, statutes, and textbooks. In the law of real property, a parcel of land equal in area to one square mile, or 640 acres.

section (Division), noun category, class, component, department, detachment, fraction, group, grouping, part, segment, separate part, subdivision, subgroup
section (Vicinity), noun area, block, clime, demesne, environs, field, locale, locality, location, locus, milieu, neighborhood, parcel of land, part, plot, plot of ground, plot of land, province, purlieus, regio, region, territory, tract, vicinage, vicinitas
Associated concepts: block, plot, and section
See also: article, aspect, chamber, chapter, circuit, clause, component, constituent, cross, decentralization, denomination, department, detail, dichotomize, disjoint, district, divide, division, element, heading, ingredient, installment, interest, locality, location, member, moiety, organ, parcel, part, partition, phase, pigeonhole, place, portion, province, region, segment, separate, share, split, subdivision, subheading, territory, title


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The issue of cesarean section similarly reveals complications beyond the basic awareness that there are simply too many of them being performed.
Breaking free of mother-guilt: a powerful mother is one who does not ... by Rachel, Louise / Mothering
Louis, was originally expected to miss just two games, but when minor complications arose from Liliana's Cesarean section Sunday, he decided to stay with her longer than expected.
DODGERS NOTEBOOK: IZTURIS BACK IN ACTION by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Today, newer, less invasive tests and greater use of prenatal counseling can help women better assess their risk of giving birth to a child with serious problems; more women are delivering via cesarean section than ever before; and a new specialty--fetal surgery--has evolved to correct certain abnormalities like some types of spina bifida even before babies are born.
Women & pregnancy by National Women's Health Report
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