Definition for IN'LAND

IN'LAND, a. [in and land.]

  1. Interior; remote from the sea. Worcester in Massachusetts, and Lancaster in Pennsylvania, are large inland towns.
  2. Within land; remote from the ocean; as, an inland lake or sea. Spenser.
  3. Carried on within a country; domestic, not foreign; as, inland trade or transportation; inland navigation.
  4. Confined to a country; drawn and payable in the same country; as, an inland bill of exchange, distinguished from a foreign bill, which is drawn in one country on a person living in another.

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