The term is derived from the Latin for stake, and the among the more famous regions given the name were the Cherta Oselosti, a region in the Russian empire in what is now Poland  where Jews were allowed to settle which became the site of frequent pogroms after the death of Alexander the II.
The term is derived from the Latin for stake, and the among the more famous regions given the name were the Cherta Oselosti, a region in the Russian empire in what is now Poland  where Jews were allowed to settle which became the site of frequent pogroms after the death of Alexander the II. Another was established in Ireland following the expedition of Henry II which included the counties of Dublin, Louth, Meath, and Kildare as a place where English law was in force, and from the fact that brigands often lay beyond it we obtained modern our expression. FTP name these settlements, districts  separated from the surrounding country by defined boundaries or distinguished by a different administrative and legal system.
The term is derived from the Latin for stake, and the among the more famous regions given the name were the Cherta Oselosti, a region in the Russian empire in what is now Poland  where Jews were allowed to settle which became the site of frequent pogroms after the death of Alexander the II.
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