THOROUGHFAR

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  THOROUGHFARE. A street or way so open that one can go through and get out of 
  it without returning. It differs from a cul de sac, (q.v.) which is open 
  only at one end. 
       2. Whether a street which is not a thoroughfare is a highway, seems not 
  fully settled. See 1 Campb. 260; 5 Taunt. 137; 11 East, 376, n.; Hawk. P. C. 
  B. 1, c. 76, s. 1; 5 Barn. & Ald. 456. See Dedication.