E²

An abbreviation of a fractional part of a section of land of 640 acres under the Congressional Survey, the figure whether 2, 4, 16, or whatever, indicating the fraction of the section designated, as 1 / 2, 1 /4, 1 / 16, etc. of a numbered section. For example, E² NW⁴ Sec 10 means 80 acres comprising the east half of the northwest quarter of section 10. Power v Bowdle, 3 ND 107, 54 NW 404.