Legal Term Dictionary

To bear, bear about, sustain, transport, remove, or convey. —Carry away. In criminal law. The act of removal or asportation, by which the crime of larceny is completed, and which is essential to constitute it. Com. v. Adams. 7 Gray (Mass.) 45; Com. v. Pratt, 132 Mass. 246; Gettinger v. More...

To bear, bear about, sustain, transport, remove, or convey. —Carry away. In criminal law. The act of removal or asportation, by which the crime of larceny is completed, and which is essential to constitute it. Com. v. Adams. 7 Gray (Mass.) 45; Com. v. Pratt, 132 Mass. 246; Gettinger v. State, 13 Neb. 308, 14 N. W. 408.—Carry arms or weapons. To wear, bear, or carry them upon the person or in the clothing or in a pocket, for the purpose of use, or for the purpose of being armed and ready for offensive or defensive action in case of a conflict with another person. State v. Carter, 36 Tex. 89; State v. Roberts, 39 Mo. Anp. 47: State v. Murray, 39 Mo. App. 128; Moorefield v. State, 5 Lea (Tenn.) 348; Owen v. State, 31 Ala. 389. —Carry costs. A verdict is said to carry costs when the party for whom the verdict is given becomes entitled to the payment of his costs as incident to such verdict.—Carry on business. To prosecute or pursue a particular avocation or form of business as a continuous and permanent occupation and substantial employment A single act or business transaction is not sufficient, but the systematic and habitual repetition of the same act may be. Dry Goods Co. v. Lester, 60 Ark. 120. 29 S. W. 34, 27 L. R. A. 505. 46 Am. St Rep. 162; State v. Tolman, 106 La. 662. 31 South. 320; Holmes v. Holmes, 40 Conn. 120; Railroad Co. v. Attalla, 118 Ala. 362, 24 South. 450; Territory v. Harris, 8 Mont. 140, 19 Pac. 286; Sangster v. Kay, 5 Exch. 386; Lawson v. State. 55 Ala. 118; Abel v. State, 90 Ala. 633, 8 South. 760; State v. Shipley, 98 Md. 657, 57 Atl. 12.—Carry stock. To provide funds or credit for its payment for the period agreed upon from the date of purchase. Saltus v. Genin, 16 X. Y. Super. Ct. 260. And see Pickering v. Demerritt. 100 Mass. 421. Less...

A carriage for luggage or burden, with two wheels, as distinguished from a wagon, which has four wheels. The vehicle in which criminals are taken to execution. This word, in Its ordinary and primary acceptation, signifies a carriage with two. wheels; yet it has also a more extended signification, and More...

A carriage for luggage or burden, with two wheels, as distinguished from a wagon, which has four wheels. The vehicle in which criminals are taken to execution. This word, in Its ordinary and primary acceptation, signifies a carriage with two. wheels; yet it has also a more extended signification, and may mean a carriage in general. Favers v. Glass, 22 Ala. 624, 58 Am. Dec. 272. Less...

Wood or timber which a tenant is allowed by law to take from an estate, for the purpose of repairing instruments, (including necessary vehicles,) of husbandry. 2 Bl. Comm. 35.

Wood or timber which a tenant is allowed by law to take from an estate, for the purpose of repairing instruments, (including necessary vehicles,) of husbandry. 2 Bl. Comm. 35. Less...

In old English law. A charter, or deed. Any written instrument. In Spanish law. A letter; a deed; a power of attorney. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit 18, L 30.

In old English law. A charter, or deed. Any written instrument. In Spanish law. A letter; a deed; a power of attorney. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit 18, L 30. Less...

In old English law. The charter of the forest More commonly called "Charta de Forcsta" (q. v.)

In old English law. The charter of the forest More commonly called "Charta de Forcsta" (q. v.) Less...

In French marine law. A chart.

In French marine law. A chart. Less...

A white sheet of paper; an instrument signed, but otherwise left blank. A sheet given to an agent with the principal's signature appended, to be filled up with any contract or engagement as the agent may see fit. Hence, metaphorically, unlimited authority.

A white sheet of paper; an instrument signed, but otherwise left blank. A sheet given to an agent with the principal's signature appended, to be filled up with any contract or engagement as the agent may see fit. Hence, metaphorically, unlimited authority. Less...

An agreement between two hostile powers for the delivery of prisoners or deserters. Also a written challenge to fight a duel. —Cartel-ship. A vessel commissioned in time of war to exchange the prisoners of any two hostile powers; also to carry any particular proposal from one to another. For this More...

An agreement between two hostile powers for the delivery of prisoners or deserters. Also a written challenge to fight a duel. —Cartel-ship. A vessel commissioned in time of war to exchange the prisoners of any two hostile powers; also to carry any particular proposal from one to another. For this reason, the officer who commands her is particularly ordered to carry no cargo, ammunition, or implements of war except a single gun for the purpose of signals. Crawford v. The William Penn, 6 Fed. Cas. 77a Less...

Carriers who transport goods and merchandise in carts, usually for abort distances, for hire.

Carriers who transport goods and merchandise in carts, usually for abort distances, for hire. Less...

A place where papers or records are kept.

A place where papers or records are kept. Less...