Legal Term Dictionary

A free and public road; way, or street; one which every person has the right to use. Abbott v. Duluth (C C.) 104 Fed. 837; Shelby County Com'rs v. Cas-tetter, 7 Ind. App. 309, 83 N. B. 066; State v. Cowan, 29 N. C 248; In re City of New More...

A free and public road; way, or street; one which every person has the right to use. Abbott v. Duluth (C C.) 104 Fed. 837; Shelby County Com'rs v. Cas-tetter, 7 Ind. App. 309, 83 N. B. 066; State v. Cowan, 29 N. C 248; In re City of New York, 135 N. Y. 253, 31 N. E. 1043, 81 Am. St Rep. 825; Parsons v. San Francisco, 28 Cal. 464. "In all counties of this state, public high' ways are roads, streets, alleys, lanes, courts, places, trails, and bridges, laid out or erected as such by the public, or, if laid out and erected by others, dedicated or abandoned to the public, or made such in actions for the partition of real property." Pol. Code Cal. | 2618. There is a difference in the shade of meaning conveyed by two uses of the word. Sometimes it signifies right of free passage, in the abstract, not importing anything about the character or construction of the way. Thus, a river is called a "highway;" and it has been not unusual for congress, in granting a privilege of building a bridge, to declare that It shall be a public Highway. Again, it has reference to some system of law authorising the taking a strip of land, and preparing and devoting it to the use of travelers. In this use it imports a road-way upon the soil, constructed under the authority of these laws. Abbott. -Commissioners of highways. Public officers appointed in .the several counties and municipalities, in many states, to take charge of the opening, altering, repair, and vacating of highways within their respective jurisdictions.-Common highway. By this term is meant a road to be used by the community at large for any purpose of transit or traffic Ham. N. P. 289; Railway Co. v. State, 23 Fla. 546, 3 South. 158, 11 Am. St. Rep. 395. -Highway acts, or laws. The body or system of laws governing the laying out, repair, and use of highways.-Highway crossing. A place where the track of a railroad crosses the ine of a highway.-Highway-rate. In English law. A tax for the maintenance and repair of highways, chargeable upon the same property that is liable to the poor-rate.-Highway robbery. See ROBBERY.-Highway tax. A tax for and applicable to the making and repair of highways. Stone v. Bean, 15 Gray (Mass.) 44. Less...

A bandit; one who robs travelers upon the highway.

A bandit; one who robs travelers upon the highway. Less...

In English law. A hawker or peddler. A person who carries from door to door, and sells by retail, small articles of provisions, and the like.

In English law. A hawker or peddler. A person who carries from door to door, and sells by retail, small articles of provisions, and the like. Less...

In Spanish law. A receipt given by an heir of a decedent, setting forth what property he has received from the estate.

In Spanish law. A receipt given by an heir of a decedent, setting forth what property he has received from the estate. Less...

One of the four great Roman roads of Britain. More commonly called "Ikenild Street."

One of the four great Roman roads of Britain. More commonly called "Ikenild Street." Less...

A collection of orders and forms extensively modifying the pleading and practice in the English superior courts of common law, established in Hilary term, 1834. Stimson.

A collection of orders and forms extensively modifying the pleading and practice in the English superior courts of common law, established in Hilary term, 1834. Stimson. Less...

In English law. A term of court, Defining on the 11th and ending on the 31st of January in each year. Superseded (1875) by Hilary sittings, which begin January 11th, and end on the Wednesday before Easter.

In English law. A term of court, Defining on the 11th and ending on the 31st of January in each year. Superseded (1875) by Hilary sittings, which begin January 11th, and end on the Wednesday before Easter. Less...

A society of men. The Saxons ranked men into three classes, and valued them, as to. satisfaction for injuries, etc., according to their class. The highest class were valued at 1,200s., and were called "twelf hindmen;" the middle class at 600s., and called "sexhindmen ;" the lowest at 200s., called More...

A society of men. The Saxons ranked men into three classes, and valued them, as to. satisfaction for injuries, etc., according to their class. The highest class were valued at 1,200s., and were called "twelf hindmen;" the middle class at 600s., and called "sexhindmen ;" the lowest at 200s., called "twyhindmen." Their wives were termed "Hindus." Brompt Leg. Alfred, c. 12. Less...

To hinder and delay is to do something which is an attempt to defraud, rather than a successful fraud; to put some obstacle In the path, or interpose some time, unjustifiably, before the creditor can realize what is owed out of his debtor's property. See Walker v. Sayers, 5 Bush More...

To hinder and delay is to do something which is an attempt to defraud, rather than a successful fraud; to put some obstacle In the path, or interpose some time, unjustifiably, before the creditor can realize what is owed out of his debtor's property. See Walker v. Sayers, 5 Bush (Ky.) 582; Burdick v. Post, 12 Barb. (N. Y.) 186; Crow v. Beardsley, 68 Mo. 439; Burn-ham v. Brennnn, 42 N. Y. Super. Ct. 63. Less...

The system of native law prevailing among the Gentoos, and administered by the government of British India.

The system of native law prevailing among the Gentoos, and administered by the government of British India. Less...