1 Conn. Cir. Ct. 395 - State v. Dionne’s Empirical Analysis

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9 state decisions

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1. “As far as counsel and the court have been able to discover, the words ‘for any race’ have never been defined by the courts of Connecticut. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia defines the word ‘race’ as ‘a contest of speed; a competitive trial of speed.’ It is ‘a competition of speed, in running, skating, riding etc.’ Webster, New World Dictionary. In construing a statute to prohibit gambling on races, the Supreme Court of Tennessee stated: ‘The term [‘race’] was used by the framer of the statute to accomplish a practical purpose and in a popular and well-defined sense; that is, in a sense which involves the idea of competitive locomotion. In other words, it here embraces every contest or trial of progression, including speed and endurance, one or both * * *.’ State v. Hayes, 116 Tenn. 40, 44 , 93 S.W. 98 , 99. Thus a trial of speed is necessary to constitute a race.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Continental Insurance Co. v. Collinsworth

2. “adjective `final' in this section [§ 51-265 ] modifies the word `action' as well as the word `judgment.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 30 Conn. Super. Ct. 518 - State v. Chapnick