Store

1, V. To keep merchandise for safe custody, to be delivered in the same condition as when received. Safe-keeping is the principal object of deposit, not consumption or sale.^

See Bailment.

3, n.

In England, is never applied to a place where goods are sold, only to a place where they are deposited. In this country, denotes both of these places.' A shop for the sale of goods of any kind, by wholesale or retail. That is, we use "store '' for store-house, a word properly meaning the quantity of a thing accumulated or deposited, for the place of deposit. But " shop " may refer to a place where a mechanic art is carried on.* That Is, again, " store " is of larger signification than " shop." The latter word frequently designates the place in which a mechanic pursues his trade." The common use of "store," when applied to a building, is to designate a place where trafflc is carried on in goods, wares and merchandise, and not to designate a "store-house." ^ Store fixtures. Store fittings or furniture, which are peculiarly adapted to make a room a store rather than something else. " Store " designates a shop or warehouse, never a factory. Therefore, fixtures in a ' Potts V. New Tork, &c.

E. Co., 131 Mass. 457 (1881), cases. 2 See Audenried v. Randall, 3 Cliff. 106-9 (1868), cases; Wheelhouse v. Parr, 141 Mass. 595 (1886), cases; Bethell V. Clark, 19 Q. B. D. 553 (1887): 33 Alb. L. J. 446; 1 Law Quar. Rev. 397 (1885); 14 Cent. Law J. 842-44 (1882). cases; 24 id.

387 (1887), cases as to what is a delivery; 1 Am. St. R. 312-14, cases; Story, Sales, §§ 343^7; 2 Kent, 702; 5 Wait, Act. &Def. 613. 3 See O'Niel v. Buffalo Fire Ins. Co., 3 N. Y. 127 (1849); 16 Barb. 129; 6 Wend. 628; 5 Minn. 503. < Barth v. State, 18 Conn. ♦440 (1847), Storrs, J. » State V. Canney, 19 N. H. i37 ^1848), Gilchrist, C. J. « Sparrenberger v. State, 53 Ala. 4S3 (1875), Brickell, Chief Justice. shoe factory are not covered by the expression "store fixtures," in a policy of insurance." ' Store orders. Legislation intended to prevent persons sui jiiris from making their own contracts for the sale of labor or merchandise is unconstitutional; as, a statute providing that no person shall issue, for the payment of labor, any order or paper than such as is redeemable in money.'*

See Circulation.