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Bicycle

A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

Held to be a "carriage," within a statute forbidding fast driving. m Not a "carriage" liable to toll, imder the English Turnpike Act of 1883." A tricycle capable of being propelled by the feet, or by steajn as an auxiliary, or alone, was held to be a "locomotive," within the English Highways and Locomotive Act of 1378. >= The park commissioners of New York, in their discretion, may prohibit bicycles in the parks of that city. An ordinance to that effect may be a " regulation " intended by the statute creating their oflaoe.i' 1 Senger v. Sanger's Executor, 81 Va. 698 (1886), Richardson, J. 2 Haskell v. Sargent, 1J3 Mass. 343 (1873). s Stoutenburgh v. Moore, 37 N. J. E. 69 (1883). « Revere v. Leonard, 1 Mass. *93 (1804). s Bunco V. Reed, 16 Barb. 363 (1833); 5 Mete. 640. « Hedderich v. State, 101 Ind. S70 (1884). ' F. biais a slant, slope: inclination to a side. L. L. bifacem, one who looks sideways.

Skeat. » [Willis V. State, 12 Ga. 449-50 (1853). 0 1 Whart. Ev. §§ 408, 566. 1" Taylor v. Goodwin, L. E., 4Q. B. D. 328 (1879). " Williams v. Ellis, L. E., 5 Q. B. D. 176 (1880). An act which forbids the use of bicycles on a certain road, unless permitted by the superintendent of the road, is not unconstitutional. ^ In the absence of legislative prohibition, riders of bicycles would seem to have the same rights on highways as those using any other vehicle.'