Implements
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
Things necessary in any trade, without which the work cannot be performed; also, the furniture of a house. Implements of household are tables, presses, cupboards, bedsteads, wainscot, and the like.* Rarely, if ever, includes an animal.^ As used iu a statute of exemptions, does not include a horse and cart.' ' Constitution, Art. I. sec.
8, cl. 6-7. See 3 Bancroft, Const. 193. 'See Story, Const. § 791; 3 Am. Law Eev. 547-67 (1868); 6 Am. Law Reg. 357-83 (1867), T. W. Dwight; ib. 641-80 (1867), W. Lawrence; 4 Bl. Com. 259-61. ' 17 Wall. 338; 106 U. S. 663;' 37 Pa. 392. * Story, Eq. PI. §§ 366-70; Wood v. Mann, 1 Sumn. 588-89 (1834), Story, J.; 3 Story R. 13; 15 F. R. 561. » Woods V. Morrell, 1 Johns. Ch. *106 (1814), Kent Ch. See also Hood v. Inman, 4 id. *438 (1820). "Coolidge V. Choate, 11 Mete. 83 (1846).
A music teacher's piano is an " implement of business."
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