Jewel
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
An ornament of the person, such as an ear-ring, a pearl, a diamond, prepared to be worn. 1 A watch is not carried as a jewel or ornament, but as an article of ordinary wear, and of hourly use. It is as necessary to a guest at an inn in his room as out of it, in the night as in the day-time.^ Jewelry. In a statute which prohibits peddling jewelry without a license, a term of the largest import, including all articles under the genus. ^ As generally used, includes articles of personal adornment, and imports that the articles are of value in the community where they are used... If by a pleasing combination of materials, by an attractive arrangemeut of parts, an article is produced bearing a general resemblance to real jewelry ornaments, and suitable for similar uses, it may fairly be called " imitation jewelry." *
See Baggage.