Ticket

The meaning, in a statute, is a matter of construction: the word itself has no determinate signification; — for there are 1 People V. Scoggins, 37 Cal. 683-84 (1869), Crockett; J.; People V. lams, 57 id.

126-27 (1880); People i>. Campbell, 59 id.

247-51 (1881), cases; United States v. Leighton, 4 Dak. T. 31 (1882). " Goodwin v. State, 96 Ind. 552 (1884): 4 Cr. Law Mag. 583, cases. ' State V. Beaudet, 53 Conn. 542-51 (1885), cases. < [4 Bl. Com. 137, 126.' » See 2 Bish. Cr. L. § 1200; 8 Whart. Cr. L. § 1664; 3 Cr. L. Mag. 720; 26 Iowa, 122; 24 Me. 71; 68 id. 473; 138 Mass. 65; 12 Allen, 447; 68 Mo. 66; 2 Barb. 427; 36 Ohio St. 818. 'Hyde Park u. Cemetery Association, 119 111. 147 (1886). lottery tickets, play-house tickets, admission tickets at public exhibitions and private parties, tickets to seats on a stage, tickets for passage on boats, etc.' Lottery ticket.

See Lottery.

Bailroad ticket

A token or voucher, adopted for convenience, showing that the passenger has paid his fare from one place to another: generally it does not contain, and ordinarily it is not intended to contain, a contract, but is a receipt for money only.2 Issued to a passenger, is a receipt for the passage money, and may be assigned by delivery so as to give a right of action for the value of unused coupons." That a discount will be made, when purchased before entering the car, is a reasonable regulation. A company is not bound to keep its office open after the time advertised for the departure of the train.* The sale of a ticket is an undertaking that due cate for safety vritl be used in managing trains and maintaining the road.* See further Carrier, Of passengers; Couponticket; Time-table. Ticket of leave. Under English laws, a convict, particularly one sent to a penal settlement, for continued good conduct may have a license, called "a ticket of leave," tobe at large; amounting, practically, in cases, to a remission of the sentence, within the conditions prescribed.

Whence ticket-ofleave man

The conditions are that the holder shall preserve his license, and produce it when called tor by any of Scer of the peace; shall abstain from violating the laws; shall not associate with bad characters; and shall not lead an idle or dissolute life. Ticket to a theater. The lawful holder of a ticket to a seat in a theater has more than a mere license; his right is rather in the nature of a lease, entitling him to peaceable ingress and egress, and exclusive possession ' [Allaire v. Howell Works Co., 14 N. J. L. 23 (18.33), Homblower, C. J. See generally 1 Harv. Law Rev. 17- 33 (1887), cases. ' [Rawson v. Pennsylvania E. Co., 42 N. Y. 217 (1873); Earl, C.; Gordon v. Manchester, &c. B. Co., 52 N. H. 599 (1S73); Logan i: Hannibal, &c. K. Co., 77 Mo. 66 (1883). ' Hudson V. Kansas Pacific E. Co., 13 Rep. 295 (1883): 9 F. E. 879. H. was a " ticket broker," and the railroad company refused to redeem tickets held by him. * Swan V. Manchester, &c. E Co., 133 Mass. 116 (1883),