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Expose

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

n. Fr. A statement; account; recital; explanation. The term ls used In diplomatic language as descriptive of a written explanation of the reasons for a certain act or course of conduct. v. To show publicly; to display ; to offer to the public view; as, to "expose" goods to sale, to "expose" a tariff or scheduie of rates, to "expose" the person.

Boynton v. Page, 13 Wend. (N. Y.) 432; Comin. v. Byrnes, 158 Mass. 172, 33 N. E. 343; Adams Exp. Co.. v. Schlesslnger, 75 Pa. 246; Centre Turnpike Co. v. Smith, 12 Vt. 216.

To place in a position where the object spoken of is open to danger, or where it ls near or accessible to anything which may affect it detrimentally; as, to "expose" a child, or to expose oneself or another to a contagious disease or to danger or hazard of any kind.

In re Smith, 146 N. Y. 68, 40 N. E. 497, 28 L. R. A. 820, 48 Am. St. Rep. 769; Davis v. Insurance Co., 81 Iowa, 496, 48 N. W. 1073, 10 In R. A. 359, 25 Am. St Rep. 509; Miller v. Insurance Co., 39 Minn. 548, 40 N. W. 839.