Parallel
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
For two lines of street railway to be "parallel," within the meaning of a statute, It may not be necessary that the two lines shouid be parallel for the whole length of each or either route. Exact parallelism is not contemplated.
Cronin v. Highland St. Ry. Co., 144 Mass. 254, 10 N. E. 833. And see East St. Louis Connecting Ry. Co. v. Jarvis, 92 Fed. 735, 34 C. C. A. 639; Louisville & N. R. Co. v. Kentucky, 161 U. S. 677, 16 Sup. Ct. 714, 40 In Ed. 849.