Works

This term means sometimes a mill, factory or other establishment for performing industrial labar of any sort, (South St. Joseph Land Ch v. Pitt, 114 Mo. 135, 21 S. W. 449,) and sometimes a building, structure or erection of any kind upon land, as in the civil-law phrase "new works."

— New works. A term of the civil law comprehending every sort of edifice or other structure which is newly commenced on a given estate or lot. Its importance lies chiefly in the fact that a remedy is given ("denunciation of new works") to an adjacent, proprietor whose property would be injured or subjected to a more onerous servitude if such a work were allowed to proceed to completion.

— Public works. Works, whether of construction or adaptation, undertaken and carried out by the national, state, or municipal authorities, and designed to subserve some purpose of public necessity, use, or convenience; such as public buildings, roads, aqueducts, parks, etc. See Ellis v. Common Council, 123 Mich. 567, 82 N. W. 244; Winters v. Duluth, 82 Minn. 127, 84 N. W. 788.