blind
Defined in 6 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Bouvier (1839)
United States Code
41 U.S.C. § 48B — in this section
The term “blind” refers to an individual or class of individuals whose central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses or whose visual acuity, if better than 20/200, is accompanied by a limit to the field of vision in the better eye to such a degree that its widest diameter subtends an angle of no greater than 20 degrees.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The condition of one who is deprived of the faculty of seeing. Persons who are blind may enter into contracts and make wills like others; Carth. 53; Barnes, 19; Boyd v. Cook, 3 Leigh (Va.) 32. When an attesting witness becomes blind, his handwriting may be proved as if he were dead; 1 Starkie, Ev. 341. But before proving his handwriting the witness must be produced, if within the jurisdiction of the court; 1 Ld. Raym. 734; 1 Mood. & R. 258. It is not negligence for a blind man to travel along a highway; Sleeper v. Town of Sandown, 52 N. H. 244..
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
One who is deprived of the sense or faculty of sight.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Reading. A blind man may make a contract or a will. The handwriting of an attesting witness who has become blind may be proved as if he were dead — he being first produced and examined, if within the jurisdiction.* Whether it is negligence for a blind man to travel upon a highway on foot, unattended, is a question for a jury." ' Commonwealth v. Kneeland, 20 Pick. 213, 220 (1838), Shaw, C. J. 2 3 Greenl. Ev. § 164. ' Eegina v. Eamsay and Foote, 48 L. T. 734^0 (1883), cases, Coleridge, C. J., quoting Starkie. See Bradlaugh's Case, 4 Cr. Law Mag. 692 (1883); 17 Cent. Law J. 38 (1883) — Law Times (Eng.). ■■ Georgetown, &c. E. Co. v. Eagles, 9 Col. 544 (1886), cases. Eagles recovered damages for direct injury done to the roofs of houses from' falling debris, and for loss of rents. »1 Starkie, Ev. § 341; 1 Greenl. Ev. §§ 365-67; 1 Whart. Ev. § 401.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
one who is deprived of the faculty of seeing. Persons who are blind may enter into contracts and make wills like others. Carth. 53; Barn. 19, 238. When an attesting witness becomes blind, his handwriting may be proved as if he were dead. 1 Stark. Ev. 341.