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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A number of persons or things ranked together for some common purpose or as possessing some attribute in common. The term is used of legatees; Swinton v. Legare, 2 Mc Cord Eq. (S. C.) 440; of obligees in a bond; Justices of Cumberland v. Armstrong, 14 N. C. 284; and of other collections of persons; White v. Delavan, 17 Wend. (N. Y.) 52; Ellis v. Kimball, 16 Pick. (Mass.) 132; Wheeler v. Philadelphia, 77 Pa. 338; 1 Ld. Raym. 708.