Member
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A limb of the body useful in self-defence. Membrum est pars corporis habens destinatam operationem in corpora.
Co, Litt. 126 o.
As to the loss of a member, see Loss. An individual who belongs to a firm, partnership, company, or corporation. A statutory provision that all the members of a company shall, in certain cases, be liable, is not confined to such as were members when the debts were contracted; Curtis v. Harlow, 12 Mete. (Mass.) 3. See Corporation; Partnership; Joint Stock Company. One who belongs to a legislative body, or other branch of the government; as, a member of the house of representatives; a member of the court. A child living with the father does not necessarily cease to be a member of his family on reaching his majority; Chicago & N. W. Ry. Co. V. Chisholm, 79 111.
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