Road

A passage through the country for the use of the people.

Respublica v. Arnold, 3 Yeates (Pa.) 421.

It is frequently used as a synonym of railroad; Central R. Co. v. Ry. Co., 46 N. J. L. 292; Parker v. R. Co., 33 Fed. 699; as when a charter power to take stock in companies for making "roads" to a city was held to authorize a subscription to the stock of a railroad; Evansville v. Dennett, 161 U. S. 434, 16 Sup. Ct. 613, 40 L. Ed. 760. A state statute imposing a duty of two days' labor in every year on each person for the purpose of keeping roads in repair is not unconstitutional; Haney v. Com'rs of Bartow Co., 91 Ga. 770, 18 S. E. 28; Dennis v. Simon, 51 Ohio St. 233, 36 N. E. 832. As to the constitutionality of an act authorizing the establishment of a private way over property of another, see Eminent Domain, and also Witham v. Osburn, 4 Or. 318, 18 Am. Rep. 287, where such an act was held unconstitutional. See Highway; Way; Street; Dedication; Easement. In Maritime Law. An open passage of the sea, which, from the situation of the adjacent land, is so sheltered as to be a safe place for the riding and anchoring of vessels. Hale, de Port. Mar. p.

2, c. 2.

This word, however, does not appear to have a very definite meaning; 2 Chitty, Com. Law 4, 5.

Often called "roadstead"; 2 Hugh. 17.