Carry

To bear, bear about, sustain, transport, remove or convey.

— Carry away. In criminal law. The act of removal or asportation, by which the crime of larceny is completed, and which is essential to constitute it. Co.m. v. Adams, 7 Gray (Mass.) 45; Com. v. Pratt, 132 Mass. 246; Gettinger v. State, 13 Neb. 308, 14 N. W. 403.

— Carry arms or weapons. To wear, bear, or carry them upon the person or in the clothing or in a pocket, for the purpose of use, or for the purpose of being armed and ready for offensive or defensive action in case of a conflict with another person. State v. Carter, 36 Tex. 89; State v. Roberts, 39 Mo. App. 47; State v. Murray, 39 Mo. App. 128; Moorefield v. State, 5 Lea (Tenn.) 348; Owen v. State, 31 Ala. 380.

— Carry costs. A verdict la said to carry costs when the party for whom the verdict is given becomes entitled to the payment of his costs as incident to such verdict,--Carry on business. To prosecate or pursue a particular avocation or form of business as a continuous and permanent occupation and substantial employment A single act or business transaction is not sufficient, but the systematic and habitual repetition of the same act may be. Dry Goods Co. v. Lester, 60 Ark. 120, 29 S. W. 34, 27 L. R. A. 505, 46 Am. St. Rep. 162; State v. Tolman, 106 La. 662, 31 South. 32O; Holmes v. Holmes, 40 Co.nn. 120; Railroad Co., v. Attalia, 118 Ala. 362, 24 South. 450; Territory v. Harris, 8 Mont. 140, 19 Pac. 286; Sangster v. Kay, 5 Exch. 386; Lawson v. State, 55 Ala. ll8; Abel v. State, 90 Ala. 633, 8 South. 760; State v. Shipley, 98 Md. 657, 57 Atl. 12,

— Carry stoch. To provide funds or credit for its payment for the period agreed upon from the date of purchase. Saltus v. Genin. 16 N. Y. Super. Ct. 280. And see Pickering v. Demerritt, 100 Mass. 421.

1. In the law of larceny, "carry" is not the same as "carry away." "Did, take and carry away" is the translation of " cepit et asportavit," used in indictments when processes and records were in Latin. "Away "or some other word must be subjoined to " carry " to modify its general signiiication.* See Laecent. " Take and haul away " has the same meaning as take and cai-ry away." 2. To bear: as, to "carry a concealed weapon." Locomotion is not essential.^ See further Weapon. 1 Pennsylvania Co. v. Eoy, 102 U. S. 456 (1880), cases; Hart V. Penn. E. Co., 112 id. 338-43 (1884), cases; Waterbury V. N. Y. Central, &o. E. Co., 17 F. E. 671, 674-93 (1883), note; 32 Am. Law Eev. 198-202 (1888), cases. As to^ contract for non-liability for negligence, see also Griswold v. New York, &c. E. Co., 53 Conn. 385-86 (1885), cases, pro and con.; Lake Shore, &c. E. Co. v. Spangler, 44 Ohio St. 476 (1886); Little Eock, &c. E. Co. ■0. Eubanks, 48 Ark. 465 (1886), cases. ^ New Jersey Steamboat Co. v. Brockett, '121 TJ. S. 646^7 (1887), cases. As to servants, see 23 Cent. Law J, 127 (1886) — Justice of the Peace (Bug.). ' Thoi Tpe V. N. Y. Central & Hudson Elver E. Co., 76 N. Y. 402 (1879). « Commonwealth u. Adams, 7 Gray, 46 (1856); Commonwealth V. Pratt, 132 Mass. 247 (1882). 3. When a party becomes entitled to the payment of costs as an incident to a verdict in his favor, the verdict is said to " carry costs." See Damages. 4. That to carry safely is the obligation of a common carrier, see Oareiee. Carry on. A single act pertaining to a particular business will not constitute one as " carrying on'' or engaged in that business.! Making a contract in Colorado to build and to deliver in Ohio certain machinery was held not " carrying on " busmess in Colorado.' See further Find, 2. Carry stock. When a broter buys stock and holds it on account of a customer, he is said to " carry stock." s