enrolment
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 70 U.S. 566 - The Mohawk · 1865Most cited · 26 citing opinions
vessel
The purpose of an enrolment is to evidence the national character of a vessel engaged in the coasting trade or home traffic, and to enable such vessel to procure a coasting license.
How often courts cite the cases defining “enrolment”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “enrolment” — 36 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1865–1865
the act of inserting in a list or roll; and in reference to the purpose of calling the able-bodied men of the country into its service, its usual meaning is fully satisfied when the names of the persons liable to such service are placed on a roll or register