navy
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 47 U.S. 92 - William Brashear v. John Mason · 1848Most cited · 33 citing opinions
constitutional meaning
The word 'navy,' as used in the Constitution of the United States, has never been supposed by any one to mean ships only. By established usage, and by various acts of Congress, 'navy' comprehends both ships and men.
How often courts cite the case defining “navy”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “navy” — 33 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case 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.