Touching
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 11 U.S. 26 - Maryland Insurance Company v. Le Roy Bayard M'Evers · 1812Most cited · 14 citing opinions
in a marine policy
Touching, in its nautical sense, is known to be the most restrictive word that can be adopted in such a case. Construing the license according to the subject matter, and in its necessary connection with the offer on the freight, it could mean no more than permission to provision the vessel with live stock, such as is usual on a voyage, and may be procured at the Cape de Verds.
How often courts cite the case defining “Touching”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Touching” — 14 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.