pensions
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 297 U.S. 167 - Dismuke v. United States · 1936Most cited · 391 citing opinions
the term 'pensions' commonly referred to the gratuities paid by the government in recognition of past services in the Army or Navy
How often courts cite the case defining “pensions”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “pensions” — 391 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.