Comfort
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Anderson (1889)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
Whatever is necessary to give security from want, and furnish reasonable physical, mental, and spiritual enjoyment. So held where an executor was directed to pay the testator's widow as much of a certain fund as is "necessary for her comfort." « See Aid, 1. 'Central Shade-Eo Uer Co. v. Cushman, 143 Mass. 364 (1877); Craft v. Mc Conoughy, 79 111. 346 (1875). See generally as to combinations for stifling competition, 20 Am. Law Eev. 195-216(1886), cases. 2 Commonwealth v. Carlisle, Brightly's Eep. 40 (Pa., 1821), Gibson, J. See Commonwealth v. Gallagher, 8 Pa. L. J. Eep. 64 (1814). ' Morris Eun Coal Co. v. Barclay Coal Co., 68 Pa. 173, 186-88 (1871), cases. See also Vanarsdale v. Laverty, 69 id. 103, 108 (1871) — an agreement not to employ one-as a teacher. « Mogul Steamship Co. v. M'Gregor, Gow & Co., L. E., 15 Q. B. D. 476, 482 (1885), Coleridge, C. J. 'Commonwealth v. Hunt et al.,i Mete. 131 (1842),