Common Schools
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Schools for A school that begins with the rudimental elements of an education, whatever else it may embrace, as contradistinguished from academies or universities devoted exclusively to teaching advanced pupils in the classics, and in all the higher branches of study usually included in the curriculum of the colleges. 97 111. 378.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Schools for general elementary instruction, free to all the public. 2 Kent 195. See Schools.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Schools maintained at the public expense and administered by a bureau of the state, district, or municipal government, for the gratuitous education of the children of nil citizens without distinction. Jenkins v. Andover, 103 Mass. 98; People v. Board of Education, 13 Barb. (N. Y.) 4lO; Le Coulteulx v. Buffalo, 33 N. Y, 337; Roach v. Board of Directors, 7 Mo. App. 567.
Defined under School in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Schools maintained ab the public expense and administered by a bureau of the state, district, or municipal government, for the gratuitous aducation of the children of all citizens without distinction.