Conduct Money
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In English' practice. Money paid to a witness who has been subpoenaetf on a trial, sufficient to defray the reasonable expenses of going to, staying at, and returning from the place of trial. Lush, Com. Law Prac. 460; Archb. New Prac. 689.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Money paid to. a witness for his travelling expenses. Wharton. C0NDUCTI0 (Lat). A hiring; a bailment for hire. It is the correlative of locatio, a letting for hire. Conducti actio, in the civil law, is an action which the hirer of a thing or his heir had against the latter or his heir to be allowed to use the thing hired. Conducere, to hire a thing. Conductor, a hirer, a carrier; one who undertakes to perform, labor on another's property for a specified sum. Conductus, the thing hired. Calvinus, Lex.; Du Cange; 2 Kent 586. See Bailment.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In English law. Money paid to a witness who has been subpoenaed, for travelling expenses and maintenance.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In English practice. Money paid to a witness who has been subpoenaed on a trisl, sufficient to defray the reasonable expenses of going to, slaying at, and returning from the place of trial. Lush, Pr. 460; Arehb. New Pr. 639,
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In English practice. Money paid to a witness who has been subpcenaed on a trial, sufficient to defray the reasonable expenses of going to, staying at, and returning from the place of trial. Lush's Pract, 460. Archh. New Pr, 639.