People
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A state; as, the people of the state of New York. A nation in its collective and political capacity.
4 Term R. 783. See 6 Pet. (U. S.) 467.
The word "people" occurs in a policy of marine insurance. The insurer insures against "detainments of all kings, princes, and people." He is not by this understood to insure against any promiscuous or lawless rabble which may be guilty of attacking or detaining a ship, 2 Marsh. Ins. 508. See "Body Politic;" "Nation."