Depart

Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In Pleading. To forsake or abandon the ground assumed in a former pleading, and assume a new one. See "Departure." In Old English Law. To divide or separate; to part. Cowell.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

To divide; to separate.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

To divide or separate actively. The departers of gold and silver were no more than the dividers and refiners of those metals. CowelL

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In pleading. To forsake or abandon the ground assumed in a former pleading, and assume a new one. See Departure. In maritime law. To leave a port; to be out of a port. To depart imports more than to sail, or set sail. A warranty In a policy that a vessel shall depart on or before a particular day is a warranty not only that she shall sail, but that she shall be out of the port on or before that day. 3 Maule & S. 461; 3 Kent, Comm. 307, note. "To depart" does not mean merely to break ground, but fairly to set forward upon the voyage, Molr v. Assur. Co., 6 Taunt. 241; Young v. The Orpheus, 119 Mass. , 185; The Helen Brown (D. C.) 28 Fed. 111.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In pleading, to forsake or abandon former pleading, and assume a new one.

In maritime law. To leave a port; to be In old English law. To divide or separate

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Departure.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

[L. Lat. departire, decedere,'\ In pleading. To forsake or abandon the ground assumed in a former pleading, and assume a new one. See Departure. In old English law. To divide or separate; to part; (L. Fr. departir.) CotoeU. See Departir, In maritime law. To leave a port; to be out of a port. To depart imports more than to sail or set sail. A warranty in a policy that a vessel shall depart on or before a particular day is a warranty not only that she shall sail, but that she shall be out of the port on or before that day. Z M,Jb S, 461. 3 Ken Vs Com, 307, note. Cowen, J., 3 ^i;r«jB. 118, 126.