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Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Old forms: either, eyther, aither, ayther. Each of two; the one and the other. 172 "1- The 68. word "either",,. is sometimes used in the sense of one or the other of several things, and not infrequently in the sense of one and the other, it being common to say on either hand, on either side, meaning, thereby, on each hand or side. 59 111. 89 The term "either" does not include "both," nor does "both" the greater intend and therefore include the less "either." 4 Hawa. 429.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

May be used in the sense of each. Chidester v. Ry. Co., 59 111. 87.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

May be used In the sense of "each." Chidester v. Railway Co., 59 III. 87. This word does not mean "all;" but does mean, one or the other of two or more specified things. Ft. Worth St. R. Co. v. Rose-dale St R. Co.., 68 Tex. 169, 4 S. W. 534.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

One or the other of several things; but, sometimes, ono and the other.' See Or, 3. May be used, as in a statute, in the sense of "any."'