Elements

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

"Damage by the elements" has been held with "damage by Eligible, the term eligible relates to capacity of holding, as well as capacity of being elected to an office, 15 Ind. 331; 31 Neb. 707; legally qualified, 24 111. App. 612: or fit to be chosen, 30.L. J. Ch. 631; 8 H. L. Ca. 495.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The forces of nature which are sudden, unusual or unexpected. See 40 Minn. 106, 2 L. R. A. 349, 41 N. W. 940.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A term popularly applied to fire, air, earth and water, anciently supposed to be the four simple bodies of which the world was composed. Encyc. Diet. Often applied in a particular sense to wind and water, as "the fury of the elements." Gent. Diet. It has been said that "damages by the elements," and "damages by the act of God," are convertible expressions; Polack v. Pioche, 35 Cal. 416, 95 Am. Dec. 115.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The forces of nature. The elements are the mcans through which God acts, and "damages by the elements" means the same thing as "damages by the act of God." Polack v. Pioche, 35 Cal. 416, 95 Ain. Dec. 115; Van Wormer v. Chane, 5l Mich. 363, 16 N. W. 686, 47 Am. Rep. 582; Hatch v. Stamper, 42 Conn. 30; Pope v. Milling Co., 130 Cal. 139, 62 Pan. 384, 53 L. It A. 673, 80 Am. St. Rep. 87.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

The forces of nature. The elements are the means through which God acts, and “damages by the elements” means the same thing as “damages by the aet of God.” 38 Cal. 416.