Estimate
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A word used to express the mind or judgment of the speaker or writer on the particular subject under consideration. It implies a computation or calculation. People v. Clark, 37 Hun (N. Y.) 203.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
This word is used to express the mind or judgment of the speaker or writer on the particular subject under consideration. It implies a calculation or computation, as to estimate the gain or loss of an enterprise. 3? Hun, 203.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
Implies a computation or calculation. The particular idea intended to be expressed by the word must be determined by the subject-matter under consideration, together with the context of any pertinent instrument. Where a redeeming mortgagee stated in his afadavit that there was unpaid on the mortgage, " as near as he could estimate," a specified sum, it was held that this was equivalent to saying that he had computed the sum.* Where a tract of land, " estimated to contain 1,000 acres," was sold by written agreement, for a price in gross, it was held that acquiescence for many years would raise a presumption that the purchaser understood that the sale was in gross; also, that where land is exchanged for other land the liability of the vendor for a deficiency should not be enforced with the same strictness as in the case of a sale for money. The evidence did not disclose any fraudulent assurance calculated to deceive the purchaser.*