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Faro

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A gambling game played with cards. See 12 Tex. App. 222.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An unlawful game of cards, in which all the other players play against the banker or dealer, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack. Webster; Ward v. State, 22 Ala. 19; U. S. v. Smith, 27 Fed. Cas. 1149; Patterson v. State, 12 Tex. App. 224.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

An unlawful game of cards, In which all the other players play against the banker or dealer, staking their money upon the order in which the cards will lie and be dealt from the pack. Webster,

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Game, 3.