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Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

The public revenue or resources of a government or state; the income or means of an individual or corporation. It is somewhat like the fiscus of the Romans. The word is generally used in the plural. Money resources generally. The state of the finances of an individual or corporation, being his condition in a monetary point of view. The cash he has on hand, and that which he expects to receive, as compared with the engagements he has made to pay.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The public revenue or resources of a government or state. The income or means of an individual or corporation. It is somewhat like the flscus of the Romans. The word Is generally used in the plural. Money resources generally. The state of the finances of an individual or corporation, being his condition in a monetary point of view. The cash he has on hand, and that which he expects to receive, as compared with the engagements he has made to pay.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The publlc wealth of a state or government, considered either statically (as the property or money which a state now owns) or dynamically, (as its income, revenue, or public resources.) Aiso the revenue or wealth of an individual.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

The public wealth of a state or government, considered either statically (as the property or money which a stato now owns) or dynamically, (as its income, revenue, or public resources.) Also the revenue or wealth of an individual.