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Journey

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

The term originally signified a day's travel (see "Jour"), but now means travel, without regard to duration.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A day’s travel; a traveling from place to place. See 53 Ala. 521, 25 Am. Rep. 652.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Originally a day’s travel. It is now applied to travel from place to place, without restriction of time. But when thus applied, it is employed to designate a travel which is without the ordinary habits, business, or duties of the person, to a distance from his home, and beyond the circle of his friends or acquaintances. Gholson v. State, 53 Ala. 621, 25 Am. Rep. 652.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The original signification of this word was a day's travel. It is now applied to a travel by land from place to place, without restriction of time. But, when thus applied, it is employed to designate a travel which is without the ordinary habits, business or duties of the person, to a distance from his home, and beyond the circle of his friends or acquaintances. Ghoison v. State, 53 Ala. 521, 25 Am. Rep. 652.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

The original signilication of this word was a day’s travel. It is now applied to a travel by land from place to place, without restriction of time. But, when thus applied, it is employed to designate a travel which is without the ordinary habits, business, or duties of the person, to& distance from his home, and beyond the cir cle of his friends or acquaintances. 653 Ala, 521.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

Originally, a day's travel; now applied to travel by land from place to place, without restriction as to time, and without the ordinary habits, business, or duties of the person, to a distance from his home, and beyond the circle of his friends or acquaintances; as, in a statute against carrying concealed weapons, except while traveling on a journey.5 Travel in the neighborhood of one's home, though in another county, is not contemplated in the Tennessee act of 1870.» 13B1. Com. 180. 2 Constitution, Art. I. sec. 5, cl. 3. = Koehler v. Hill, 60 Iowa, 549-63 (1883). cases; Wise 17. Bigger, 79 Va. 280-81 (1884); Cooley, Const. Llm. 135, cases; 2 Story, Const. % 301; 94 V. S. 263; 40 Ark. 209; 25 111. ]81; 4S id. 119; 11 Ind. 4M; 26 Pa. 450; 5 W. Va. 85. « State, ex rel. Herron v. Smith, 44 Ohio St. 362-405 (1886), cases pro and con. See also Attorney-General V. Eice, Sup. Ct. Mich. (1887): 26 Am. Law Beg. 304rll, cases; 37 Alb. Law J. 428-83, 449-55 (1888), cases. Journeyman. A servant by the day — whether the work is done by the day or by the piece. 1 JR. See Junior, 1; Name, 1.