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Lazaret

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

or LAZARETTO. A place, selected by public authority, where vessels coming from infected or unhealthy countries are required to perform quarantine.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

LAZARETTO. A place, selected by public authority, where vessels coming from infected or unhealthy countries are required to perform quarantine. See Health.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

or LAAARETTO. A pesthouse, or public hospital for persons affected with the more dangerous forms of contagious diseases; a quarantine station for vessels LA“2ZI, A Saxon term for persons of a servile condition.