Law Dictionary

as the Potomac river is a navigable stream, a part of the jus publicum, any obstruction to its navigation would, upon the most established principles, be what is declared by law to

That the contamination of the waters of the Gila river constituted a public nuisance which affected a large community of riparian owners and users of the waters for purposes of irr

conduct that is punishable by imprisonment or a fine according to the law of the State where the conduct occurred and that would be punishable under Arizona law had the conduct occ

The term “public offering” means an underwritten offering to the public of the common stock of the private corporation pursuant to section 2297h–2 of this title . / the term “publi

The term 'public office' undoubtedly implies a definite assignment of public activity, fixed by appointment, tenure, and duties.

Now, it is an established rule of law, that an agent who contracts in the name of his principal is not liable to suit on such contract; much less a public officer, acting for his g

a public officer is not liable to an action if he falls into error in a case where the act to be done is not merely a ministerial one, but is one in relation to which it is his dut

As used in this section, “public officer or employee” means any officer or employee of the United States, any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, any

It is not the injury done to an individual, or error of judgment, but malice alone that is the gist of prosecutions against a public officer at common law for malfeasance in office

no such rule can be applied to public offices of personal trust and confidence, the duties of which are not purely ministerial or clerical

an officer or employee or person acting for or on behalf of the United States, or any department, agency or branch of Government thereof.

The term “public or nonprofit institution” means an institution owned and operated by— (A) a State, a political subdivision of a State or an agency or instrumentality of either, or

For purposes of section 636 of this title , the term “public or private organization for the handicapped” means one— (1) which is organized under the laws of the United States or o

A right to pass over a body of water. This term is synonymous with "public highway," with this difference: by the latter is understood a right to pass over the land of another; by

"Public tranquillity; that quiet, order, and freedom from disturbance which is guarantied by the laws." The determination of what acts disturb the

If the rights under the copyright are infringed only by a performance where money is taken at the door, they are very imperfectly protected. ... The defendants' performances are no

the public way and any other location open to the public, whether publicly or privately owned.

The truth is that the theory of public policy embodies a doctrine of vague and variable quality, and, unless deducible in the given circumstances from constitutional or statutory p

Rights acquired by contract outside a state are enforced within a state, certainly where its own citizens are concerned, but that principle excepts claimed rights so contrary to th

Only where the allowance of a deduction would frustrate sharply defined national or state policies proscribing particular types of conduct have we upheld its disallowance. The poli

the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Board of Tax Appeals, and the federal courts have from time to time narrowed the generally accepted meaning of the language used in Section 23(a

In New England, a great pond; a pond covering a superficial area of more than ten acres. Brastow v. Rockport Ice Co., 77 Me. 100; West Roxbury v. Stoddard, 7 Allen (Mass.) 170.

such as is directly ordered by the legislature, or performed by the agents of the government authorized to procure it to be done. Ellis v. State, 4 Ind. 1.

the term “public-private cofinancing” means the combined use of either official development assistance or official export credit with private commercial credit to finance exports;

In this section, the term “public-private investment fund” means a financial vehicle that is— (1) established by the Federal Government to purchase pools of loans, securities, or a

The term “public-private partnership” means any partnership or working relationship between a Federal agency and a corporation, individual, or nonprofit organization for the purpos

The term “public property” means all public property that is within the same reasonably contiguous geographic area of the institution, such as a sidewalk, a street, other thoroughf

A district or prosecuting attorney; a quasi-judicial officer retained by the public for the prosecution of persons accused of crime. See 43 Wis. 344.

The legislation does not segregate private schools, or their pupils, as its beneficiaries or attempt to interfere with any matters of exclusively private concern. Its interest is e

The terms “rangelands” or “public rangelands” means lands administered by the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of Land Management or the Secretary of Agriculture throug

Public recipient of governmental assistance.—The term "public recipient of governmental assistance" means— (i) any State, (ii) any municipality or other political subdivi

A record maintained by public authorities, or open to the inspection of the public.

The term “public-relations counsel” includes any person who engages directly or indirectly in informing, advising, or in any way representing a principal in any public relations ma

The revenue of the government of the state or nation ; sometimes, perhaps, that of a municipality.

It was a right defeasible at the will of the owner of the subjacent land. It was a natural right, not derived from any grant, real or presumed, originating with the owner of the so

There are matters, involving public rights, which may be presented in such form that the judicial power is capable of acting on them, and which are susceptible of judicial determin

A navigable river. See "Navigable."

The term “public road” means any road or street under the jurisdiction of and maintained by a public authority and open to public travel. / In this paragraph, the term “public road

The term “public safety answering point” means a facility that has been designated to receive emergency calls and route them to emergency service personnel. / The term “public safe

The term “public safety entity” means an entity that provides public safety services.

the term "public safety officer" means an individual serving a public agency in an official capacity, with or without compensation, as a law enforcement officer, as a fir

In this section, the term “public safety organization” means an entity that primarily engages in activities related to the safety and well-being of the general public, including la

The term “public safety services” means services— (A) the sole or principal purpose of which is to protect the safety of life, health, or property; (B) that are provided— (i) by St

The term “Public Safety Trust Fund” means the trust fund established under section 1457(a)(1) of this title .

The term “public sale” means the sale of stock in Conrail pursuant to a public offering under the Conrail Privatization Act [ 45 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.]. If there is more than 1 publi

The term “public school” means a public elementary school or a public secondary school. / "public school" means a public elementary school, as defined in section 1001(i)

Schools maintained at the public expense by taxation.

The term “public school transportation” means transportation by schoolbus vehicles of schoolchildren, personnel, and equipment to and from a public elementary or secondary school a

The official seal of a publie officer. See ' 'Seals."

the terms “public elementary school” and “public secondary school” have the meaning given such terms in section 7801 of title 20; and / the terms “public elementary school” and “pu

“public sector employee”— (A) means an individual employed by a State, political subdivision of a State, or Indian tribe and who during the course of employment has responsibilitie

The term "public sector entity" means— (A) a State; (B) an agency of a State; (C) a political subdivision of a State; (D) an agency of a political subdivision of a State;

Bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, and other negotiable or transferable instruments evidencing the public debt of a state or government.

The character of the service, that is, whether it is public or private, and not the character of the ownership, determines ordinarily the scope of the power of regulation.

Definitions.—In this section, the term “public service and community service organization” includes the following organizations: (1) Any organization that provides the following se

The supplying of municipalities and their citizens with such public utilities as gas, water, electric light and communication for public and private use, by the municipal corporati

That the grant, resulting from an acceptance of the state's offer, constituted a contract, and vested in the accepting individual or corporation a property right, protected by the

The term “public service job” means— (i) a full-time job in emergency management, government (excluding time served as a member of Congress), military service, public safety, law e

“public settlement lands” means the lands described in paragraph 2 of the Settlement Agreement that are to be conveyed by the State of Rhode Island to the State Corporation pursuan

when, for the purpose of advancing the trade of its people or providing revenue for its treasury, a government acquires, mans, and operates ships in the carrying trade, they are pu

A sale made in pursuance of a notice, by auction or public outcry. Robins v. Bellas, 4 Watts (Pa.) 258.

In its popular import, the phrase refers almost exclusively to ground occupied by a courthouse and owned by a county. ' Logansport v. Dunn, 8 Ind. 378; but It may be used as synony

a public statute, as distinguished from a private statute. It is one of which the courts take judicial notice, without proof

Public obligations or ' securities.

A government warehouse, maintained for certain administrative purposes, such as the keeping of military supplies, the storing of imported goods under bands to pay duty, etc.

all such as have been placed under the control of the collectors, and put under the customs locks, and used for that purpose in conformity to law and the regulations of the Treasur

If the authorities of a city or town have treated a place as a public street, taking charge of it and regulating it as they do other streets, and an individual is injured in conseq

the term “public target range” means a specific location that— (A) is identified by a governmental agency for recreational shooting; (B) is open to the public; (C) may be supervise

The term “public telecommunications entity” means any enterprise which— (A) is a public broadcast station or a noncommercial telecommunications entity; and (B) disseminates public

The term “public telecommunications facilities” means apparatus necessary for production, interconnection, captioning, broadcast, or other distribution of programming, including, b

As used in this section, the term “public telecommunications network interconnectivity” means the ability of two or more public telecommunications networks used to provide telecomm

The term “public telecommunications services” means noncommercial educational and cultural radio and television programs, and related noncommercial instructional or informational m

The term “public tender offer” means any offer to purchase or otherwise acquire stock or assets in a corporation if such offer was or would be required to be filed or registered wi

the term “public transportation” has the meaning given to that term in section 5302(a) of title 49, except that the term shall include schoolbus, charter, and sightseeing transport

The term “public transportation agency” means a publicly owned operator of public transportation eligible to receive Federal assistance under chapter 53 of title 49.

the term "public transportation authority" means a local governmental authority (as defined in section 5302) established to provide, or make a contract providing for, com

“public transportation system” means all facilities, conveyances, and instrumentalities, whether publicly or privately owned, that are used in or for publicly available services fo

The term “public transportation vehicle” means a vehicle that— (A) provides designated public transportation (as defined in section 221 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 19

“public transport system” has the meaning given the term in section 2332f(e)(7) of this title ;

In view of this nation's historic distrust of secret proceedings, their inherent dangers to freedom, and the universal requirement of our federal and state governments that crimina

The old form by which charges in the allegations in the ecclesiastical courts were described at the end of each particular. —Public use, in constitutional provisions restricting th

An act of 1906 referring to England and Wales provides for the appointment of a public trustee to administer estates of small value, to act as custodian trustee, or as ordinary tru

But this soil is held by the State, not only subject to, but in some sense in trust for, the enjoyment of certain public rights, among which is the common liberty of taking fish, a

(Civil Law) Public law.

The term “public unmanned aircraft system” means an unmanned aircraft system that meets the qualifications and conditions required for operation of a public aircraft.

2. In the civU and old English law. Public.

It is immaterial whether the patentee had notice of the prior invention or not. If it was in actual use in any part of the world, however unlikely or impossible that the fact could

“public-use airport” means— (A) a public airport; or (B) a privately-owned airport used or intended to be used for public purposes that is— (i) a reliever airport; or (ii) determin

No patent shall be held to be invalid on account of such sale and public use, except on proof that the invention was on sale and in public use more than two years before the applic

If an inventor should be permitted to hold back from the knowledge of the public the secrets of his invention; if he should for a long period of years retain the monopoly, and make

The term “public use plan” means the use plan entitled “Red Cliffs Desert Reserve Public Use Plan” and dated June 12, 2000, as amended.

Congress by the term 'public utilities' exempted those whose charges already were regulated as public utilities and hence were not probable sources of inflationary dangers.

The term “public-utility company” means an electric utility company or a gas utility company.

The primary duty of a public utility is to serve on reasonable terms all those who desire the service it renders. This duty does not permit it to pick and choose and to serve only

property used predominantly in the trade or business of the furnishing or sale of— (i) electrical energy, water, or sewage disposal services, (ii) gas or steam through a local dist

A verdict delivered by the jury in open court, as distinguished from a privy verdict sealed and delivered by the jury when court is not in session.

a vessel of a friendly government in its possession and service is a public vessel, even though engaged in the carriage of merchandise for hire, and as such is immune from suit in

The foreign state is the true and real owner of its public vessels of war. The reigning Emperor, or National Assembly, or other actual person or party in power, is but the agent an

The public laws of a state may without question be read in this court; and the exercise of any authority which they contain, may be deduced historically from them: but private laws

We deem the true rule, under the 5th Amendment, as under state constitutions containing a similar prohibition, to be that while the legislature may legalize what otherwise would be