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Lights

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Those openings in a wall which are made rather for the admission of light than to look out of. 6 J. B. Moore, 47; 9 Bing. 305. See "Ancient Lights." Lamps carried on board vessels, under statutory regulations or otherwise, for the purpose of preventing collisions at night. Lamps or lights placed in lighthouses, or other conspicuous positions, as aids to navigation at night.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Those openings in a wall which are made rather for the admission of light than to look out of. 6 J. B. Moore 47; 9 Bingh. 306. See Ancient Lights. Lamps carried on board vessels, under statutory regulations or otherwise, for the purpose of preventing collisions at night. Lamps or lights placed in lighthouses, or other conspicuous positions, as aids to navigation at night. See Navigation Rules. LIGNAGIUM (from the Lat. Ugnor, to get fuel). The right which a person has to cut or gather fuel out of the woods; sometimes it is said to signify a pecuniary payment due for the same. Cowell.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

1. Windows; openings in the wall of a house for the admission of light.
2. Signal-lamps on board a vessel or at particular points on the coast, required by the navigation laws to be displayed at night.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

1. Windows; openings in the wall of a house for the admission of light. 2. Signal-lamps on board a vessel or at particular points on the coast, required by the navigation laws to be displayed at night.