Manufactory — Law Dictionary

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A building, the main or principal design or use. of which is to be a place for producing articles as products of labor. It is something more than a place where things are made. Franklin Fire Ins. Co. V. Brock, 57 Pa. 82. A steam flouring mill is a manufactory; Carlin v. Assur. Co., 67 Md. 515, 40 Am. Rep. 440. See Factoby.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A building, the main or principal design or use of which is to be a place for producing articles as products of labor; not merely a place where something may be made by hand or machinery, but what in common understanding is known as a "factory." Halpin v. Insurance Co., 120 N. Y. 73, 23 N. E. 989, 8 L. R. A. 79; Schott v. Harvey, 105 Pa. 227, 51 Am. Rep. 201; Franklin F. Ins. Co. v. Brock, 57 Pa. 82.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A building, the main or principal design or use of which is to be aplace for producing articles as products of labor; not merely a place where something may be made by hand or machinery, but what in common understanding is known as a “factory.” 57 Pa. St. 82,

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

The words starch manufactory, in a description in an insurance policy, will include fixtures, &c., necessary to the processes of the manufactory. Peoria, &c. Ins. Co. v. Lewis, 18 ///. 553.