Memorial
Defined in 8 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
United States Code
16 U.S.C. § 450SS — in this section (4 versions over time)
The term “Memorial” means the Oklahoma City National Memorial designated under section 450ss–2(a) of this title.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A petition or representation made by one or more individuals to a legislative or other body. When such instrument is addressed to a court, it is called a "petition." MEMORITER (Lat.) From memory.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A petition or representation made by one or more individuals to a legislative or other body. When such Instrun Jent is addressed to a court, it is called a petition.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A document presented to a legislative body or to the executive, by one or more individuals, containing a petition or a representation of facts.
In English law. That which contains the particulars of a deed, etc., and is the instrument registered, as in the case of an annuity which must be registered. Wharton.
In practice. A short note, abstract, memorandum, or rough draft of the orders of the court, from which the records thereof may at any time be fully made up. State v. Shaw, 73 Vt. 149, 50 AU. 863.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
l, Memorie, I. fr.
In old English law. Memory; faculty of remembrance; mental soundness generally.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A document presented to a legislative body, or to the executive, by one or more individuals, containing a petition ora representation of facts. In English law, That which contains the particulars of a deed, etc., and is the instrument registered, as in the case ofan annuity which must be registered. Wharton,
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
is a petition or representation made by one or more individuals to a legislative body. When such instrument is addressed to a court, it is called a petition.