Mileage
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A compensation of so much per mile allowed to officers traveling on the public business, or to any person authoritatively summoned in respect to a matter of public importance, as to a witness.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A payment or charge, at a fixed rate per mile, allowed as a compensation for traveling expenses to members of Jegislative bodies, witnesses, sheriffs, and bailiffs.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
A compensation for duties or services involving journeying, measured by the distance, i.e. number of miles, travelled.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
is a compensation allowed by law, to officers for their trouble and expenses in travelling on public business. The mileage allowed to members of congress, is eight dollars for every twenty miles of estimated distance, by the most usual roads, from his place of residence to the seat of congress, at the commencement and end of every session. Act of Jan. 22, 1818; 3 Story’s Laws U.S. 1657.