Negro

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Generally a person belonging to the African race, and having such a proportion of African blood as will identify him with that race. 5 Jones, Law (N. C.) 11; 80 Va. 544. It has been held to mean a black man and not to include a mulatto. 18 Ala. 20.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A black man; one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa and distinguished by certain physical characteristics, not including octoroons, mulattoes and persons of mixed blood. See 126 La. 300, 13ff Am. St. Rep. 514, 20 Ann. Cas. 1297, 52 South. 500.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The word "negro" means s black man, one descended from the African race, and does not commonly include a mulatto. Felix v. State, 18 Ala. 720. But the laws of the different states are not uniform in this respect, some including in the description "negro" one who has one-eighth or more of African blood.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

A negro is a person having in his veins one-sixteenth or more of African blood. State v. Chavers, 5 Jones, 11. The word negro means a black man, one descended from the African race, and does not commonly include a mulatto. Felix V. State, 18 Ala. 720.