pier
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
Definitions from Case Law
From 404 U.S. 202 - Victory Carriers, Inc. v. Law · 1971Most cited · 711 citing opinions
Piers and docks were consistently deemed extensions of land; injuries inflicted to or on them were held not compensable under the maritime law.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A structure extending from the solid land out into the water of a river, lake, barbor, etc., to afford convenient passage for persons and property to and from vessels along the sides of the pier. Seabright v. Allgor, 69 N. J. Law, 641, 56 Atl. 287.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
A structure erected for ferry purposes, on a river-bank, by permission of the common council of the city of New York, consisting of piles covered with flooring, is not a pier, within the meaning of the act of 1867, ch. 763, regulating the distance between piers in the port of New York. Stevens V. Rhinelander, 5 Roht. 285.