Popular Sense
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The sense in which a subject is understood by those conversant therewith. 1 Ex. 1). 218, adopted in Westerlund v. Min. Co., 203 Fed. 599, 121 C. C. A. G27.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In reference to the construction of a statute, this term means that sense which people conversant with the subject-matter with which the statute is dealing would attribute to it. 1 Exchi Div. 248.