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Post Roads

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

See Fostoffice.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The roads or highways, by land or sea, designated by law as the avenues over which the malls shall be transported. Railway Mail Service Cases, 13 Ct Cl. 204. A "post route," on the other hand, ls the appointed course or prescribed line of transportation of the mall. U. S. v. Koch-ersperger, 26 Fed. Cas. 803; Blackham v. Gresham (C. C.) 16 Fed. 611.