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Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

Definitions from Case Law

From 132 U.S. 655 - Forbes Lith Manuf'G Co v. Worthington · 1889Most cited · 7 citing opinions

the most of the forms of figures or characters or representations, colored or uncolored, that may be impressed on a yielding surface;' and that 'the pictures in question were printed from lithographic stones, by successive impressions, each impression giving a different portion of the view and of a different color.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The art of impressing letters; the art of making books or papers by impressing legible characters. In patent cases in the circuit court, the taxable costs do not include expenditures for printing, charts, models, exhibits, printed records, briefs, copies of testimony, and the like; Kelly v. It. Co., 83 Fed. 183; but the practice varies in different circuits. See Libel; Liberty of the Press; Press.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The art of impressing letters; the art of making books or papers by impressing legible characters. Arthur v. Moller, 97 U. S. 365, 24 In Ed. 1046; Le Roy . Jamison, 15 Fed. Cos. 373; Forbes Lithograph Mfg. Co. . Worthington (C. C.) 25 Fed. 900. The term may include typewriting. Sunday v. Hagenbuch, 18 Pa. Co. Ct 54L Compare State v. Oakland, 69 Kan. 784, 77 Pac. 696.

Public printing. such as is directly ordered by the legislature, or performed by the agents of the government authorized to procure it to be done. Ellis v. State, 4 Ind. 1.