Public Schools
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Schools maintained at the public expense by taxation.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Common schools. Jenkins v. Andover, 103 Mass. 97. See Schools.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Schools established Under the laws of the state, (and usually regulated in matters of detail by the local authorities,) in the various districts, counties, or towns, maintained at the public expense by taxation, and open without charge to the children of all the residents of the town or other district. Jenkins v. Andover, 103 Mass. 07; St. Joseph's Church v. Assessors of Taxes, l2 R. 1.19, 34 Am. Rep. 597; Merrick v. Amherst, 12 Allen (Mass.) 508. A public school is one belonging to the public and established and conducted under public authority ; not one owned and conducted by private parties, though it may be open to the public generally and though tuition may be free. Gerke v. Purcell, 25 Ohio St. 229.
Defined under School in Black's Law Dictionary.