Refuse
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914)
Definitions from Case Law
From 384 U.S. 224 - United States v. Standard Oil Co. · 1966Most cited · 347 citing opinions
The word 'refuse' includes all foreign substances and pollutants apart from those 'flowing from streets and sewers and passing therefrom in a liquid state' into the watercourse.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
To fail to comply with a demand. See 72 Mass. 224.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
To deny a request or demand. Burns v. Fox, 133 Ind. 206, 14 N. E. 541.