roster

Defined in 6 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Bouvier (1839)

United States Code

5 U.S.C. § 571 — for the purposes of this subchapter

“roster” means a list of persons qualified to provide services as neutrals.

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A list of persons who are in their turn to perform certain duties required of them by law. Tytler, Mil. Law, 93. ROTA (Lat.) A court; a celebrated court of appeals at Rome, of which one judge must be a German, one a Frenchman, two Spaniards, and eight Italians. Enc. Brit. Its decisions had great weight, but were not law, although judged by the law. Sacciae Trac. de Com. et Comb. § 1, quaest. 7, pars. 2, ampl. 8, num. 219, 220, 253, 254. There was also a celebrated rota, or court at Genoa about the sixteenth century or before, whose decisions in maritime matters form the first part of Straccha de Merc.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A register; a list of qualified voters; a list of the officers of a regiment, brigade or division. See 25 Me. 157.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A list of persons who are to perform certain legal duties when called upon In their turn. In military affairs it is a table or plan by which the duty of officers is regulated. See Matthews v. Bowman, 25 Me. 107.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

A corruption of register, — a register, list, catalogue. ' See 3 Bl. Com. 442, 480; 1 Spenoe, Eq. J. 100, 857. "Ohio & Miss. B. Co. v. Weber, 96 111. 448 (1880), Dickey, J. >See generally 4 South. Law Eev. 198-837 (1878), cases; 23 How. 117; 3 Dill. 412; 23 111." 800; 64 Me. 263 25 Barb. 486; 11 Am. B. 751; 53 Mo. 17; 89 N. J. E. 811 52 N. Y. 621; 64 id. 314; 21 Wis. 44; 2 Bedf. Eailr. 504 Jones, Eailr. §§ 146-87, cases. * Hadley, Roman Law, 43-48. ' « 3 Columbia Jurist, 74 (1886); 1 Pomeroy, Eq. §§ 14, 56; Hare, Qontr., Index. See "The Boman Law in

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

A list of nereons who are in their turn to perform certain duties, required of them by law. Tytler on Courts Mart. 93.