route
Defined in 4 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
United States Code
6 U.S.C. § 1201 — in this section
The term “route” includes storage facilities and trackage used by railroad cars in transportation in commerce.
16 U.S.C. § 1244 — under this section
The term “route” includes a trail segment commonly known as a cutoff.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Fr.
In French insurance law. The way that is taken to make the voyage insured. The direction of the voyage assured.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
A way used in going from one place to another. Power to change the route or location of a railroad does not include power to change the termini; they are excluded from the common acceptation of the word." See Adopt, 2; Along; Direct, 1; Maii/-roijte; Railroad.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
A state statute provided that, locomotive engine of any railroad corporation, the said corporation shall be responsible in damages for such injury," and have an insurable interest in such property along its route. It was held that the phrase " along its route " meant in proximity to the rails upon which the locomotive engines run; and that the corporation was liable for such an injury to buildings or other property near its road-bed, whether they were outside of the lines of its road-way or lawfully within those lines. Grand Trunk R. K. Co. V. Richardson, 91 U. A'. 454. Power, given in a railroad charter to change the route or location of a road, does not include power to change the termini. Attorney-Gen. V. West. Wis. R. Co., 36 Wis. 466.