seminary
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)
Definitions from Case Law
From 563 U.S. 125 - Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn · 2011Most cited · 149 citing opinions
place of education, from whence scholars are transplanted into life").
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A place of education. Any school, academy, college, or university in which young persons are' instructed in the several branches of learning which may qualify them for their future employments. Webster, Diet. The word is said to have acquired no fixed and definite legal meaning. Cliegaray v. New York, 13 N. Y. 229. SEMINAUFRAGIUM (Lat.). A term used by Italian lawyers, which literally signifies half -shipwreck, and by which they understand the jetsam, or casting merchandise into the sea to prevent shipwreck. Locre, Esp. du Code de Com. art. 409. The state of a vessel which has been so much injured by tempest or accident that to repair the damages, after being brought into port, and prepare her for sea, would cost more than her worth. 4 Bost. L. Rep. 320. SEMPER PARATUS (Lat. always ready). The name of a plea by which the defendant alleges that he has always been ready to perform what is demanded of him. 3 Bla. Com. 803. The same as Tout temps prist.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Has no definite and fixed legal meaning; it is used in a general way to designate institutions of learning. Chegary v. Mayor, &c. of N. Y., 13 N. Y. 220.