structure

[t]he way in which parts are arranged or put together to form a whole" *946 and "[t]he interrelation or arrangement of parts in a complex entity." American Heritage Dictionary 1718 (4th ed. 2000); see also Random House Dictionary of the English Language 1410 (1967) (defining structure to mean, among other things, "the pattern of relationships, as of status or friendship, existing among the members of a group or society").

That which is built or constructed; an edifice or building of any kind. Poles connected by wires for the transmission of electricity; a mine or pit; Helm v. Chapman, 66 Cal. 291, 5 Pac. 352; a railroad track; Lee v. Barkhamsted, 46 Conn. 213; see Giant-Powder Co. v. R. Co., 42 Fed. 470, 8 L. R. A. 700 (contra, Rutherfoord v. R. Co., 35 Ohio St. 559); are structures. Swings or seats are not; Lothian v. Wood, 55 Cal. 159. See Mechanics' Lien.

Compare Building; Erect, 1. Where a statute provided that for an injury caused by a structure legally placed upon a highway by a railroad company, the company, and not the person bound to keep the highway in repair, should be liable, it was held that by " structure " was meant some permanent stationary erection, rather thaji an object like a moving car or engine.^ Another statute authorizing a mechanic's lien on any house, manufactory, other building, appurtenance, fixture, or other structure, and on the interest of the owner in the lot on which the same stands or is removed to, for labor, machinery, or materials furnished by the contractor, for erecting, altering, repairing, or removing the sam6, was held not to authorize a lien upon a railroad, although, within the general signification of the term, a railroad may be considered a, " structure." ^