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Tornado

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Anderson (1889)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

Tornado is synonymous with "hurricane" and means a violent storm. A violent gust of wind or a tempest distinguished by the vehemence of the wind and by a whirling, progressive _ motion, usually accompanied by thunder, lightning, and torrents of rain, and commonly of short duration and small breadth. 151 la. 73, 77, Ann. Cas. 1913A, 266n.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

See Hurricane.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Lightning.