Vagabond

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A vagrant.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

One who wanders about idly, who has no certain dwelling. It is not synonymous with vagrant. Johnson v. State, 28 Tex. App. 562, 13 S. W. 1005.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

One that wanders abouh and has no cortain dwelling; an idle fellow. Jacob. Vagabonds are described in old English statutes as "such as wake on the night and sleep on the day, and haunt customable taverns and ale-houses and routs about; and no man wot from whence they came, nor whither they go." 4 Bl. Comm. 169. See Forsyth v. Forsyth, 46 N. J. Eq. 400, 19 AU. 119; Johnson v. State, 28 Tex. App. 562, 13 S. W. 1005.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

Vagabundus, Lat. A wandering person; one who habitually goes about from place to place without settled residence or domicil. Vagabundum nuncupamus eum qui nullibi domicilium contraxit habitationis: we call him a vagabond who has nowhere contracted a domicil of residence.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

One that wanders about, and has no certain dwelling; an idle fellow. Jacob,.

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

John Bouvier · 1839

one who wanders about idly, who has no certain dwelling. A vagrant.