Wagon
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A common vehicle for the transportation of goods, wares, and merchandise of. all descriptions. The terra does not include a hackney coach; Quigley v. Gorham, 5 Cal. 418, 63 Am. Dec. 139; but a “buggy” is a wagon; Gordon v. Shields, 7 Kan. 325; contra, Dingman v. Raymond, 27 Minn. 507, 8 N. W. 597; as is a hearse, within the meaning of an. exemption law; Spikes v. Burgess, 65 Wis. 431, 27 N. W. 184.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
—'Wagonage. Money paid for carriage in a wagon.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
In a statute exempting property from execution, the term wagon is intended to mean a common vehicle for the transportation of goods, wares, and merchandise of all descriptions; and does not include a hackney coach. Quigley v. Gorham, 5 Cal. 418. In such a statute, wagon should be construed as a generic term, and it includes a buggy. Gordon v. Shields, 7 Kans. 320. A one-horse wagon, with a spring seat and panelled sides, used only for the carriage of persons, was held a " pleasure carriage." Moss V. Moore, 18 Johns. 128. To the contrary, Pardee v. Blanchard, 19 Id. 442. Consult Carriage.