Wear
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
WEIR. A dam made across a river accommodated for the taking of fish or to convey a stream to a mill. Jacob. See Dam.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
'weir. A place in a river, rowing the stream that the
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
This word, as applied to space, can have no positive or precise meaning. It is a relative term. depending for its signification on the subject-matter in relation to which it is used and the circumstances under which it becomes necessary toapply it to surrounding objects. 5 Allen, 227. See, also, 44 Mo. 202; 31 Fed. Rep. 872.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
weir. A place in a river for taking fish, fisliway.