Granger Railroads - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: granger railroadsGranger railroads
Certain railroads whose traffic largely consists in carrying the produce of farmers or grangers specifically applied to the Chicago amp Alton Chicago Burlington amp Quincey Chicago Rock Island amp Pacific Chicago Milwaukee amp St Paul and Chicago amp Northwestern railroads...
Granger stocks
Stocks or shares of the granger railroads...
Railroading
The construction of a railroad the business of managing or operating a railroad...
Erie doctrine
Erie doctrine [from the Supreme Court case Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins, which resulted in definition of the doctrine] : a doctrine that a federal court exercising diversity jurisdiction over a case for which no federal law is relevant must apply the law of the state in which it is sitting called also Erie Rule see also Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins in the Important Cases section ...
nuisance
nuisance [Anglo-French nusaunce, from Old French nuire to harm, from Latin nocēre] : something (as an act, object, or practice) that invades or interferes with another's rights or interests (as the use or enjoyment of property) by being offensive, annoying, dangerous, obstructive, or unhealthful at·trac·tive nuisance 1 : a thing or condition on one's property that poses a risk to children who may be attracted to it without realizing the risk by virtue of their youth 2 : a doctrine or theory employed in most jurisdictions: a possessor of property may be liable for injury caused to a trespassing or invited child by a condition on the property if he or she failed to use ordinary care in preventing such injury (as by fencing in a pool) and had reason to foresee entry by the child and if the utility of the condition was minor compared to the likelihood of injury [declined to extend the doctrine of attractive nuisance…to moving trains "Honeycutt v. City of Wichita,...
Granger
A farm steward...
Grangerism
The practice of illustrating a particular book by engravings collected from other books...
Grangerize
To collect illustrations from books for decoration of other books...
cause
cause 1 : something that brings about an effect or result [the negligent act which was the of the plaintiff's injury] NOTE: The cause of an injury must be proven in both tort and criminal cases. actual cause : cause in fact in this entry but-for cause : cause in fact in this entry cause in fact : a cause without which the result would not have occurred called also actual cause but-for cause concurrent cause : a cause that joins simultaneously with another cause to produce a result called also concurring cause compare intervening cause and superseding cause in this entry di·rect cause : proximate cause in this entry ef·fi·cient in·ter·ven·ing cause : superseding cause in this entry intervening cause 1 : an independent cause that follows another cause in time in producing the result but does not interrupt the chain of causation if foreseeable called also supervening cause compare concurrent cause and superseding cause in this entry 2 : super...
corporation
corporation [Late Latin corporatio, from Latin corporare to form into a body, from corpor- corpus body] : an invisible, intangible, artificial creation of the law existing as a voluntary chartered association of individuals that has most of the rights and duties of natural persons but with perpetual existence and limited liability see also pierce compare association, partnership, sole proprietorship close corporation [klōs-] : a corporation whose shares are held by a small number of individuals (as management) and not publicly traded ;specif : small business corporation in this entry called also closely held corporation compare public corporation in this entry foreign corporation : a corporation organized under the laws of a state or government other than that in which it is doing business government corporation : public corporation in this entry moneyed corporation : a corporation (as a bank) authorized to engage in the investment, exchange, or lending of moneyed capit...
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