Pack Saddle - Law Dictionary Search Results
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Cacolet
A chair litter or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army...
Saddled
Having a broad patch of color across the back like a saddle saddle backed...
Jury-packing
Jury-packing, means the act or an instance of contriving to have a jury composed of persons who are predisposed toward one side or the other. Also termed packing a jury, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 862....
Packed parcels
Packed parcels, the name for a consignment of goods, consisting of one large parcel made up of several small ones (each bearing a different address) collected from different persons by the immediate consignor (a carrier), who unites them into one for his own profit at the expense of the railway by which they are sent, since the railway company would have been paid more for the carriage of the parcels singly than together. The charging by a railway company of a higher rate for 'packed' than other parcels has been determined frequently to be illegal, see G.W. Ry. Co. v. Sutton, (1869) LR 4 HL 226....
Packing
Packing. False packing of hay and straw in the metropolis is penal under the (English) Hay and Straw Act, 1856 (19 & 20 Vict. c. 114), which inflicts a penalty of 10l. It only applies to the County of London. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Hay.'...
Saddle backed
Having the outline of the upper part concave like the seat of a saddle...
Saddle shaped
Shaped like a saddle...
pack
pack : to influence the composition of (as a political agency) so as to bring about a desired result [ a jury] ...
Pack horse
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