Bridge in United States
Bridge Definition
A structure erected over a river, creek, stream, ditch, ravine, or other place, to facilitate the passage thereof; including, by the term, both arches and abutments. 3 Har. (N. J.) 108; 15 Vt. 438. The common-law definition, flumen vel cursus aquae, etc., has a more enlarged significance in modern usage, and the term “bridge” in statutes signifies also crossings over public ways on land. 37 Me. 451. Bridges are either public or private. Public bridges are such as form a part of the highway, common, according to their character, as foot, horse, or carriage bridges, to the public generally, with or without toll (2 East, 342); though their use may be limited to particular occasions, as to seasons of flood or frost (2 Maule & S. 262; 4 Campb. 189).
Bridge in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias
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| Bridge | Bridge in the World Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Bridge | Bridge in the European Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Bridge | Bridge in the Asian Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Bridge | Bridge in the UK Legal Encyclopedia. |
| Bridge | Bridge in the Australian Legal Encyclopedia. |
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| Bridge | Bridge in the Family Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Bridge | Bridge in the IP Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Bridge | Bridge in the Commercial Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Bridge | Bridge in the Criminal Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Bridge | Bridge in the Antritrust Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Bridge | Bridge in the Bankruptcy Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Bridge | Bridge in the Constitutional Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Bridge | Bridge in the Tax Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Bridge | Bridge in the and Finance and Banking Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Bridge | Bridge in the Employment and Labor Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Bridge | Bridge in the Personal Injury and Tort Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
| Bridge | Bridge in the Environmental Law Portal of the American Encyclopedia of Law. |
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Legal Issue for Attorneys
A structure erected over a river, creek, stream, ditch, ravine, or other place, to facilitate the passage thereof; including, by the term, both arches and abutments. 3 Har. (N. J.) 108; 15 Vt. 438. The common-law definition, flumen vel cursus aquae, etc., has a more enlarged significance in modern usage, and the term “bridge” in statutes signifies also crossings over public ways on land. 37 Me. 451. Bridges are either public or private. Public bridges are such as form a part of the highway, common, according to their character, as foot, horse, or carriage bridges, to the public generally, with or without toll (2 East, 342); though their use may be limited to particular occasions, as to seasons of flood or frost (2 Maule & S. 262; 4 Campb. 189).
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This definition of Bridge is based on The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary. This entry needs to be proofread.
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