What is APPARATUS? Definition of APPARATUS in Black's Law Dictionary
An outfit of tools, utensils, or instruments adapted to accomplishment of any branch of work or for performance of experiment or operation. McClintock & Irvine Co. v. 'Etna Explosives Co., 260 Pa. 191, 103 A. 622, 623, Ann. Cas.1918E, 1078. A group or set of organs concerned in performance of single function. First State Bank of Perkins v. Pulliam, 112 Okl. 22, 239 P. 595, 596. A generic word of the most comprehensive significance which may mean implements and an equipment of things provided, and adapted as a means to some end. Bruce v. Sibeck, 25 Cal.App.2d 691, 78 P.2d 741, 743.
As used in statutes granting exemption from execution, etc., "apparatus" means a complex device or machine designed for the accomplishment of a special purpose; a complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism; as a newspaper printing press, Harris v. Townley, Tex. Civ.App., 161 S.W. 5; or four pool tables, Harris v. Todd, Tex.Civ.App., 158 S.W 1189; but not a threshing outfit, Corner v. Powell, Tex.Civ.App., 189 S.W. 88, 91; nor a well-drilling rig, consisting of boiler, engine, and other parts of complicated machinery, Thresher v. McEvoy, Tex.Civ. App., 193 S.W. 159, 160. In re Willis, D.C.Tex., 292 F. 872, 873, it was said that the term "apparatus" is practically synonymous with "tools."
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