AVENUE - Black's Law Dictionary

What is AVENUE? Definition of AVENUE in Black's Law Dictionary

Any broad passageway, bordered on each side by trees. Greene v. Helme, 94 Vt. 392, 111 A. 557, 559. It may be synonymous with "street" but not with "boulevard." City of St. Louis v. Breuer, Mo.Sup., 223 S.W. 108, 110.

"Street," "avenue," "road," "public road," "county road," and "public highway" are used indiscriminately in legislation and judicial decisions. "Street" or "avenue" commonly applies to a public highway in a village, town, or city and "road" to a suburban highway, but there may be "roads" in a city or town and "streets" and "avenues" in the country. City of Spokane v. Spokane County, 179 Wash. 130, 36 P.2d 311, 313.

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