What is BOARD ? Definition of BOARD in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
BOARD
An official or representative body organized to perform a trust or to execute official or representative functions or having the management of a public office or department exercising administrative or governmental functions. Commissioners of State Ins. Fund v. Dinowitz, 39 N.Y. S.2d 34, 38, 179 Misc. 278.
A committee of persons organized under authority of law in order to exercise certain authorities, have oversight or control of certain matters, tor discharge certain functions of a magisterial, representative, or fiduciary character. Thus, "board of aldermen," "board of health," "board of directors," "board of works."
Also lodging, food, entertainment, furnished to a guest at an inn or boarding house.
When used with reference to prisoners, as a basis for the sheriff's fee, board may be equivalent to "necessary food." Pacific Coal Co. v. Silver Bow County, 79 Mont. 323, 256 P. 386.
"Board," as a verb, means to receive food for a reasonable compensation, either with or without lodging. In re Doubleday, 159 N.Y.S. 947, 949,
173 App.Div. 739; Wofford v. Hooper, 149 Tenn.
250, 259 S.W. 549.
To "board" a train may mean simply to "enter" it. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. Williams, 117 Ark. 329, 175 S. W. 411, 412.
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