CAR - Black's Law Dictionary

What is CAR? Definition of CAR in Black's Law Dictionary – Legal dictionary – Glossary of legal terms.

A vehicle primarily intended for transportation of persons or freight, Hall v. Federal Life Ins. Co., Mo.App., 71 S.W.2d 762, 764; a vehicle moved on wheels, Burrus v. Continental Life Ins. Co., 225 Mo.App. 1129, 40 S.W.2d 493, 494.

The term may include a vehicle  adapted to running on the rails of a railroad.  State v. Tardiff, 111 Me. 552, 90 A. 424, 425, L.R.A.1915A, 817; a hand car, Boyd v. Missouri Pac. Ry. Co., 249 Mo. 110, 155 S.W. 13, 17, Ann.Cas.1914D, 37; a locomotive, U. S. v. Philadelphia & R. Ry. Co., D.C. Pa., 223 F. 215, 216; a tender and locomotive, Pennell v. Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co., 231 U.S. 675, 34 S.Ct. 220, 58 L.Ed. 430; an automobile. Monroe's  Adm'r v. Federal Union Life Ins. Co., 251 Ky. 570, 65 S.W.2d 680, 681.

Car Load The quantity usually contained in an ordinary car used for transporting the particular commodity involved. Ward v. Cotton Seed Products Co.,193 Ala. 101, 69 So. 514, 515.

General Service Cars Cars serviceable as flat or gondola cars and also as dump cars. National Dump Car Co. v. Pullman Co., C.C.A.Ill., 228 F. 122, 124.

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