CHOKE DAMP - Black's Law Dictionary

What is CHOKE DAMP? Definition of CHOKE DAMP in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.

A common name for carbonic acid; so called from its extinguishing of flame and animal life. Wells' Adm'r v. Sutherland Coal &c Coke Co., 116 Va. 1003, 83 S.E. 384, 385.

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