What is CROSSING? Definition of CROSSING in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
A portion of a street over which pedestrians may lawfully cross from one side to the other. Under Laws N.J.1915, P.L. p. 285, § 1, defining crossings to be all duly indicated crossings, marked by pavement or otherwise, at intersection of streets, the most direct route across the street from curb to curb is a "crossing," where no paved crossing is there necessary. Ferris v. McArdle, 92 N.J.Law, 580, 106 A. 460, 461.
With reference to railroads, that portion of the right of way covered by intersection with a street or highway. International Great Northern R. Co. v. Mallard, Tex.Civ.App., 262 S.W. 789, 791. In a broader sense, the term includes embankments constructed as necessary approaches to a railroad track, St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. Smith, 118 Ark. 72, 175 S.W. 415, 416, and approaches or embankments reasonably necessary to enable crossings or bridges to be used, Payne v. Stockton, 147 Ark. 598, 229 S.W. 44, 47. For "Farm Crossing", see that title
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