| slovo | definícia |
carrier
(encz) | carrier,bacilonosič Jiří Šmoldas |
carrier
(encz) | carrier,dopravce Jiří Šmoldas |
carrier
(encz) | carrier,doručovatel Jiří Šmoldas |
carrier
(encz) | carrier,nosič [tech.] Jiří Šmoldas |
carrier
(encz) | carrier,nositel Zdeněk Brož |
carrier
(encz) | carrier,nosná adj: Zdeněk Brož |
carrier
(encz) | carrier,přepravce Zdeněk Brož |
carrier
(encz) | carrier,transportér Zdeněk Brož |
Carrier
(gcide) | Carrier \Car"ri*er\, n. [From Carry.]
1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
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The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds.
--Bacon.
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2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry
goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
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The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich
manufactures. --Swift.
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3. (Mach.) That which drives or carries; as:
(a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the
motion of the face plate; a lathe dog.
(b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
(c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers
the cartridge to a position from which it can be
thrust into the barrel.
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Carrier pigeon (Zool.), a variety of the domestic pigeon
used to convey letters from a distant point to to its
home.
Carrier shell (Zool.), a univalve shell of the genus
Phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones
and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as
almost to conceal it.
Common carrier (Law.) See under Common, a.
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carrier
(wn) | carrier
n 1: someone whose employment involves carrying something; "the
bonds were transmitted by carrier" [syn: carrier,
bearer, toter]
2: a self-propelled wheeled vehicle designed specifically to
carry something; "refrigerated carriers have revolutionized
the grocery business"
3: a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck
for takeoffs and landings [syn: aircraft carrier,
carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier]
4: an inactive substance that is a vehicle for a radioactive
tracer of the same substance and that assists in its recovery
after some chemical reaction
5: a person or firm in the business of transporting people or
goods or messages [syn: carrier, common carrier]
6: a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a
signal [syn: carrier wave, carrier]
7: a man who delivers the mail [syn: mailman, postman, {mail
carrier}, letter carrier, carrier]
8: a boy who delivers newspapers [syn: carrier, newsboy]
9: (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to
which he is immune but who can pass it on to others [syn:
carrier, immune carrier]
10: a rack attached to a vehicle; for carrying luggage or skis
or the like
11: (genetics) an organism that possesses a recessive gene whose
effect is masked by a dominant allele; the associated trait
is not apparent but can be passed on to offspring |
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aircraft carrier
(encz) | aircraft carrier,letadlová loď |
car carrier
(encz) | car carrier, n: |
carrier bag
(encz) | carrier bag, n: |
carrier electrophoresis
(encz) | carrier electrophoresis, n: |
carrier of infection
(encz) | carrier of infection,nositel infekce [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
carrier pigeon
(encz) | carrier pigeon,poštovní holub Jiří Šmoldas |
carrier wave
(encz) | carrier wave, n: |
carriers
(encz) | carriers,dopravci Jiří Šmoldas |
common carrier
(encz) | common carrier,veřejný přepravce Zdeněk Brož |
hod carrier
(encz) | hod carrier, n: |
immune carrier
(encz) | immune carrier, n: |
letter carrier
(encz) | letter carrier, |
luggage carrier
(encz) | luggage carrier, n: |
mail carrier
(encz) | mail carrier,listonoš n: luke |
paper laminating carrier
(encz) | paper laminating carrier,ochranný papírový nosič pro laminování n: Ivan
Masár |
personnel carrier
(encz) | personnel carrier, n: |
spear carrier
(encz) | spear carrier, n: |
troop carrier
(encz) | troop carrier,vojenský přepravní letoun n: [voj.] mamm |
troop carrier ship
(encz) | troop carrier ship,vojenská transportní loď n: [voj.] mamm |
weapons carrier
(encz) | weapons carrier, n: |
Carrier
(gcide) | Carrier \Car"ri*er\, n. [From Carry.]
1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
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The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds.
--Bacon.
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2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry
goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
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The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich
manufactures. --Swift.
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3. (Mach.) That which drives or carries; as:
(a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the
motion of the face plate; a lathe dog.
(b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
(c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers
the cartridge to a position from which it can be
thrust into the barrel.
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Carrier pigeon (Zool.), a variety of the domestic pigeon
used to convey letters from a distant point to to its
home.
Carrier shell (Zool.), a univalve shell of the genus
Phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones
and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as
almost to conceal it.
Common carrier (Law.) See under Common, a.
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carrier pigeon
(gcide) | Homing \Hom"ing\ (h[=o]m"[i^]ng), p. a.
Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.
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Homing pigeon, any pigeon trained to return home from a
distance. Also called carrier pigeon. Most are bred from
the domestic pigeon Columba livia. Homing pigeons are
used for sending back messages or for flying races. By
carrying the birds away and releasing them at gradually
increasing distances from home, they may be trained to
return with more or less certainty and promptness from
distances up to four or five hundred miles. The birds
typically do not stop on their way home, and may average
as much as 60 miles per hour on their return trip. If the
distance is increased much beyond 400 miles, the birds are
unable to cover it without stopping for a prolonged rest,
and their return becomes doubtful. The record for returnig
from a distance is close to 1,200 miles. Homing pigeons
are not bred for fancy points or special colors, but for
strength, speed, endurance, and intelligence or homing
instinct. Although used since ancient times, homing
pigeons have been largely displaced for practical purposes
by radio and electronic communications, but they are still
used in some special situations at the end of the 20th
century. They were used in military operations as recently
as in World War II.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] hominianCarrier \Car"ri*er\, n. [From Carry.]
1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
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The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds.
--Bacon.
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2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry
goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
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The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich
manufactures. --Swift.
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3. (Mach.) That which drives or carries; as:
(a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the
motion of the face plate; a lathe dog.
(b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
(c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers
the cartridge to a position from which it can be
thrust into the barrel.
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Carrier pigeon (Zool.), a variety of the domestic pigeon
used to convey letters from a distant point to to its
home.
Carrier shell (Zool.), a univalve shell of the genus
Phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones
and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as
almost to conceal it.
Common carrier (Law.) See under Common, a.
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Carrier pigeon
(gcide) | Homing \Hom"ing\ (h[=o]m"[i^]ng), p. a.
Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.
[1913 Webster]
Homing pigeon, any pigeon trained to return home from a
distance. Also called carrier pigeon. Most are bred from
the domestic pigeon Columba livia. Homing pigeons are
used for sending back messages or for flying races. By
carrying the birds away and releasing them at gradually
increasing distances from home, they may be trained to
return with more or less certainty and promptness from
distances up to four or five hundred miles. The birds
typically do not stop on their way home, and may average
as much as 60 miles per hour on their return trip. If the
distance is increased much beyond 400 miles, the birds are
unable to cover it without stopping for a prolonged rest,
and their return becomes doubtful. The record for returnig
from a distance is close to 1,200 miles. Homing pigeons
are not bred for fancy points or special colors, but for
strength, speed, endurance, and intelligence or homing
instinct. Although used since ancient times, homing
pigeons have been largely displaced for practical purposes
by radio and electronic communications, but they are still
used in some special situations at the end of the 20th
century. They were used in military operations as recently
as in World War II.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC] hominianCarrier \Car"ri*er\, n. [From Carry.]
1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
[1913 Webster]
The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds.
--Bacon.
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2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry
goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
[1913 Webster]
The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich
manufactures. --Swift.
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3. (Mach.) That which drives or carries; as:
(a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the
motion of the face plate; a lathe dog.
(b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
(c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers
the cartridge to a position from which it can be
thrust into the barrel.
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Carrier pigeon (Zool.), a variety of the domestic pigeon
used to convey letters from a distant point to to its
home.
Carrier shell (Zool.), a univalve shell of the genus
Phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones
and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as
almost to conceal it.
Common carrier (Law.) See under Common, a.
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carrier pigeons
(gcide) | Dove \Dove\ (d[u^]v), n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d[=u]fe;
akin to OS. d[=u]ba, D. duif, OHG. t[=u]ba, G. taube, Icel.
d[=u]fa, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d[=u]b[=o]; perh. from
the root of E. dive.]
1. (Zool.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various
related genera. The species are numerous.
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Note: The domestic dove, including the varieties called
fantails, tumblers, carrier pigeons, etc., was
derived from the rock pigeon (Columba livia) of
Europe and Asia; the turtledove of Europe, celebrated
for its sweet, plaintive note, is Columba turtur or
Turtur vulgaris; the ringdove, the largest of
European species, is Columba palumbus; the {Carolina
dove}, or Mourning dove, is Zenaidura macroura; the
sea dove is the little auk (Mergulus alle or {Alle
alle}). See Turtledove, Ground dove, and {Rock
pigeon}. The dove is a symbol of peace, innocence,
gentleness, and affection; also, in art and in the
Scriptures, the typical symbol of the Holy Ghost.
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2. A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
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O my dove, . . . let me hear thy voice. --Cant. ii.
14.
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3. a person advocating peace, compromise or conciliation
rather than war or conflict. Opposite of hawk.
[PJC]
Dove tick (Zool.), a mite (Argas reflexus) which infests
doves and other birds.
Soiled dove, a prostitute. [Slang] Dovecot |
Carrier shell
(gcide) | Carrier \Car"ri*er\, n. [From Carry.]
1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
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The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds.
--Bacon.
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2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry
goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
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The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich
manufactures. --Swift.
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3. (Mach.) That which drives or carries; as:
(a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the
motion of the face plate; a lathe dog.
(b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
(c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers
the cartridge to a position from which it can be
thrust into the barrel.
[1913 Webster]
Carrier pigeon (Zool.), a variety of the domestic pigeon
used to convey letters from a distant point to to its
home.
Carrier shell (Zool.), a univalve shell of the genus
Phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones
and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as
almost to conceal it.
Common carrier (Law.) See under Common, a.
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Common carrier
(gcide) | Common \Com"mon\, a. [Compar. Commoner; superl. Commonest.]
[OE. commun, comon, OF. comun, F. commun, fr. L. communis;
com- + munis ready to be of service; cf. Skr. mi to make
fast, set up, build, Goth. gamains common, G. gemein, and E.
mean low, common. Cf. Immunity, Commune, n. & v.]
1. Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than
one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.
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Though life and sense be common to men and brutes.
--Sir M. Hale.
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2. Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the
members of a class, considered together; general; public;
as, properties common to all plants; the common schools;
the Book of Common Prayer.
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Such actions as the common good requireth. --Hooker.
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The common enemy of man. --Shak.
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3. Often met with; usual; frequent; customary.
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Grief more than common grief. --Shak.
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4. Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary;
plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.
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The honest, heart-felt enjoyment of common life.
--W. Irving.
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This fact was infamous
And ill beseeming any common man,
Much more a knight, a captain and a leader. --Shak.
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Above the vulgar flight of common souls. --A.
Murphy.
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5. Profane; polluted. [Obs.]
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What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
--Acts x. 15.
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6. Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute.
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A dame who herself was common. --L'Estrange.
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Common bar (Law) Same as Blank bar, under Blank.
Common barrator (Law), one who makes a business of
instigating litigation.
Common Bench, a name sometimes given to the English Court
of Common Pleas.
Common brawler (Law), one addicted to public brawling and
quarreling. See Brawler.
Common carrier (Law), one who undertakes the office of
carrying (goods or persons) for hire. Such a carrier is
bound to carry in all cases when he has accommodation, and
when his fixed price is tendered, and he is liable for all
losses and injuries to the goods, except those which
happen in consequence of the act of God, or of the enemies
of the country, or of the owner of the property himself.
Common chord (Mus.), a chord consisting of the fundamental
tone, with its third and fifth.
Common council, the representative (legislative) body, or
the lower branch of the representative body, of a city or
other municipal corporation.
Common crier, the crier of a town or city.
Common divisor (Math.), a number or quantity that divides
two or more numbers or quantities without a remainder; a
common measure.
Common gender (Gram.), the gender comprising words that may
be of either the masculine or the feminine gender.
Common law, a system of jurisprudence developing under the
guidance of the courts so as to apply a consistent and
reasonable rule to each litigated case. It may be
superseded by statute, but unless superseded it controls.
--Wharton.
Note: It is by others defined as the unwritten law
(especially of England), the law that receives its
binding force from immemorial usage and universal
reception, as ascertained and expressed in the
judgments of the courts. This term is often used in
contradistinction from statute law. Many use it to
designate a law common to the whole country. It is also
used to designate the whole body of English (or other)
law, as distinguished from its subdivisions, local,
civil, admiralty, equity, etc. See Law.
Common lawyer, one versed in common law.
Common lewdness (Law), the habitual performance of lewd
acts in public.
Common multiple (Arith.) See under Multiple.
Common noun (Gram.), the name of any one of a class of
objects, as distinguished from a proper noun (the name of
a particular person or thing).
Common nuisance (Law), that which is deleterious to the
health or comfort or sense of decency of the community at
large.
Common pleas, one of the three superior courts of common
law at Westminster, presided over by a chief justice and
four puisne judges. Its jurisdiction is confined to civil
matters. Courts bearing this title exist in several of the
United States, having, however, in some cases, both civil
and criminal jurisdiction extending over the whole State.
In other States the jurisdiction of the common pleas is
limited to a county, and it is sometimes called a {county
court}. Its powers are generally defined by statute.
Common prayer, the liturgy of the Church of England, or of
the Protestant Episcopal church of the United States,
which all its clergy are enjoined to use. It is contained
in the Book of Common Prayer.
Common school, a school maintained at the public expense,
and open to all.
Common scold (Law), a woman addicted to scolding
indiscriminately, in public.
Common seal, a seal adopted and used by a corporation.
Common sense.
(a) A supposed sense which was held to be the common bond
of all the others. [Obs.] --Trench.
(b) Sound judgment. See under Sense.
Common time (Mus.), that variety of time in which the
measure consists of two or of four equal portions.
In common, equally with another, or with others; owned,
shared, or used, in community with others; affecting or
affected equally.
Out of the common, uncommon; extraordinary.
Tenant in common, one holding real or personal property in
common with others, having distinct but undivided
interests. See Joint tenant, under Joint.
To make common cause with, to join or ally one's self with.
Syn: General; public; popular; national; universal; frequent;
ordinary; customary; usual; familiar; habitual; vulgar;
mean; trite; stale; threadbare; commonplace. See
Mutual, Ordinary, General.
[1913 Webster]Carrier \Car"ri*er\, n. [From Carry.]
1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
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The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds.
--Bacon.
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2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry
goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
[1913 Webster]
The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich
manufactures. --Swift.
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3. (Mach.) That which drives or carries; as:
(a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the
motion of the face plate; a lathe dog.
(b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
(c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers
the cartridge to a position from which it can be
thrust into the barrel.
[1913 Webster]
Carrier pigeon (Zool.), a variety of the domestic pigeon
used to convey letters from a distant point to to its
home.
Carrier shell (Zool.), a univalve shell of the genus
Phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones
and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as
almost to conceal it.
Common carrier (Law.) See under Common, a.
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hod carrier
(gcide) | hod carrier \hod" car`ri*er\ (hocr/d" k[a^]r~r[i^]*[~e]r) n.
A construction worker whose main function is to carry
construction materials in a hod[1].
[PJC] |
Letter carrier
(gcide) | Letter \Let"ter\, n. [OE. lettre, F. lettre, OF. letre, fr. L.
littera, litera, a letter; pl., an epistle, a writing,
literature, fr. linere, litum, to besmear, to spread or rub
over; because one of the earliest modes of writing was by
graving the characters upon tablets smeared over or covered
with wax. --Pliny, xiii. 11. See Liniment, and cf.
Literal.]
1. A mark or character used as the representative of a sound,
or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a
first element of written language.
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And a superscription also was written over him in
letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew. --Luke
xxiii. 38.
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2. A written or printed communication; a message expressed in
intelligible characters on something adapted to
conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle.
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The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and
natural. --Walsh.
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3. A writing; an inscription. [Obs.]
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None could expound what this letter meant.
--Chaucer.
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4. Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact
signification or requirement.
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We must observe the letter of the law, without doing
violence to the reason of the law and the intention
of the lawgiver. --Jer. Taylor.
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I broke the letter of it to keep the sense.
--Tennyson.
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5. (Print.) A single type; type, collectively; a style of
type.
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Under these buildings . . . was the king's printing
house, and that famous letter so much esteemed.
--Evelyn.
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6. pl. Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters.
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7. pl. A letter; an epistle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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8. (Teleg.) A telegram longer than an ordinary message sent
at rates lower than the standard message rate in
consideration of its being sent and delivered subject to
priority in service of regular messages. Such telegrams
are called by the Western Union Company day letters, or
night letters according to the time of sending, and by
The Postal Telegraph Company day lettergrams, or {night
lettergrams}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dead letter, Drop letter, etc. See under Dead, Drop,
etc.
Letter book, a book in which copies of letters are kept.
Letter box, a box for the reception of letters to be mailed
or delivered.
Letter carrier, a person who carries letters; a postman;
specif., an officer of the post office who carries letters
to the persons to whom they are addressed, and collects
letters to be mailed.
Letter cutter, one who engraves letters or letter punches.
Letter lock, a lock that can not be opened when fastened,
unless certain movable lettered rings or disks forming a
part of it are in such a position (indicated by a
particular combination of the letters) as to permit the
bolt to be withdrawn.
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A strange lock that opens with AMEN. --Beau. & Fl.
Letter paper, paper for writing letters on; especially, a
size of paper intermediate between note paper and
foolscap. See Paper.
Letter punch, a steel punch with a letter engraved on the
end, used in making the matrices for type.
Letters of administration (Law), the instrument by which an
administrator or administratrix is authorized to
administer the goods and estate of a deceased person.
Letter of attorney, Letter of credit, etc. See under
Attorney, Credit, etc.
Letter of license, a paper by which creditors extend a
debtor's time for paying his debts.
Letters close or Letters clause (Eng. Law.), letters or
writs directed to particular persons for particular
purposes, and hence closed or sealed on the outside; --
distinguished from letters patent. --Burrill.
Letters of orders (Eccl.), a document duly signed and
sealed, by which a bishop makes it known that he has
regularly ordained a certain person as priest, deacon,
etc.
Letters patent, Letters overt, or Letters open (Eng.
Law), a writing executed and sealed, by which power and
authority are granted to a person to do some act, or enjoy
some right; as, letters patent under the seal of England.
The common commercial patent is a derivative form of
such a right.
Letter-sheet envelope, a stamped sheet of letter paper
issued by the government, prepared to be folded and sealed
for transmission by mail without an envelope.
Letters testamentary (Law), an instrument granted by the
proper officer to an executor after probate of a will,
authorizing him to act as executor.
Letter writer.
(a) One who writes letters.
(b) A machine for copying letters.
(c) A book giving directions and forms for the writing of
letters.
[1913 Webster]mail carrier \mail carrier\ n.
A person who delivers the mail; -- also called a {letter
carrier}. A male mail carrier is also called a mailman.
Syn: postman, letter carrier, carrier, mailman.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
letter carrier
(gcide) | Letter \Let"ter\, n. [OE. lettre, F. lettre, OF. letre, fr. L.
littera, litera, a letter; pl., an epistle, a writing,
literature, fr. linere, litum, to besmear, to spread or rub
over; because one of the earliest modes of writing was by
graving the characters upon tablets smeared over or covered
with wax. --Pliny, xiii. 11. See Liniment, and cf.
Literal.]
1. A mark or character used as the representative of a sound,
or of an articulation of the human organs of speech; a
first element of written language.
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And a superscription also was written over him in
letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew. --Luke
xxiii. 38.
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2. A written or printed communication; a message expressed in
intelligible characters on something adapted to
conveyance, as paper, parchment, etc.; an epistle.
[1913 Webster]
The style of letters ought to be free, easy, and
natural. --Walsh.
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3. A writing; an inscription. [Obs.]
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None could expound what this letter meant.
--Chaucer.
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4. Verbal expression; literal statement or meaning; exact
signification or requirement.
[1913 Webster]
We must observe the letter of the law, without doing
violence to the reason of the law and the intention
of the lawgiver. --Jer. Taylor.
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I broke the letter of it to keep the sense.
--Tennyson.
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5. (Print.) A single type; type, collectively; a style of
type.
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Under these buildings . . . was the king's printing
house, and that famous letter so much esteemed.
--Evelyn.
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6. pl. Learning; erudition; as, a man of letters.
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7. pl. A letter; an epistle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
8. (Teleg.) A telegram longer than an ordinary message sent
at rates lower than the standard message rate in
consideration of its being sent and delivered subject to
priority in service of regular messages. Such telegrams
are called by the Western Union Company day letters, or
night letters according to the time of sending, and by
The Postal Telegraph Company day lettergrams, or {night
lettergrams}.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Dead letter, Drop letter, etc. See under Dead, Drop,
etc.
Letter book, a book in which copies of letters are kept.
Letter box, a box for the reception of letters to be mailed
or delivered.
Letter carrier, a person who carries letters; a postman;
specif., an officer of the post office who carries letters
to the persons to whom they are addressed, and collects
letters to be mailed.
Letter cutter, one who engraves letters or letter punches.
Letter lock, a lock that can not be opened when fastened,
unless certain movable lettered rings or disks forming a
part of it are in such a position (indicated by a
particular combination of the letters) as to permit the
bolt to be withdrawn.
[1913 Webster]
A strange lock that opens with AMEN. --Beau. & Fl.
Letter paper, paper for writing letters on; especially, a
size of paper intermediate between note paper and
foolscap. See Paper.
Letter punch, a steel punch with a letter engraved on the
end, used in making the matrices for type.
Letters of administration (Law), the instrument by which an
administrator or administratrix is authorized to
administer the goods and estate of a deceased person.
Letter of attorney, Letter of credit, etc. See under
Attorney, Credit, etc.
Letter of license, a paper by which creditors extend a
debtor's time for paying his debts.
Letters close or Letters clause (Eng. Law.), letters or
writs directed to particular persons for particular
purposes, and hence closed or sealed on the outside; --
distinguished from letters patent. --Burrill.
Letters of orders (Eccl.), a document duly signed and
sealed, by which a bishop makes it known that he has
regularly ordained a certain person as priest, deacon,
etc.
Letters patent, Letters overt, or Letters open (Eng.
Law), a writing executed and sealed, by which power and
authority are granted to a person to do some act, or enjoy
some right; as, letters patent under the seal of England.
The common commercial patent is a derivative form of
such a right.
Letter-sheet envelope, a stamped sheet of letter paper
issued by the government, prepared to be folded and sealed
for transmission by mail without an envelope.
Letters testamentary (Law), an instrument granted by the
proper officer to an executor after probate of a will,
authorizing him to act as executor.
Letter writer.
(a) One who writes letters.
(b) A machine for copying letters.
(c) A book giving directions and forms for the writing of
letters.
[1913 Webster]mail carrier \mail carrier\ n.
A person who delivers the mail; -- also called a {letter
carrier}. A male mail carrier is also called a mailman.
Syn: postman, letter carrier, carrier, mailman.
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mail carrier
(gcide) | mail carrier \mail carrier\ n.
A person who delivers the mail; -- also called a {letter
carrier}. A male mail carrier is also called a mailman.
Syn: postman, letter carrier, carrier, mailman.
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aircraft carrier
(wn) | aircraft carrier
n 1: a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat
deck for takeoffs and landings [syn: aircraft carrier,
carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier] |
armored personnel carrier
(wn) | armored personnel carrier
n 1: (military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with
caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry
[syn: armored personnel carrier, {armoured personnel
carrier}, APC] |
armoured personnel carrier
(wn) | armoured personnel carrier
n 1: (military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with
caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry
[syn: armored personnel carrier, {armoured personnel
carrier}, APC] |
attack aircraft carrier
(wn) | attack aircraft carrier
n 1: a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat
deck for takeoffs and landings [syn: aircraft carrier,
carrier, flattop, attack aircraft carrier] |
ball carrier
(wn) | ball carrier
n 1: (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to
advance) the ball on an offensive play [syn: {ball
carrier}, runner] |
car carrier
(wn) | car carrier
n 1: a trailer that can be loaded with new cars for delivery to
sales agencies |
carrier bag
(wn) | carrier bag
n 1: a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's
purchases [syn: sack, poke, paper bag, carrier bag] |
carrier electrophoresis
(wn) | carrier electrophoresis
n 1: electrophoresis carried out on filter paper [syn: {paper
electrophoresis}, carrier electrophoresis] |
carrier pigeon
(wn) | carrier pigeon
n 1: a homing pigeon used to carry messages |
carrier wave
(wn) | carrier wave
n 1: a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a
signal [syn: carrier wave, carrier] |
common carrier
(wn) | common carrier
n 1: a person or firm in the business of transporting people or
goods or messages [syn: carrier, common carrier] |
hod carrier
(wn) | hod carrier
n 1: a laborer who carries supplies to masons or bricklayers
[syn: hod carrier, hodman] |
immune carrier
(wn) | immune carrier
n 1: (medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to
which he is immune but who can pass it on to others [syn:
carrier, immune carrier] |
letter carrier
(wn) | letter carrier
n 1: a man who delivers the mail [syn: mailman, postman,
mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier] |
luggage carrier
(wn) | luggage carrier
n 1: carrier (as behind a bicycle seat) for luggage |
mail carrier
(wn) | mail carrier
n 1: a man who delivers the mail [syn: mailman, postman,
mail carrier, letter carrier, carrier] |
personnel carrier
(wn) | personnel carrier
n 1: a military vehicle (usually armored) for transporting
military personnel and their equipment |
spear carrier
(wn) | spear carrier
n 1: a minor actor in crowd scenes [syn: supernumerary, {spear
carrier}, extra] |
troop carrier
(wn) | troop carrier
n 1: any land or sea or air vehicle designed to carry troops
[syn: troop carrier, troop transport] |
weapons carrier
(wn) | weapons carrier
n 1: military vehicle that is a light truck designed to carry
mortars or machine guns and their crews |
carrier scanner
(foldoc) | carrier scanner
(Or "wardialer") A program which uses a modem to
dial a series of phone numbers (say, from 770-0000 to
770-9999), and keeps a log of what phone numbers answer with a
modem carrier. The results of such a search were generally
used by people looking to engage in random mischief in
random machines.
Since the 1980s, wardialers have generally fallen into disuse,
partly because of easily available "caller ID" technology,
partly because fax machines are now in wide use and would
often be logged as a carrier by a wardialer, and partly
because there are so many new and more interesting venues for
computerised mischief these days.
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carrier signal
(foldoc) | carrier signal
A continuous signal of a single frequency
capable of being modulated by a second, data-carrying signal.
In radio communication, the two common kinds of modulation are
amplitude modulation and frequency modulation.
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carrierless amplitude/phase modulation
(foldoc) | Carrierless Amplitude/Phase Modulation
(CAP) A design of {Asymmetric Digital
Subscriber Line} transceiver developed by Bell Labs. CAP
was the first ADSL design to be commercially deployed and, as
of August 1996, was installed on more lines than any other.
CAP is a variation of Quadrature Amplitude Modulation, the
modulation used by most existing modems in 1997. With CAP,
the three channels (POTS, downstream data and upstream data)
are supported by splitting the frequency spectrum. Voice
occupies the standard 0-4 Khz frequency band, followed by the
upstream channel and the high-speed downstream channel.
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common carrier
(foldoc) | common carrier
(Or "phone company") A private
company that offers telecommunications services to the public.
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digital carrier
(foldoc) | digital carrier
A medium which can carry digital
signals; broadly equivalent to the physical layer of the
OSI seven layer model of networks. Carriers can be
described as baseband or broadband. A baseband carrier
can include direct current (DC), whereas broadband carriers
are modulated by various methods into frequency bands which do
not include DC.
Sometimes a modem (modulator/demodulator) or codec
(coder/decoder) combines several channels on one transmission
path. The combining of channels is called multiplexing, and
their separation is called demultiplexing, independent of
whether a modem or codec bank is used. Modems can be
associated with frequency division multiplexing (FDM) and
codecs with time division multiplexing (TDM) though this
grouping of concepts is somewhat arbitrary.
If the medium of a carrier is copper telephone wire, the
circuit may be called T1, T3, etc. as these designations
originally described such.
T1 carriers used a restored polar line coding scheme which
allowed a baseband signal to be transported as broadband and
restored to baseband at the receiver. T1 is not used in this
sense today, and indeed it is often confused with the DS1
signal carried.
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e-carrier system
(foldoc) | E-carrier system
A series of digital transmission formats
promulgated by the ITU and used outside of North America and
Japan.
The basic unit of the E-carrier system is the DS0, which has
a transmission rate of 64 Kbps, and is commonly used for one
voice circuit. The E1 format consists of 32 DS0 channels,
for a total capacity of 2.048 Mbps. E2, E3, E4, and
E5 circuits carry multiple E1 channels multiplexed,
resulting in transmission rates of up to 565.148 Mbps.
The E-carrier system is similar to, and compatible with, the
T-carrier system used in North America, but has higher
capacity since it uses out-of-band signaling in contrast to
the in-band signaling or bit-robbing used in the T-system.
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inter-exchange carrier
(foldoc) | inter-exchange carrier
(IXC) A company allowed to handle
long-distance calls following the break-up of the Bell system
in the US by anti-trust regulators.
Local Exchange Carriers (LEC) are not allowed to handle
long-distance traffic and Inter Exchange carriers are not
allowed to handle local calls.
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local exchange carrier
(foldoc) | local exchange carrier
(LEC) A company allowed to handle local calls
following the break-up of the Bell system in the US by
anti-trust regulators. These vary from Regional Bell
Operating Companies (RBOC) through to small independents such
as Farmers Cooperative.
Local exchange carriers are not allowed to handle
long-distance traffic. This is handled by inter-exchange
carriers (IXC) who are not allowed to handle local calls.
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optical carrier 12
(foldoc) | Optical Carrier 12
OC-12
(OC-12) A SONET rate of 12 * 51.84 = 622.08
megabits per second.
[Matches STS-12]?
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optical carrier 3
(foldoc) | Optical Carrier 3
OC-3
(OC-3) A SONET rate of 3 * 51.84 = 155.52
megabits per second, which matches STS-3.
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optical carrier 48
(foldoc) | Optical Carrier 48
OC-48
(OC-48) A SONET rate of 48 * 51.84 = 2488.32
megabits per second.
[Matches STS-48]?
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optical carrier n
(foldoc) | Optical Carrier n
OC-n
(OC-n) A SONET rate of n times 51.84 megabits
per second.
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t-carrier system
(foldoc) | T-carrier system
A series of wideband digital data
transmission formats originally developed by the Bell System
and used in North America and Japan.
The basic unit of the T-carrier system is the DS0, which has
a transmission rate of 64 Kbps, and is commonly used for one
voice circuit.
Originally the 1.544 megabit per second T1 format carried 24
pulse-code modulated, time-division multiplexed speech signals
each encoded in 64 kilobit per second streams, leaving 8
kilobits per second of framing information which facilitates
the synchronisation and demultiplexing at the receiver. T2
and T3 circuits channels carry multiple T1 channels
multiplexed, resulting in transmission rates of up to 44.736
Mbps.
The T-carrier system uses in-band signaling, resulting in
lower transmission rates than the E-carrier system. It uses
a restored polar signal with 303-type data stations.
Asynchronous signals can be transmitted via a standard which
encodes each change of level into three bits; two which
indicate the time (within the current synchronous frame) at
which the transition occurred, and the third which indicates
the direction of the transition. Although wasteful of line
bandwidth, such use is usually only over small distances.
T1 lines are made free of direct current signal components by
in effect capacitor coupling the signal at the transmitter and
restoring that lost component with a "slicer" at the receiver,
leading to the description "restored polar".
[Telecommunications Transmission Engineering, Vol. 2,
Facilities, AT&T, 1977].
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CARRIERS
(bouvier) | CARRIERS, contracts. There are two kinds of carriers, namely, common
carriers, (q.v.) who have been considered under another head; and private
carriers. These latter are persons who, although they do not undertake to
transport the goods of such as choose to employ them, yet agree to carry the
goods of some particular person for hire, from one place to another.
2. In such case the carrier incurs no responsibility beyond that of any
other ordinary bailee for hire, that is to say, the responsibility of
ordinary diligence. 2 Bos. & Pull. 417; 4 Taunt. 787; Selw. N. P. 382 n.; 1
Wend. R. 272; 1 Hayw. R. 14; 2 Dana, R. 430; 6 Taunt. 577; Jones, Bailm.
121; Story on Bailm, Sec. 495. But in Gordon v. Hutchinson, 1 Watts & Serg.
285, it was holden that a Wagoner Who carries goods for hire, contracts,the
responsibility of a common carrier, whether transportation be his principal
and direct business, or only an occasional and incidental employment.
3. To bring a person within the description of a common carrier, he
must exercise his business as a public employment; he must undertake to
carry goods for persons generally; and he must hold himself out as ready to
engage in the transportation of goods for hire, as a business; not as a
casual occupation pro hac vice. 1 Salk. 249; 1 Bell's Com. 467; 1 Hayw. R.
14; 1 Wend. 272; 2, Dana, R. 430. See Bouv. Inst. Index, b. t.
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COMMON CARRIER
(bouvier) | COMMON CARRIER, contracts. One who undertakes for hire or reward to
transport the goods of any who may choose to employ him, from place to
place. 1 Pick. 50, 53; 1 Salk. 249, 250; Story, Bailm. Sec. 495 1 Bouv.
Inst. n. 1020.
2. Common carriers are generally of two descriptions, namely, carriers
by land and carriers by water. Of the former description are the proprietors
of stage coaches, stage wagons or expresses, which ply between different
places, and' carry goods for hire; and truckmen, teamsters, cartmen, and
porters, who undertake to carry goods for hire, as a common employment, from
one part of a town or city to another, are also considered as common
carriers. Carriers by water are the masters and owners of ships and
steamboats engaged in the transportation of goods for persons generally, for
hire and lightermen, hoymen, barge-owners, ferrymen, canal boatmen, and
others employed in like manner, are so considered.
3. By the common law, a common carrier is generally liable for all
losses which may occur to property entrusted to his charge in the course of
business, unless he can prove the loss happened in consequence of the act of
God, or of the enemies of the United States, or by the act of the owner of
the property. 8 S. & R. 533; 6 John. R. 160; 11 John. R. 107; 4 N. H. Rep.
304; Harp. R. 469; Peck. R. 270; 7 Yerg. R. 340; 3 Munf. R. 239; 1 Conn. R.
487; 1 Dev. & Bat. 273; 2 Bail. Rep. 157.
4. It was attempted to relax the rigor of the common law in relation to
carriers by water, in 6 Cowen, 266; but that case seems to be at variance
with other decisions. 2 Kent,. Com. 471, 472; 10 Johns. 1; 11 Johns. 107.
5. In respect to carriers by land, the rule of the common law seems
every where admitted in its full rigor in the states governed by the
jurisprudence of the common law. Louisiana follows the doctrine of the civil
law in her code. Proprietors of stage coaches or wagons, whose employment is
solely% to carry passengers, as hackney coachmen, are not deemed common
carriers; but if the proprietors of such vehicles for passengers, also carry
goods for hire, they are, in respect of such goods, to be deemed common
carriers. Bac. Ab. Carriers, A; 2 Show. Rep. 128 1 Salk. 282 Com. Rep. 25; 1
Pick. 50 5 Rawle, 1 79. The like reasoning applies to packet ships and
steam-boats, which ply between different ports, and are accustomed to carry
merchandise as well as passengers. 2 Watts. R. 443; 5 Day's Rep. 415; 1
Conn. R. 54; 4 Greenl. R. 411; 5 Yerg. R. 427; 4 Har. & J. 291; 2 Verm. R.
92; 2 Binn. Rep. 74; 1 Bay, Rep. 99; 10 John. R. 1; 11 Pick. R. 41; 8 Stew.
and Port. 135; 4 Stew. & Port. 382; 3 Misso. R. 264; 2 Nott. & M. 88. But
see 6 Cowen, R. 266. The rule which makes a common carrier responsible for
the loss of goods, does not extend to the carriage of persons; a carrier of
slaves is, therefore, answerable only for want of care and skill. 2 Pet. S.
C. R. 150. 4 M'Cord, R. 223; 4 Port. R. 238.
6. A common carrier of goods is in all cases entitled to demand the
price of carriage before he receives the goods, and, if not paid, he may
refuse to take charge of them; if, however, he take charge of them without
the hire being paid, he may afterwards recover it. The compensation which
becomes due for the carriage of goods by sea, is commonly called freight
(q.v.); and see also, Abb. on Sh. part 3, c. 7. The carrier is also entitled
to a lien on the goods for his hire, which, however, he may waive; but if
once waived, the right cannot be resumed. 2 Kent, Com. 497. The consignor or
shipper is commonly bound to the carrier for the hire or freight of goods. 1
T. R. 659. But whenever the consignee engages to pay it, he also becomes
responsible. It is usual in bills of lading to state, that the goods are to
be delivered to the consignee or to his assigns, he or they paying freight,
in which case the consignee and his assigns, by accepting the goods,
impliedly become bound to pay the freight, and the fact that the consignor
is also liable to pay it, will not, in such case, make any difference.
Abbott on Sh. part 3, o. 7, Sec. 4.
7. What is said above, relates to common carriers of goods. The duties,
liabilities, and rights of carriers of passengers, are now to be considered.
These are divided into carriers of passengers on land, and carriers of
passengers on water.
8. First, of carriers of passengers on land. The duties of such
carriers are, 1st. those which arise on the commencement of the journey. 1.
To carry passengers whenever they offer themselves and are ready to pay for
their transportation. They have no more right to refuse a passenger, if they
have sufficient room and accommodation, than an innkeeper has to refuse a
guest. 3 Brod. & Bing. 54; 9 Price's R. 408; 6 Moore, R. 141; 2 Chit. R. 1;
4 Esp. R. 460; 1 Bell's Com. 462; Story, Bailm. Sec. 591.
9. - 2. To provide coaches reasonably strong and sufficient for the
journey, with suitable horses, trappings and equipments.
10. - 3. To provide careful drivers of reasonable skill and. good habits
for the journey; and to employ horses which are steady and not vicious, or
likely to endanger the safety of the passengers.
11. - 4. Not to overload the coach either with passengers or luggage.
12. - 5. To receive and take care of the usual luggage allowed to every
passenger on the journey. 6 Hill, N. Y. Rep. 586.
13. - 2d. Their duties on the progress of the journey. 1. To stop at the
usual places, and allow the..Usual intervals for the refreshment of the
passengers. 5 Petersd. Ab. Carriers, p. 48, note.
14. - 2. To use all the ordinary precautions for the safety of
passengers on the road.
15. - 3d. Their duties on the termination of the journey. 1. To carry
the passengers to the end of the journey.
16. - 2. To put them down at the usual place of stopping, unless there
has been a special contract to the contrary, and then to put them down at
the place agreed upon. 1 Esp. R. 27.
17. The liabilities of such carriers. They are bound to use
extraordinary care and diligence to carry safely those whom they take in
their coaches. 2 Esp. R. 533; 2 Camp. R. 79; Peake's R. 80. But, not being
insurers, they are not responsible for accidents, when all reasonable skill
and diligence have been used.
18. The rights of such carriers. 1. To demand and receive their fare at
the time the passenger takes his seat. 2. They have a lien on the baggage of
the passenger for his fare or passage money, but not on the person of the
passenger nor the clothes he has on. Abb. on Sh. part 3, c. 3, Sec. 11; 2
Campb. R. 631.
19. Second, carriers of passengers by water. By the act of Congress of
2d March, 1819, 3 Story's Laws U. S. 1722, it is enacted, 1. that no master
of a vessel bound to or from the United States shall take more than two
passengers for every five tons of the ship's custom-house measurement. 2.
That the quantity of water and provisions, which shall be taken on board and
secured under deck, by every Ship bound from the United States to any port
on the continent of Europe, shall be sixty gallons of water, one hundred
pounds of salted provisions, one gallon of vinegar, and one hundred pounds
of wholesome ship bread for each passenger, besides the stores of the crew.
The tonnage here mentioned, is the measurement of the custom-house; and in
estimating the number of passengers in a vessel, no deduction is to be made
for children or persons not paying, but the crew is not to be included.
Gilp. R. 334.
20. The act of Congress of February 22, 1847, section 1, provides: "That
if the master of any vessel, owned in whole or in part by a citizen of the
United States of America, or by a citizen of any foreign country, shall take
on board such vessel, at any foreign port or place, a greater number of
passengers than in the following proportion to the space occupied by them
and appropriated for their use, and unoccupied by stores or other goods, not
being the personal luggage of such passengers, that is to say, on the lower
deck or platform one passenger for every fourteen clear superficial feet of
deck, if such vessel is not to pass within the tropics during such voyage;
but if such vessel is to pass within the tropics during such voyage, then
one passenger for every twenty such clear superficial feet of deck, and on
the @orlop deck (if any) one passenger for every thirty such superficial
feet in all cases, with intent to bring such passengers to the United States
of America, and shall leave such port or, place with the same, and bring the
same, or any number thereof, within the jurisdiction of the United States
aforesaid, or if any such master of a vessel shall take on board of his
vessel at any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States
aforesaid, any greater number of passengers than the proportions aforesaid
admit, with intent to carry the same to any foreign port or place, every
such master shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof before any circuit or district court of the United States aforesaid,
shall, for each passenger taken on board beyond the above proportions, be
fined in the sum of fifty dollars, and may also be imprisoned for any term
not exceeding one year: Provided, That this act shall not be construed to
permit any ship or vessel to carry more than two passengers to five tons of
such ship or vessel."
21. Children under one year of age not to be computed in counting the
passengers, and those over one year and under eight, are to be counted as
two children for one passenger, Sect. 4. But this section is repealed so far
as authorizes shippers to estimate two children of eight years of age and
under as one passenger by the act of March 2, 1847, s. 2.
22. In New York, statutory regulations have been made in relation to
their canal navigation. Vide 6 Cowen's R. 698. As to the conduct of carrier
vessels on the ocean, Vide Story, Bailm. Sec. 607 et seq; Marsh. Ins. B. 1,
c. 12, s. 2. And see, generally, 1 Vin. Ab. 219; Bac. Ab. h.t.; 1 Com. Dig.
423; Petersd. Ab. h.t.; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; 2 Kent, Com. 464; 16 East,
247, note; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
23. In Louisiana carriers and watermen are subject, with respect to the
safe-keeping and preservation of the things entrusted to them, to the same
obligations and duties, as are imposed on tavern keepers; Civ. Code, art.
2722; that is, they are responsible for the effects which are brought,
though they were not delivered into their personal care; provided, however,
they were delivered to a servant or person in their employment; art. 2937.
They are responsible if any of the effects be stolen or damaged, either by
their servants or agents, or even by strangers; art. 2938; but they are not
responsible for what is stolen by force of arms or with exterior breaking
open of doors, or by any other extraordinary violence; art. 2939. For the
authorities on the subject of Common carriers in the civil law, the reader
is referred to Dig. 4, 9, 1 to 7; Poth. Pand. lib. 4, t. 9; Domat liv. 1, t.
16, S. 1 and 2; Pard. art. 537 to 555; Code Civil, art. 1782, 1786, 1952;
Moreau & Carlton, Partidas 5, t. 8, 1. 26; Ersk. Inst. B. 2, t. 1, Sec. 28;
1 Bell's Com. 465; Abb. on Sh. part 3, c. 3, Sec. 3, note (1); 1 Voet, ad
Pand. lib. 4, t. 9; Merl. Rep. mots Voiture, Voiturier; Dict. de Police,
Voiture.
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