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Definition of Alighting
1. alight [v] - See also: alight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alighting
Literary usage of Alighting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Railroads: Containing a Consideration of the ...by Byron Kosciusko Elliott, William Frederick Elliott by Byron Kosciusko Elliott, William Frederick Elliott (1922)
"Boarding and alighting from trains—Generally. 2472. ... Injuries received in
alighting —Announcement of station. 2476. Injuries received on freight trains. ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"On the other hand, had he stepped off guilty of negligence in alighting was in St.
Louis, IM & SR Co. v. Plott, 108 Ark. 292, ..."
3. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1910)
"The Bleriot alighting gear, shown in Figures 118164, and 171, ... With wheels
used as alighting gears, several experimenters have provided brakes to produce ..."
4. Negligence in Law by Thomas Beven (1895)
"Duty to provide means of alighting. usual conduct, for an agreement, express or
tacit, amongst railway companies can in no circumstances be held to ..."
5. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1907)
"alighting from moving: train at destination where lack of time for ... alighting from
moving train by direction of brakeman, when danger is obvious. ..."
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