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Definition of Crossings
1. crossing [n] - See also: crossing
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crossings
Literary usage of Crossings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"crossings General material only. Material relating to crossings of a particular
road Is entered below under name of road. 1849. ..."
2. 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 (1921)
"crossings below grade. 1579. Mandamus to compel construction of viaduct. 1580.
... Duty to maintain crossings as between lessor and lessee. 1586. ..."
3. The Law of Railways: Embracing the Law of Corporations, Eminent Domain by Isaac Fletcher Redfield (1888)
"And the statute, requiring farm-crossings " for the use of proprietors of land
... Where the statute requires the company to erect, at farm- crossings, ..."
4. Shippers and Carriers of Interstate and Intrastate Freight by Edgar Watkins (1920)
"crossings may be so situated in reference to cuts or curves as to render them
... On the other hand, highway crossings may b'e so numerous and so near ..."
5. The Economic Theory of the Location of Railways: An Analysis of the by Arthur Mellen Wellington (1887)
"GRADE-crossings AND INTERLOCKING. 1098. THE multiplication of grade-crossings
has become a great and serious question, especially in the West. ..."
6. Municipal Franchises: A Description of the Terms and Conditions Upon which by Delos Franklin Wilcox (1911)
"Elimination of grade crossings—The abolition of tirade crossings is riot strictly
... Fundamentally, grade crossings invite the exercise of the police power ..."
7. Railroad Traffic and Rates by Emory Richard Johnson, Grover Gerhardt Huebner (1911)
"Cairo has the Chicago rates to all the lower Missouri River crossings, Kansas
City to ... The first-class rates to the several Missouri River crossings from ..."
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