INVOLUNTARY
Categories: Property
Definition (1910 Edition)
Express and implied. An invitation may be express, when the owner or occupier of the land by words invites another to come upon it or make use of it or of something thereon; or it may be tmplied when such owner or occupier by acts or conduct leads another to be- . lieve that the land or something thereon was intended to be used as he uses them, and that such use is not only acquiesced in by the owner or occupier, but is in accordance with the intention or design for which the way or place or thing was adapted and prepared and allowed to be used. Turess v. New York, S. & W. R.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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