546, 3 South. 1 11 Am. St. Rep. 395. —Highway acts, or laws. The body or system of laws governing the laying out, repair, and use of highways.—Highway crossing. A lace where the track of a railroad crosses the ine of a highway.—Highway-rate. In English law. A tax for the maintenance and repair of highways, chargeable upon the same property that is Hable to the poor-rate.—High~ way zobbery: See RoBBERY.—Highway tax. A tax for and 4dpplicable to the making and noele of highways. Stone v. Bean, 15 Gray (Mass.) 44.