Legal Definition and Related Resources of Park

A piece of ground enclosed for purposes of pleasure, exercise, amusement or ornament. A place for the resort of the public for recreation, air and light. In its feudal sense, the term denotes a place of privilege for wild beasts or venery and other wild beasts of the f.r.s. and chase , who have protection there , so that no man may hurt or chase them without licence of the owner . As a verb, the term has come to have a very definite meaning in relation to motor vehicles. To park a motor vehicle means something more than a mere temporary or momentary stoppage on the road for a necessary purpose. Means the permitting of such vehicle to remain standing , especially on a street or highway , when not in use.

(Law Lat. parous), In Old Law. An inclosure. 2 Bl. Comm. 38. A pound. Reg. Orig. 166; Cowell. Pairk is still retained in Ireland for pound. In English Law. An inclosed chase extending only over a man’s own grounds. 13 Car. II. c. 10; Manw. For. Laws; Cromp. Jur. fol. 148; 2 Bl. Comm. 38. In American Law. A piece of ground in a city or village set apart for ornament, or to afford the benefit of air, exercise, or amusement. 36 N. Y. 120.

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Park in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims

In English law, an inclosed chase, extending over a man’s own grounds; literally, an inclosure. 2 Bl. Com. 38; 40 N.J.L. 612.

Note: This legal definition of Park in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Park

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mid-13c., “enclosed preserve for beasts of the chase,” from Old French parc “enclosed wood or heath land used as a game preserve” (12c.), probably ultimately from West Germanic *parruk “enclosed tract of land” (source also of Old English pearruc, root of paddock (n.2), Old High German pfarrih “fencing about, enclosure,” German pferch “fold for sheep,” Dutch park). Internal evidence suggests the West Germanic word is pre-4c. and originally meant the fencing, not the place enclosed. Found also in Medieval Latin as parricus “enclosure, park” (8c.), which likely is the direct source of the Old French word, as well as Italian parco, Spanish parque, etc. Some claim the Medieval Latin word as the source of the West Germanic, but the reverse seems more likely. Some later senses in English represent later borrowings from French. the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) discounts notion of a Celtic origin. Welsh parc, Gaelic pairc are from English. Meaning “enclosed lot in or near a town, for public recreation” is first attested 1660s, originally in reference to London; the sense evolution is via royal parks in the original, hunting sense being overrun by the growth of London and being opened to the public. Applied to sporting fields in American English from 1867. New York’s Park Avenue as an adjective meaning “luxurious and fashionable” (1956) was preceded in the same sense by London’s Park Lane (1880). As a surname, Parker “keeper of a park” is attested in English from mid-12c. As a vehicle transmission gear, park; this term is also a noun. is attested from 1949.