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Verb: To draw something along a course, particularly a vessel. Ryan v Hook (NY) 34 Hun 185, 191. To pull a motor vehicle along a highway or street. 8 Am J2d Auto § 839. Noun: One or more vessels being towed or drawn. 48 Am J1st Ship § 488. An automobile or two or more automobiles in tandem being drawn on the highway.
Within the meaning of a clause in an automobile liability policy exempting the insurer from liability while the vehicle is being towed, a trailer attached to a truck is being towed although the vehicles have come to a temporary stop in the course of their journey. Maryland Casualty Co. v Cross (CA5 Tex) 112 F2d 58.
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