equipment

equipment
The means with which a task can be accomplished; an outfit. The personal luggage of a traveler or passenger. Metz v California Southern Railroad Co. 85 Cal 329, 24 P 610. As the word is used in construction contracts, it means the outfit necessary to enable the contractor to perform the agreed service, the tools, implements, and appliances which might have been previously used, or might be subsequently used by the contractor in carrying on other work of like character. United States Rubber Co. v Washington Engineering Co. 86 Wash 180, 149 P 706. As used in the Federal Employers' Liability Act, the term "equipment" has reference more to personal and movable property than to fixed real property. 35 Am J1st M & S § 426. See railroad equipment.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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