school

A place for systematic instruction in any branch or branches of knowledge; a place where instruction is imparted. 47 Am J1st Sch § 2. A place where instruction is imparted, irrespective of the number of persons being taught. People v Levisen, 404 Ill 574,90 NE2d 213, 14 ALR2d 1364; Livingston v Davis, 243 Iowa 21, 50 NW2d 592, 27 ALR 2d 1237. A term sometimes limited to a public or common school. 47 Am J1st Sch § 2. In usual sense, exclusive of university, college, business college, or other institution of higher education. 47 Am J1st Sch § 2. The word as used in a constitutional provision exempting from taxation such property as may be used for school purposes means a place where systematic instruction in useful branches is given by methods common to schools and institutions of learning, as distinguished from schools conducted for teaching, dancing, writing, deportment, and other things, which are not schools in the ordinary sense. People ex rel. McCullough v Deutsche E. L. J. Gemeinde, 249 Ill 132, 94 NE 162. The word "school" as used in a statute requiring denial of a liquor license for a location within five hundred feet of a school is not subject to a more restricted definition than the definition of the word in building restriction cases. Boys' Club of Detroit v Pajula, 342 Mich 150, 69 SW2d 348, 49 ALR2d 1097. See parochial school; private school; public school.