Words and Phrases is qualified.
Words and Phrases ’4 [Words and Phrases Dictionary; 1904; written by Members of the Editorial Staff of the National Reporter System; Volume 1, “A/Casting Vote,” p. iii]
This compilation represents the first systematic attempt to present in complete and available form the vast quantity of judicial interpretation and construction of the meaning of words and phrases found in the reported decisions of the American appellate courts. It has been over ten years in preparation, and has involved enormous editorial labor and research. The effort has been made to secure all the words judicially defined and all the definitions of each word. In collecting the material recourse has been had in all cases to the opinions of the courts as the original sources, and the work is the result of a page-to-page examination of the reported American cases. A careful search for definitions for words and phrases has also been made in all the latest codes and revisions of statutes, state and federal.