COURSE

A term used in surveying, meaning the direction of a line with reference to a meridian. -Course of busine . Commercial paper is said to be transferred, or sales alleged to have been fraudulent may be shown to have been made, "in the course of busine ," or "in the usual and ordinary course of busine ," when the circumstances of the transaction are such as usually and ordinarily attend dealings.of the same kind and do not exhibit any signs of haste, secrecy, or fraudulent intention. Walbrun v. Babbitt, 16 Wall. 581, 21 L. Ed. 489; Clough v. Patrick, 37 Vt. 429; Brooklyn, etc., R. Co. T, National Bank, 102 U. S. 14, 26 L. Ed. 61. -Course of river, The course of a river is a line parallel with its banks; the term is not eynonymous with the "current" of the river. Attorney ~neral v. Railroad Co., 9 N. J. ID;[. 550.--Course of the voyage, By this term 1s understood the regular and customary track, if such there be, which a shiI> takes in going from one port to another, and the shortest wa;r. Marsh. Ins. 185.-0ourse of trade. What 111 customarily or ordinarily done in the management of trade or busine . [s. 290]