EXPLOSION

A sudden and rapid coma busti on, caµsing violent expansion or the air, and accompanied by a report. The word "explosion" is variously used in ordinary speech, and is not one that admits of exact definition. IDvery combustion of an explosive substance, whereby other property is ignited and consumed would not be an "explosion," within the ordinary meaning of the term. It is not used as a.synonym of "combustion." An explosion may be described generally as a sudden and rapid combustion, causing violent expansion of th~ air, and accompanied by a report. But the rapidity of the combustion, the violence of the expansion and the vehemence of 1 the report vary in intensity as often as the occurrences multiply. Hence an explosion is an idea of degrees; and the true meaning of the word, in each particular case, must be settled, not by any fixed standard or accurate measure• ment, but by the common. experience and notions of men in matters of that sort..Insurance Co. v. Foote, 22 Ohio St. 348, 10 Am. Rep. 735. And see Insurance Co. v. Dorsey, 56 Md. 81, 40 Am. Rep. 403; Mitchell v. Insurance Co., 16 App. D. C. 270; Louisville Underwriters v. Durland, 123 Ind, M4, 24 N. ID,. 221, 7 L. R. A. 399. EXPORT, 11. To send, take, or carry an article of trade or commerce out of the country. To transport merchandise from one country to another in the course of trade. To carry out or convey goods by sea. State v. Turner, 5 Har. (Del.) 501. EXPORT, n. A thing or commodity ex• ported. More commonly used in the plural. In American law, this term is only used of goods carried to foreign countries, not of goods transported frorµ one state to another. Brown v. Houston, 114 U. S. 622, 5 Sup. Ct. 1091, 29 L. Ed. 257; Patapsco Guano Co. v. Board of Agriculture; 171 U. S. 345, 18 Sup. et. 862, 43 L. Ed. 191; Swan v. U. S., 190 U. S. 143, 23 Sup. Ct. 702, 47 L. Ed. 984; Rother mel v. Meyerle, 136 Pa. 250, 20 Atl. 583, 9 L. R. A. 366. [s. 473]