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Vehicle

Any thing that is designed to transport persons or objects.

From the US Code, at Title 1, Chapter 1, ¶4:

"(V)ehicle includes every description of carriage or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on land."

In R v Baggett, Justice Toy of BC's Supreme Court adopted the Shorter Oxford Dictionary definition of:

"... means  of conveyance provided with wheels or runners and used for the carriage of persons or goods; a carriage, cart, wagon, sledge, etc."

In Baggett, the accused was driving a motor vehicle which was involved in an accident with a parked bicycle.

Some jurisdictions have defined the word in their relevant statutes, such as this sample from Ontario's Highway Traffic Act:

Vehicle includes a motor vehicle, trailer, traction engine, farm tractor, road-building machine, bicycle and any vehicle drawn, propelled or driven by any kind of power, including muscular power, but does not include a motorized snow vehicle or a street car".

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Unless otherwise noted, this article was written by Lloyd Duhaime, Barrister, Solicitor, Attorney and Lawyer (and Notary Public!). It is not intended to be legal advice and you would be foolhardy to rely on it in respect to any specific situation you or an acquaintance may be facing. In addition, the law changes rapidly and sometimes with little notice so from time to time, an article may not be up to date. Therefore, this is merely legal information designed to educate the reader. If you have a real situation, this information will serve as a good springboard to get legal advice from a lawyer.

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