Quarantine : (noun)
1: enforced isolation of patients suffering from a contagious
disease in order to prevent the spread of disease
2: isolation to prevent the spread of infectious disease
(verb)
1: place into enforced isolation, as for medical reasons; "My
dog was quarantined before he could live in England"
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Quarantine : \Quar"an*tine\, n. [F. quarantaine, OF. quaranteine,
fr. F. quarante forty, L. quadraginta, akin to quattuor four,
and E. four: cf. It. quarantina, quarentine. See Four, and
cf. Quadragesima.]
1. A space of forty days; -- used of Lent.
2. Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during
which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being
infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to
forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such
restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place
where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed.
Note: Quarantine is now applied also to any forced stoppage
of travel or communication on account of malignant
contagious disease, on land as well as by sea.
3. (Eng. Law) The period of forty days during which the widow
had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of
which her husband died seized.
Quarantine flag, a yellow flag hoisted at the fore of a
vessel or hung from a building, to give warning of an
infectious disease; -- called also the yellow jack, and
yellow flag.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Quarantine : \Quar`an*tine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quarantined;
p. pr. & vb. n. Quarantining.]
To compel to remain at a distance, or in a given place,
without intercourse, when suspected of having contagious
disease; to put under, or in, quarantine.
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QUARANTINE, commerce, crim. law. The space of forty days, or a less quantity
of time, during which the crew of a ship or vessel coming from a port or
place infected or supposed to be infected with disease, are required to
remain on board after their arrival, before they can be permitted to land.
2. The object of theQuarantine : is to ascertain whether the crew are
infected or not.
3. To break the quarantine without legal authority is a misdemeanor. 1
Russ. on Cr. 133.
4. In cases of insurance of ships, the insurer is responsible when the
insurance extends to her being moored in port 24 hours in safety, although
she may have arrived, if before the 24 hours are expired she is ordered to
perform quarantine, if any accident contemplated by the policy occur 1
Marsh. on Ins. 264.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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QUARANTINE, inheritances, rights. The space of forty days during which a
widow has a right to remain in her late husband's principal mansion,
immediately after his death. The right of the widow is also called her
quarantine.
2. In some, perhaps all the states of the United States, provision has
been expressly made by statute securing to the widow this right for a
greater or lesser space of time in Massachusetts, Mass. Rev. St. 411, and
New York, 4 Kent, Com. 62, the widow is entitled to the mansion house for
forty days. In Ohio, for one year, Walk. Intr. 231, 324. In Alabama,
Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey, Rhode Island and
Virginia, she may occupy till dower is assigned; in Indiana, Illinois,
Kentucky, Missouri, New Jersey and Virginia, she may also occupy the
plantation or messuage. In Pennsylvania the statute of 9 Hen. III., c. 7, is
in force, Rob. Dig. 176, by which it is declared that "a widow shall tarry
in the chief house of her husband forty days after his death, within which,
her dower shall be assigned her." In Massachusetts the widow is entitled to
support for forty days in North Carolina for one year.
3.Quarantine : is a personal right, forfeited by implication of law, by
a second marriage. Co. Litt. 82. See Ind. Rev. L. 209; 1 Virg. Rev. C. 170,;
Ala. L. 260; Misso. St. 229; Ill. Rev. L. 237; N. J. Rev. C. 397 1 Ken. Rev.
L. 573. See Bac. Ab. Dower, B; Co. Litt. 32, b; Id, 34, b 2 Inst. 16, 17.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Quarantine : Quarantine: The period of isolation decreed to control the spread of infectious disease. Before the era of antibiotics, quarantine was one of the few available means for halting the spread of
infectious diseases. It is still employed as needed. The list of quarantinable diseases in the US includes SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) was added as a quarantinable disease.
The word "quarantine" comes from the Latin word "quadraginta" meaning forty. This was probably because it was known that the epidemic of the bubonic plague.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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