passenger car

passenger car
A railroad car used for the transportation of passengers. An old passenger car which has been converted into a pay car and is used on the railroad as such is in no sense a passenger car any more than a baggage or mail car could be so considered. Travelers' Ins. Co. v Austin, 116 Ga 264, 42 SE 522. See passenger motor vehicle.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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