n. | 1. | The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; |
2. | That which is imposed by directing; a guiding or authoritative instruction; prescription; order; command; | |
3. | The name and residence of a person to whom any thing is sent, written upon the thing sent; superscription; address; | |
4. | The line or course upon which anything is moving or aimed to move, or in which anything is lying or pointing; aim; line or point of tendency; direct line or course; | |
5. | The body of managers of a corporation or enterprise; board of directors. | |
6. | (Gun.) The pointing of a piece with reference to an imaginary vertical axis; - distinguished from elevation. The direction is given when the plane of sight passes through the object. |
DIRECTION. The order and government of an institution; the persons who compose the board of directors are jointly called the direction. Direction, in another sense, is nearly synonymous with instruction. (q.v.)
DIRECTION, practice. That part of a bill in chancery which contains the address of the bill to the court; this must of course, contain the appropriate and technical description of the court.
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