Injury, hurt, wound refer to impairments or wrongs. Injury, originally denoting a wrong done or suffered, is hence used for any kind of evil, impairment, or loss, caused or sustained: physical injury; injury to one's reputation. Hurt suggests especially physical injury, often bodily injury attended with pain: a bad hurt from a fall. A wound is usually a physical hurt caused by cutting, shooting, etc., or an emotional hurt: a serious wound in the shoulder; to inflict a wound by betraying someone's trust. Antonyms Expand. 1. benefit.
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 US 537 (1896). John Howard Ferguson was the judge in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, who heard the case of Homer A. Plessy under the Separate Car Act of 1890. Judge Ferguson had previously ruled that the act did not apply to interstate travel.
Ferguson (in Wilkes County, NC) Populated Place Profile. Ferguson (GNIS FID: 1020232) is a populated place located within the Township of Elk, a minor civil division (MCD) of Wilkes County. The elevation of Ferguson is 1,086 feet. Ferguson appears on the Boomer U.S. Geological Survey Map. Wilkes County is in the Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours).