An institution of learning of a lower grade, below a college or a university. A place of primary instruction. The term generally refers to the common or pub-lic schools, maintained at the expense of the public. See American Asylum v. Phoenix Bank, 4 Conn. 177, 10 Am. Dec. 112; In re Sanders, 53 Kan. 191, 36 Pac. 348, 23 L. R. A. 603; Com. v. Banks, 198 Pa. 397, 48 AtL 277
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
