A term used In surveying, meaning the direction of a line with reference to a meridian. Course of business. Commercial paper is said to be transferred, or sales alleged to have been fraudulent may be shown to have been made, “in the course of business,” or “in the usual and ordinary course of business,” when the circumstances of the transaction are such as usually and ordinarily attend dealings of the same kind and do not exhibit any signs of haste, secrecy, or fraudulent intention. Walbrun v. Babbitt, 16 Wall. 581, 21 L. Ed. 489; Clough v. Patrick, 37 Vt. 429; Brooklyn, etc., R. Co. v. National Bank, 102 U. S. 14, 26 L. Ed. 61. Course of river. The course of a river is a line parallel with its banks; the term is not synonymous with the “current” of the river. Attorney General v. Railroad Co., 9 N. J. Eg,. 550. Course of the voyage. By this term is understood the regular and customary track, if such there be, which a shin takes in going from one port to another, and the shortest way. Marsh. Ins. 185. Course of trade. What is customarily or ordinarily done in the management of trade or business.