accommodation
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)
Definitions from Case Law
From 407 U.S. 539 - Central Hardware Co. v. National Labor Relations Board · 1972Most cited · 418 citing opinions
Organization rights are granted to workers by the same authority, the National Government, that preserves property rights. Accommodation between the two must be obtained with as little destruction of one as is consistent with the maintenance of the other. The employer may not affirmatively interfere with organization; the union may not always insist that the employer aid organization. But when the inaccessibility of employees makes ineffective the reasonable attempts by nonemployees to communicate with them through the usual channels, the right to exclude from property has been required to yield to the extent needed to permit communication of information on the right to organize.
United States Code
15 U.S.C. § 1681S — in this section
The term "accommodation" includes an agreement to defer 1 or more payments, make a partial payment, forbear any delinquent amounts, modify a loan or contract, or any other assistance or relief granted to a consumer who is affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic during the covered period.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A contract or obligation made or assumed as a favor, and not on a consideration.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Anarrangement or engagement made as a favor to another, not upon aconsideration received; something done to oblige, usually spoken of a loan of money or commercial paper; also a friendly agreement or composition of differences. Abbott.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
common law. That which is done by one merchant or other person tor the convenience of some other, by accepting or endorsing his paper, or by lending him his notes or bills. In general the parties who have drawn, endorsed or accepted bills or other commercial paper tor the accommodation of others, are while in the hands of a holder who received them before they became due, other than the person for whom the accommodation was given, responsible as if they had received full value, Chit. Bills, 90, 91.