Artificer

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

One by whom something is made. 4 Strobh. (S. C.) 365. A skilled workman. 13 Q. B. Div. 832.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A workman or mechanic as distinguished from an employer thereof.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

One who buys goods in order to reduce them by his own art, or industry, into other forms, and then to sell them. Lansdale v. Brashear, 3 T. B. Mon. (Ky.) 335. The term applies to those who are actually and personally engaged or employed to do mechanical work or the like, and not to those taking contracts for labor to be done by others; 7 El. & Bl. 135.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

One who buys goods in order to reduce them, by his own art or industry, into other forms, and then to sell them. Lansdale v. Brashear, 3 T. B. Mon. (Ky.) 335. One who is actually and personally engaged or employed to do work of a mechanical or physical character, not Including one who takes contracts for labor to be performed by others. Ingram v. Barnes, 7 El. & Bl. 135; Chawner v. Cummings, 8 Q. B. 321. One who is master of his art, and whose employment consists chiefly in manual labor. Wharton; Cunningham.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

One who buys goods in order to reduce them, by his own art or industry, into other forms, and then to sell them. 3 ‘T. B. Mon. 335. One who is actually and personally engaged or emploved to do work of a mechanical or physical character, not including one who takes contracts fer labor to be performed by others, 7 Ei. & Bl. 135. One who is master of his art, and whose employment consists chiefly in manual labor. Wharton; Cunningham.