Laborer

One who, as a means of livelihood, performs work and labor for those who employ him. Oliver v. Macon Hardware Co., 98 Ga. 249, 25 S. B. 403, 58 Am. St. Rep. 300; Blanchard v. Railway Co.., 87 Me. 241, 32 Atl. 890; In re Ho King (D. C.) 14 Fed. 725; Coffin v. Reynolds, 37 N. Y. 646 ; Weymouth v. Sanborn, 43 N. H. 171, 80 Am. Dec. 144; Epps v. Epps, 17 111. App. 201. In English statutes, this term is generally understood to designate a servant employed in husbandry or manufactures, and not dwelling in the home of his employer. Wharton; Mozley & Whitley. A laborer, as the word is used in the Pennsylvania act of 1872, giving a certain preference of lien, is one who performs, with hls own hands, the contract which he makes with his employer. Appeal of Wen troth, 82 Pa. 469.

— Laborers, statutes of. In English iaw. These are the statutes 23 Edw. III., 12 Rich. 11., 5 Eliz. c. 4, and 26 & 27 Viet. c. 125', making various regulations as to laborers, servants, apprentices, etc.