Vice principal

In the law of master and servant, this term means one to whom the employer has confided the entire charge of the business or of a distinct branch of it, giving him authority to superintend, direct, and control the workmen and make them obey his orders, the master himself exercising no particular oversight and giving no particular orders, or one to whom the master has delegated a duty of his own, which ls a direct, personal, and absolute obligation. See Durkin v. Kingston Co.al Co...

171 Pa. 193, 33 Atl. 237, 29 L. R. A. 808, 50 Am. St. Rep. SOI; Moore v. Railway Co.., 85 Mo. 588; Railroad Co. v. Bell, 112 Pa. 400, 4 Atl. 50; Lewis v. Seifert, 116 Pa. 628, 11 Atl. 514, 2 Am. St. Rep. 631; Minneapolis v. Lundin, 58 Fed. 525 , 7 C. C. A. 344; Lindvall v. Woods (C. C.) 44 Fed. 855 ; Perras v. Booth. 82 Minn. 191, 84 N. W. 739; Van" Dusen v. Letellier, 78 Mich, 492, 44 N. W. 572; Hanna v. Granger, 18 R. I. 507, 28 Atl. 659.

As to principal "Challenge," "Contract," "Fact," "Obligation," and "Office," see those titles.