Contract Labor Act
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
See Labor. CONTRACTION (Lat. con, together, traho, to draw). A form of a word abbreviated by the omission of one or more letters. This was formerly much practised, but in modern times has fallen into general disuse. Much information in regard to tbe rules for contrad ion is to be found in the Instructor Clericalis.