Entire

That which is not divided; that which is whole.

— When a contract is entire, it must, in general, be fully performed before the party can claim the compensation which was to have been paid to him;

— for example, when a man hires to serve another for one year, he will not be entitled to leave him at any time before the end of the year, and claim compensation for the time unless it be done by the consent or default of the party hiring; Hair v. Bell, 6 Vt. 35; Stark v. Parker, 2 Pick. (Mass.) 267, 13 Am. Dec. 425; Mc Clure v. Pyatt, 4 Mc Cord (S. C.) 26; Byrd v. Boyd, 4 Mc Cord (S. C.) 246, 17 Am. Dec. 740; Rounds v. Baxter, 4 Greenl. (Me.) 454; Hoar v. Clute, 15 Johns. (N. Y.) 224; Watkins v. Hodges, 6 H. & J. (Md.) 38.

See Olmstead v. Bach, 78 Md. 132, 27 Atl. 501, 22 L. R. A. 74, 44 Am. St. Rep. 273.

A contract is entire if the consideration be single and eutire, notwithstanding the subject of the contract consists of several distinct items; 2 Pars. Cont. 517. See Divisible. An entire day is an undivided day, from midnight to midnight; Robertson v. State, 43 Ala. 325; Haines v. State, 7 Tex. App. 30; Lawrence v. State, 7 Tex. App. 192. The words "entire use, benefit," etc., in a trust deed for the benefit of a married woman, have been construed as equivalent to "sole and separate use"; Hcathman v. Hall, 38 N. C. 414. Entire tenancy "is contrary to several tenancy, signifying a sole possession in one man, whereas the other signifieth joint or common in more." Co well.