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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

A workman; one employed to perform labor for another.

See 3 C. Rob. 237; Mason v. The Blaireau, 2 Cra. (U. S.) 240, 270, 2 L. Ed. 26(5. See Factory Acts; Master and Servant.