Servants
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Domestics; those who receive wages, and who are lodged and fed in the house of another and employed in his service. Such servants are not particularly recognized by law. One who serves, or does service, voluntary or involuntary; a person who is ema person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate helper.
Webst., approved In Flesh v. Lindsay, 115 Mo. 1, 21 S. W. 907, 37 Am. St Rep. 374.
They are called menial servants, or domestics, from living infra mania, within the walls of the house.
1 Bla. Com. 324; Wood, Inst. 53.
The right of the master to their services in every respect is grounded on the contract between them. Laborers or persons hired by the day’s work or any longer time are not considered servants; Boniface v. Scott, 3 S. & R. (Pa.) 351. See 12 Ves. 114; Delphine v. Devcze, 2 Mart. N. S. (La.) 052; Domestic; Operative; Master and Servant/ In the branch of the law called master and servant, the latter word has a much broader meaning than mere domestic servants.