contractor
Defined in 8 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Bouvier (1839)
Definitions from Case Law
United States Supreme Court
a subcontractor.
Defined by the Supreme Court in Lichter v. United States, 334 U.S. 742 (1948).
United States Code
2 U.S.C. § 2051 — in this section
The term “contractor” means the private business concern that enters into a food services contract with the Architect of the Capitol.
10 U.S.C. § 2332 — in this section
The term “contractor” means a private entity that enters into a contract with an agency.
10 U.S.C. § 2409 — in this section (3 versions over time)
The term “contractor” means a person awarded a contract with an agency.
10 U.S.C. § 9511 — in this chapter (2 versions over time)
The term “contractor” means a citizen of the United States (A) who owns or controls, or who will own or control, a new or existing aircraft and who contracts with the Secretary under section 9513 of this title to modify that aircraft by including or incorporating specified defense features in that aircraft and to commit that aircraft to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet, (B) who subsequently obtains ownership or control of a civil aircraft covered by such a contract and assumes all existing obligations under that contract, or (C) who owns or controls, or will own or control, new or existing aircraft and who, by contract, commits some or all of such aircraft to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet.
22 U.S.C. § 4341 — for purposes of this chapter
The term “contractor” means—
(A) an individual employed by personal services contract pursuant to section 2669(c) of this title, section 2396(a)(3) of this title, or pursuant to other similar authority, including, in the case of an organization performing services under such authority, an individual involved in the performance of such services; and
(B) such other individuals or firms providing goods or services by contract as are designated by regulations issued pursuant to section 4343 of this title;
but does not include a contractor with or under the supervision of an area military commander.
22 U.S.C. § 5874 — for purposes of this subchapter
the term “contractor” means a National Aeronautics and Space Administration contractor to the extent that the acquisition of space hardware, space technology, or space services from the independent states of the former Soviet Union may be relevant to the contractor's responsibilities under the contract; and
35 U.S.C. § 201 — as used in this chapter
The term “contractor” means any person, small business firm, or nonprofit organization that is a party to a funding agreement.
38 U.S.C. § 7317 — in this section
In this section, the term “contractor” includes subcontractors of any tier under a contract containing an indemnification provision pursuant to subsection (a).
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
One who enters into a contract. Those who undertake to do public work, or the work for a company or corporation on a large scale, at a certain fixed price, or to furnish goods to another at a nxed or ascertained price. 2 Pardessus, note 300. See 5 Whart. (Pa.) 366,
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
One who enters into a contract. Generally used of those who undertake to do public work or tbe work for a company or corporation on a large scale, or to lurnjsh goods to another at a fixed or ascertained price. 2 Pard. n. 300. Sec Sullivan v. Johns, 5 Wbart. (Pa.) 366; Mason v. U. S., 14 Ct. CI. 59; Neal v. U. S., Id. 280; Merriam v. U. S., id. 289; Carr v. U. s., 13 Ct. CI. 136; Denver Pacific Ry. Co. v. U. S., id. 392. As to liability of a party for tbe neirligeuce of a contractor employed by him, see Independent Contractor,
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
The primary meaning is one who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; he who agrees to do anything for another. One who contracts with a government to furnish provisions or supplies or to do work; one who agrees to construct a portion of a work, as, a raiboad.^ St.-nding alone, or unrestrained by the context or particular words, may mean a sub-contractor or a person remotely engaged under a contract and doing the work, as well as an oiiginal contractor. ^ Although, in a general sense, every one who enters into a contract may be called a " contractor," yet that word, for want of a better, has come to be used with special reference to a person who. in the pursuit of an independent business, undertakes to do specific jobs of work for other persons without submitting himself to their control in respect to the petty details of the work... The true test is to ascertain whether one who renders the service does so in the course of an independent occupation, representing the will of his employer only as to the result of his work and not as to the means by which it is accomplished.. If he submits himself to the discretion of his employer as to the details of the work, fulfilling his will not merely as to the result but also as to the means by which that result is to be attained, the contractor becomes a servant in respect to the work.^ The ordinaiy relation of principal and agent, master and servant, does not subsist in the case of an independent employee or contractor who is not under the immediate direction of the employer.* See Phillips Construction Co. v, Seymour, under CovENAiiT; Respondeat. 1 1 Pars. Contr. 1-5; 2 Bl. Com. 443: 3 Law Quar. Rev. 166-79 (1887). 'Kent V. N. T. Central R. Co., 18 N. Y. 631 (WVj). = Mundt V. Sheboygan, &c. R. Co., 31 Wis. 4.57 (187.'), Dixon, C. J.; 12 N. Y. 631; B How. Pr. 434; 23 Minn. S24. •Shearman & Redf., Neg. §§ 76-77: quoted, 71 Me. 332; 7 Lea, 373; 57 Tfex. 510. See also Carter v. Berlin Mills Co., 58 N. H. 52-58 (1876), cases; Edmundson v. Pittsburgh, &c. R. Co., Ill Pa. 319 (1885); 86 id. 159; 17
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
One who enters into a contract: this term is usually applied to persons who undertake to do public work, or the work for a company or corporation ona large scale, at a certain fixed price. a