Subcontract
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A contract by one who has contracted for the performance of labor or service with a third party for the whole or part performance of that labor or service.
9 Mees. & W. 710; 3 Gray (Mass.) 362'; 17 Wend. (N. Y.) 550; 22 Wend. (N. Y.) 395; 1 E. D. Smith (N. Y.) 716; 2 E. D. Smith (N. Y.) 558.
See 'Contract." SUBDELEGARE (Law Lat.) In old English law. To sub-delegate; to appoint a delegate of a delegate; to delegate power already delegated. SUBDITUS (Lat.) In old English law. A vassal; a dependent; any one under the power of another. Spelman; Bracton, fol.
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