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Defined in 7 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)

Definitions from Case Law

From 324 U.S. 490 - Phillips v. Walling US · 1945Most cited · 1,371 citing opinions

Congress used the word 'establishment' as it is normally used in business and in government—as meaning a distinct physical place of business

United States Code

5 U.S.C. § 401 — in this chapter (2 versions over time)

The term “establishment” means the Department of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, the Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, Homeland Security, the Treasury, or Veterans Affairs; the Agency for International Development, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the General Services Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Office of Personnel Management, the Railroad Retirement Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Small Business Administration, the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Social Security Administration, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the Commissions established under section 15301 of title 40, the National Security Agency, or the National Reconnaissance Office, as the case may be.

7 U.S.C. § 136 — for purposes of this subchapter

The term “establishment” means any place where a pesticide or device or active ingredient used in producing a pesticide is produced, or held, for distribution or sale.

11 U.S.C. § 1502 — for the purposes of this chapter

“establishment” means any place of operations where the debtor carries out a nontransitory economic activity;

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

or ESTABLISSEment. An ordinance or statute. Especially used of those ordinances or statutes passed in the reign of Edw. I. 2 Inst. 156; Britt. c. 21. Establissement is also used to denote the settlement of dower by the husband upon his wife. Britt. c. 102.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

ETABLISSEM ENT. An ordinance or statute. Especially used of those ordinances or statutes passed in the reign of Edw. I. Co. 2d Inst. 15G; Britt c 21. That which is instituted or established for public or private use, as the trading establishments of a government. Etablissemcnt is also used to denote the settlement of dower by the husband upon his wife. Britt. c. 102.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An ordinance or statute. Especially used of those ordinances or statutes passed in the reign of Edw. I. 2 Inst. 156; Britt c. 21.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In old English law. An ordinance tablished law.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

An ordinance or statute. Especially used of those ordinances or statutes passed in the reign of Edw. I. 2 Inst. 156; Britt. c. 21.