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Janitor

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A doorkeeper.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A person employed to take charge of rooms or buildings, to see that they are kept clean and in order, to lock and unlock them, and generally to care for them. Fagan v. City of New York, 84 N. Y. 352. See 1'T.at. ■ Formerly, a door-keeper, Fleta, lib. 2, c. 24.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In old English law. A -door-keeper. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 24.

In modern law. A janitor is understood to be a person employed to take charge of rooms or buildings, to see that they are kept clean and in order, to lock and unlock them, and generally to care for them. Fagan v. New York, 84 N. Y. 352.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I A person who has the therein, to keep them clean and in eta In old English law. A door-keeper.