M'echanical Pursuit
Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
One closely I allied to or incidental to some kind of manufacturing business; Cowling v. Iron Co., 65 Minn. 2G3, 68 N. W. 48, 33 L. R. A. 508, 60 Am. St. Rep. 471. Mining of iron is a mechanical business; id. A mechanic who contracts and shapes materials with his hands is engaged in such a pursuit, in the sense of a statute exempting such from taxation; City of New Orleans v. Lagman, 43 La. Ann. 1180, 10 South. 244.