Manual Labor
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The term manual labor, in its ordinary and usual meaning and acceptation, means labor performed by and with the hand or hands, and implies the ability for such sustained exercise and use of the hand or hands at labor as will enable a person thereby to earn or assist in earning a livelihood. 206 111. 211.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Labor performed by hand or by the exercise of physical force, with or without the aid of tools and of horses or other beasts of burden, but depending for its effectiveness chiefly upon personal muscular exertion rather than upon skill, intelligence, or adroitness. See Lew Jim v. U. S., 66 Fed. 954, 14 C. C. A. 281; Martin v. Wakefield, 42 Minn. 176, 43 N. W 966, 6 L. R. A. 362; Breault v. Archambault, 64 Minn. 420, 67 N. W. 348, 5S Am. St Rep. 545.
Defined under Manual in Black's Law Dictionary.