mechanic

Defined in 5 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

United States Code

26 U.S.C. § 6323 — for purposes of this section

The term “mechanic’s lienor” means any person who under local law has a lien on real property (or on the proceeds of a contract relating to real property) for services, labor, or materials furnished in connection with the construction or improvement of such property. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a person has a lien on the earliest date such lien becomes valid under local law against subsequent purchasers without actual notice, but not before he begins to furnish the services, labor, or materials.

49 U.S.C. § 46301 — in this section

“mechanic” means an individual who holds a mechanic certificate issued under part 65 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations.

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Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One skilled in the practical use of tools. See 156 N. C. 239, Ann. Cas. 1913A, 272, 36 L. R. A. (N. S.) 354, 72 S. E. 3ia.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Any skilled worker with tools; a workman who shapes and applies material in the construction of houses; one actually engaged with his own hands in constructive work. City of New Orleans v. Lagman, 43 La. Ann. 1180, 10 South. 244. It has been held that a painter is not a mechanic; Smith V. Ins. Co., 107 Mich. 270, 65 N. W. 236, 30 L. R. A. 868; and that a printer is one; Smith v. Osburn, 53 la. 474, 5 N. W. 68^. A dentist is a mechanic in Michigan; Maxon v. Perrott, 17 Mich. 332, 97 Am. Dec. 191; see Berks County v. Bertolet, 13 Pa. 525; but not in Mississippi; Whitcomb y. Reid, 31 Miss. 667, 66 Am. Dec. 679.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A workman employed in shaping and uniting materials, such as wood, metal, etc., into some kind of structure, machine or other object, requiring the use of tools. Story v. Walker, 11 Lea (Tenn.) 517, 47 Am. Rep. 305;, In re Osborn (D. Ct) 104 Fed. 781; Savannah & C. R. Co. v. Callahan, 49 Ga. 511; Berks County v. Bertolet, 13 Pa. 524. building, and ls intended to secure for them a priority of payment. The lien of a mechanic is created by law, and is intended to be a security for the price and value of work performed and materials furnished, and as such it attaches to and exists on the land and the building erected thereon, from the commencement of the time that the labor is being performed and the materials furnished; and the mechanic has an actual and positive interest in the building anterior to the time of its recognition by the court, or the reducing of the amount due to a judgment. First Nat. Bank v. Campbell, 24 Tex. Civ. App. 160, 58 S. W. 630; Carter v. Humboldt F. Ins. Co., 12 Iowa, 292; Barrows v. Baughman, 9 Mich. 217.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A workman employed in shaping and uniting materials, suchas wood, metil, etc,, into some kind of structure, machine, or other object, requiring the use of tools, 11 Lea, 517; 13 Pa. St. 525.