operate
Defined in 3 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
United States Code
15 U.S.C. § 7108 — for purposes of this chapter
the term “operate” means being actively involved in the day-to-day management of a business;
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
For associates " to operate on lands" purchased, was held to include selling timber to be cut and removed. ^ Operation. 1. Of a law: its practical working and effect.* See Uniform. Operation of law. The application of legal rules to a given set of facts: as, to succeed to property by act and operation of law. See Merger. 2. In patent law, see Patent, 2; Mode. Operative. 1, n. An employee, a servant, 5 q. V. See also Proprietor, 2. 2, adj. Effective: the "operative words" in an instrument contain its essential terms or conditions. Inoperative provisions are such as cannot be enforced. See Legal, Illegal; Surplusage.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
The phrase " to operate on the lands," in a contract regulating the rights of associates in an adventure for purchasing and dealing with a tratt of land, was held to include not only offering the land for sale in parcels, at an advance, but also selling the timber to be cut and removed. Eaton v. Smith, 20 Pick. 160.