Operative
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Abbott (1879)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A workman; one employed to perform labor for another. See 2 Cush. (Mass.) 371.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A workman; one employed to perform labor for another. See 3 C. Rob. 237; Mason v. The Blaireau, 2 Cra. (U. S.) 240, 270, 2 L. Ed. 26(5. See Factory Acts; Master and Servant.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
<A workman; a laboring Man; an artisan; particularly one employed in factories. ¥
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
The provision of the bankrupt act of 1841, giving a priority in payment to debts due to operatives, included apprentices. Exp. Steiner, 1 "«•