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Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The act of trade unionists in causing the tools, clothes, or other propor cease working. It is an offense punishable by fine or imprisonment. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 86, § 7.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Concealing a workman’s tools to force him into a union.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The offence on the part of members of a trades union, of causing the tools, clothes, or other property of a workman to be taken away or hidden, in order to compel him to join the union or cease working. 38 & 39 Viet. c. 86.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Is where the members of a trade union cause the tools, clothes or other property of a workman to be taken away or hidden, in order to compel him to join the union or cease working. It 1s, in England, an offense punishable by flne or Imprisonment. 38 & 39 Vlct. c. 86, § 7. Sweet