supervisor
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Bouvier (1839)
Definitions from Case Law
From 370 U.S. 173 - Marine Engineers Beneficial Association v. Interlake Steamship Company · 1962Most cited · 307 citing opinions
any individual having authority, in the interest of the employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or responsibly to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to recommend such action, if in connection with the foregoing the exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment
United States Code
5 U.S.C. § 7103 — in this section
“supervisor” means an individual employed by an agency having authority in the interest of the agency to hire, direct, assign, promote, reward, transfer, furlough, layoff, recall, suspend, discipline, or remove employees, to adjust their grievances, or to effectively recommend such action, if the exercise of the authority is not merely routine or clerical in nature but requires the consistent exercise of independent judgment, except that, with respect to any unit which includes firefighters or nurses, the term “supervisor” includes only those individuals who devote a preponderance of their employment time to exercising such authority;
5 U.S.C. § 9801 — for purposes of this chapter
the term “supervisor” has the meaning given such term by section 7103(a)(10); and
25 U.S.C. § 2021 — for the purposes of this chapter
The term “supervisor” means the individual in the position of ultimate authority at a Bureau school.
29 U.S.C. § 152 — in this subchapter
The term “supervisor” means any individual having authority, in the interest of the employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other employees, or responsibly to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to recommend such action, if in connection with the foregoing the exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An overseer; a surveyor. The chief officer of a town or organized township in the states of Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Lowa. He has various duties assigned him the statutes as a town officer, and likewise represents his town in the general assembly, or county board of supervisors. See Board of Supervisors.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A surveyor or overseer; a highway officer. Also, in some states, the chief officer of a town; one of a board of county officers.
— Supervisors of election. Persons appointed and commissioned by the judge of the drcuit court of the United States in cities or towns of over 20,000 inhabitants, upon the written application of two citizens, or in any county or parish of any congressional district upon that of ten citizens, to attend at all times and places fixed for the registration of voters for representatives and delegates in congress, and supervise the registry and mark the list of voters in such manner as will in their judgment detect and expose the improper removal or addition of any name. Rev. St. U. S. § 2011, et seq.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
An overseer; a surveyor. An officer whose duty it is to take care of public roads. One of a board of persons intrusted with the fiscal affairs of a county. Of elections: a person commissioned by a judge of the United States circuit court in a city of over twenty thousand inhabitants, or in any Congressional district, to 'attend at the registration of voters for Congressmen, and so supervise the registry as to insure the detection of improper removals or additions of names.^ 1 Exp. Hall, 1 Pick. *263 (1838). 2 Williams v. Brufty, 102 U. S. 249 (1880), Field, J. ' Smith V. Western Union Tel. Co., 83 Ky. 271 (188B). * Draper v. Davis, 102 U. S.371 (1880), cases; Hoveyu Mc Donald, 109 id. 169 (1883). s Sage V. Central E. Co., 93 U. S. 417 (1876), cases; 109 id. 160; 9 Bened. 209. » E. S. § 1007; 109 U. S. 159-61. ' See fully E. S. §§ 2011-81; Exp. Siebold, 100 U. S. 371
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
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