vice principal
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 205 U.S. 60 - Wilmington Star Mining Company v. Minnie Fulton · 1907Most cited · 283 citing opinions
Under the Illinois mining act, a mine manager and mine examiner were vice principals of the owner, and were engaged in the performance of duties which the owner could not delegate to others in such manner as to relieve himself from responsibility.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In the law of master and servant, this term means one to whom the employer has confided the entire charge of the business or of a distinct branch of it, giving him authority to superintend, direct, and control the workmen and make them obey his orders, the master himself exercising no particular oversight and giving no particular orders, or one to whom the master has delegated a duty of his own, which ls a direct, personal, and absolute obligation. See Durkin v. Kingston Co.al Co... 171 Pa. 193, 33 Atl. 237, 29 L. R. A. 808, 50 Am. St. Rep. SOI; Moore v. Railway Co.., 85 Mo. 588; Railroad Co. v. Bell, 112 Pa. 400, 4 Atl. 50; Lewis v. Seifert, 116 Pa. 628, 11 Atl. 514, 2 Am. St. Rep. 631; Minneapolis v. Lundin, 58 Fed. 525, 7 C. C. A. 344; Lindvall v. Woods (C. C.) 44 Fed. 855; Perras v. Booth. 82 Minn. 191, 84 N. W. 739; Van" Dusen v. Letellier, 78 Mich, 492, 44 N. W. 572; Hanna v. Granger, 18 R. I. 507, 28 Atl. 659. As to principal "Challenge," "Contract," "Fact," "Obligation," and "Office," see those titles.
Defined under Principal in Black's Law Dictionary.