volunteer

Defined in 8 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)

United States Code

16 U.S.C. § 558e — in this section

For the purposes of subsections (b), (c), and (d), the term "volunteer" includes a person providing volunteer services to either of the Secretaries who—

(1) is recruited, trained, and supported by a cooperator under a mutual benefit agreement or cooperative agreement with either of the Secretaries; and

(2) performs such volunteer services under the supervision of the cooperator as directed by either of the Secretaries in the mutual benefit agreement or cooperative agreement in the mutual benefit agreement, including direction that specifies—

(A) the volunteer services, including the geographic boundaries of the work to be performed by the volunteers, and the supervision to be provided by the cooperator;

(B) the applicable project safety standards and protocols to be adhered to by the volunteers and enforced by the cooperator;

(C) the on-site visits to be made by either of the Secretaries, if feasible and only if necessary to verify that volunteers are performing the volunteer services and the cooperator is providing the supervision agreed upon;

(D) the equipment the volunteers are authorized to use;

(E) the training the volunteers are required to complete;

(F) the actions the volunteers are authorized to take; and

(G) any other terms and conditions that are determined to be necessary by the applicable Secretary.

16 U.S.C. § 583k-1 — in this subchapter (3 versions over time)

The term “volunteer” means an individual whose services are accepted by the Secretary without compensation under the Volunteers in the National Forests Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 558a et seq.).1

42 U.S.C. § 14505 — for purposes of this chapter (6 versions over time)

The term “volunteer” means an individual performing services for a nonprofit organization or a governmental entity who does not receive—

(A) compensation (other than reasonable reimbursement or allowance for expenses actually incurred); or

(B) any other thing of value in lieu of compensation,

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

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Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One who makes a voluntary payment. See Voluntary payment. One who voluntarily assists, with no employment, express or implied. See 84 Ga. 320, 20 Am. St. Rep. 362, 10 S. E. 922.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

One who receives a voluntary conveyance. It is a general rule of equity that they will not assist a mere volunteer who has a defective conveyance. Fonbl. Eq. b. 1, c. 5, s. 2; and see the note there for some exceptions to this rule. See, generally, 1 Madd. 271; 1 Supp. to Ves. Ch. 320; 2 id. 321; Powell, Mortg. One who takes from a trustee by voluntary conveyance, though without notice, will not be protected; 2 P. Wms. 678. So of a voluntary conveyance by a lunatic, even in the absence of notice; 7 De G., M. & G. 475. In Military Law. Persons who, in time of war, offer their services to their country and march in its defence. One who freely enlists in the place of another, and becomes his substitute of his own free will and accord, is a volunteer within the spirit and intent of the statutes. Magee v. Cutler, 43 Barb. (N. Y.) 239. See Militia.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In conveyancing, one who holds a title under a voluntary conveyance, i. e., one made without consideration, good or valuable, to support it. A person who gives his services without any express or implied promise of remuneration in return is called a "volunteer," and is entitled to no remuneration for his services, nor to any compensation for injuries sustained by him in performing what he bas undertaken Sweet. Also one who officiously pays the debt of another. See Irvine v. Angus, 93 Fed. 633, 35 C. C. A. 501; Arnold v. Green, 116 N. Y. 566, 23 N. E. 1; Bennett v. Chandler, 199 III. 97, 64 N. E. 1052; Welch v. Maine Cent. R. Co., 86 Me. 552, 30 Atl. 116, 25 L. It. A. 658. In military law, the term designates one who freely and voluntarily offers himself for service in the army or navy; as distinguished from one who is compelled to sorve by draft or conscription, and also from one entered by eniistment in the standing army.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

A grantee or a beneficiary in a voluntary conveyance.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

A grantee or beneficiary in a without consideration.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

1. In conveyancing, one who takes title under a conveyance made without a good or valuable consideration. 2. In military law, one who serves willingly, by his choice, in distinction from a conscript or drafted man, and from an enlisted man or oificer in the regular army. A substitute is not a volunteer, within the meaning of statutes providing for bounties to volunteers. People v. Quartermaster- To the contrary. Magee v. Cutler, 43 Barb. 239.