Servant (n) A servant is the person who works for his master as per his directions and instructions in a time bound or activity bound manner for a consideration agreed up on.
servant n. an employee of an employer, technically one who works for a master.
SERVANTS, (negro or mulatto,) Pennsylvania. By the fourth section of the act for the gradual abolition of slavery, passed the first day of March, 1780, 1 Smith's Laws of Penn.
"No servant or agent or independent contractor from time to time employed by the carrier shall be liable to the owner of the goods for any loss or damage resulting from any act or negligence on his part while acting in the course of his employment." ...
The observant defendant is one who actually sees the plaintiff in time to act so as to avoid the harm and assumes that a duty exists to act under the circumstances.
Loaned servant Definition - Noun 1 : an employee of one employer who is temporarily under the control of another ...
Legacies To Servants. To entitle himself to a bequest 'to servants,' the relation of master and servant must have arisen out of a contract by which the claimant must have formed an engagement which entitled the master to the service of the individual ...
The act of 1887 amended these provisions by requiring a correct annual audit in the case of deductions for medicine or tools, by permitting part payment of servants in husbandry in food, drink (not intoxicants) or other allowances, ...
This includes 'offices of profit under the Crown' (but does not include those holders of ministerial office); civil servants; police officers; members of the armed forces; judges; and members of non-Commonwealth overseas legislatures.
The Factory Acts (first one in 1802, then 1833) and the 1832 Master and Servant Act were the first laws regulating labour relations in the United Kingdom.
WAGES, contract. A compensation given to a hired person for his or her services. As to servants wages, see Chitty, Contr. 171 as to sailors wages, Abbott... more ...
Constitutional Tort A violation of one's constitutional rights by a government servant. Need Legal Help? Get Informed ...
People standing for election to be MPs must be British subjects and over 21 years of age. Peers (members of the House of Lords), clergymen, and holders of public offices (such as civil servants, judges, police and the armed forces) cannot ...
Liability imposed on one person for the actions of another, as in the case of an employer who is vicariously liable for the acts of an employee performed in the course and scope of the employee's duties. See also Master and Servant.
"Propter affectum" - for bias or partiality: as, opinion formed; of kin to a party, or of the same fraternity or corporation; his attorney, servant, or tenant, or entertained by him; promised money for verdict; ...
(Cabinet ministers and public servants, but not the Legislature or judges.)Crown AttorneyA lawyer who acts as an agent of the Attorney General in civil lawsuits; a lawyer who prosecutes criminal matters on behalf of the Crown.
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