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EMPLOY

TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.

To engage in one's service; . to use as an agent or substitute in transacting business; to commission and intrust with the management of one's affairs; and, when used in respect to a servant or hired laborer, the term is equivalent to hiring, which implies a request and a contract for a compensation, and has but this one meaning when used in the ordinary affairs and business of … [Read more...]

EMPLOYED

TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.

One who is in the service of another. Such a person is entitled to rights and liable to. perform certain duties. 2. He is entitled to a just compensation for his services; when there has been a special contract, to what has been agreed upon; when not, to such just recompense as he deserves. 3. He is bound to perform the services for which he has engaged himself; and for a … [Read more...]

EMPLOYEE

TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.

One who is authorized to act for another; a mandatory. This word "is from the French, hut has become somewhat naturalized in our language. Strictly and etymlogically, it means 'a person employed,' but, in practice in the French language, it ordinarily is used to signify a person in some official employment, and as generally used with us, though perhaps not confined to any … [Read more...]

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