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A place where convicts (or paupers) are confined and kept at labor. … [Read more...] about WORK-HOUSE

Exempt from the forfeiture of shipwrecked goods and vessels to the king. Cowell. … [Read more...] about WRECKFREE

In settling laydays, or days of demurrage, sometimes the contract specifies working days in the computation, Sundays and custom-house holidays are excluded. … [Read more...] about WORKING DAYS

practice. A mandatory precept issued by the authority, and in the name of the sovereign or the state, for the purpose of compelling the defendant to do something therein mentioned. 2. It is issued by a court or other competent jurisdiction, and is return-able to the same. It is to be under seal and tested by the proper officer, and is directed to the sheriff, or other officer … [Read more...] about WRIT

One who labors, one who is employed to do business for another. 2. The obligations of a workman are to perform the work he has undertaken to do; to do it in proper time; to do it well to employ the things furnished him according to his contract. 3. His rights, are to be paid what his work is worth, or what it deserves; to have all the facilities which the employer can give him … [Read more...] about WORKMAN