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Operative
OperativeA workman; one employed to perform labor for another. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Workman One who labors, one who is employed to do business for another. Employed One who is in the service of another. Such a person is entitled to rights and liable to.perform certain duties. Labor Continued operation; work. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- Operation of law This term is applied to those rights which are cast upon a party by the law, without any act of his own; as, the right to an estate of one who dies intestate, is cast upon the heir at law, by operation of law; when a lessee for life enfeoffs him in reversion, or when the lessee and lessor join in a feoffment, or when a lessee for life or years accepts a new lease or demise from the lessor, there is a surrender of the first lease by operation of law. PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Open policy An open policy is one in which the amount of the interest of the insured is not fixed by the policy, and is to be ascertained in case of loss. Open-ended agreement An agreement or contract which does not have an ending date but which will continue for as long as certain conditions, identified in the agreement, exist. Opening a judgment The act of the court by which a judgment is so far annulled that it cannot be executed, but which still retains some qualities of a judgment; as, for example, its binding operation or lien upon the real estate of the defendant. Opening statement A lawyer's opening remarks in the beginning of a trial. they are addressed to the judge. Operation of law This term is applied to those rights which are cast upon a party by the law, without any act of his own; as, the right to an estate of one who dies intestate, is cast upon the heir at law, by operation of law; when a lessee for life enfeoffs him in reversion, or when the lessee and lessor join in a feoffment, or when a lessee for life or years accepts a new lease or demise from the lessor, there is a surrender of the first lease by operation of law. Operative Opinion 1) Practice. A declaration by a counsel to his client of what the law is, according to his judgment, on a statement of facts submitted to him. The paper upon which an opinion is written is, by a figure of speech, also called an opinion. 2) Evidence. An inference made, or conclusion drawn, by a witness from facts known to him. 3) Judgment. A collection of reasons delivered by a judge for giving the judgment he is about to pronounce the judgment itself is sometimes called an opinion. Opposition practice. The act of a creditor who, declares his dissent to a debtor's being discharged under the insolvent laws. Oppressor One who having public authority uses it unlawfully to tyrannize over another; as, if he keep him in prison until he shall do something which he is not lawfully bound to do. Opprobrium Civil law. Ignominy; shame; infamy. Option Choice; Election; where the subject is considered. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Operative. If you have a better definition for Operative than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Operative may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Operative and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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