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Workhouse
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WorkhouseA prison where prisoners are kept in employment; a penitentiary. A house provided where the poor are taken care of, and kept in employment.
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Prison
A legal prison is the building designated by law, or used by the sheriff, for the confinement, or detention of those whose persons are judicially ordered to be kept in custody. But in cases of necessity, the sheriff may make his own house, or any other place, a prison.
Employment
An employment is an office.
Penitentiary
A prison for the punishment of convicts.
House
Estates. A place for the habitation and dwelling of man. This word has several significations, as it is applied to different things. In a grant or demise of a house, the curtilage and garden will pass, even without the words "with the appurtenances," being added.
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Work and labor
In actions of assumpsit, it is usual to put in a count, commonly called a common count, for work and labor done, and materials furnished by the plaintiff for the defendant; and when the work was not done under a special contract, the plaintiff will be entitled to recover on the common count for work, labor, and materials.
Work-for-hire
1) A work prepared by an employee within the scope of his or her employment. 2) A work specially ordered or commissioned for use as a contribution to a collective work, as a part of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, as a translation, as a supplementary work, as a compilation, as an instructional text, as a test, as answer material for a test, or as an atlas, if the parties expressly agree in a written instrument signed by them that the work shall be considered a work made for hire.
Worker's compensation
A state agency which handles claims of workers injured on their jobs.
Worker's compensation fraud
False claims for on-the-job injuries. Usually takes the Collusion of employee and unscrupulous doctors to submit false diagnoses. Back injuries (soft tissue strains) and stress are the most common ailments used in this scheme.
Working days
In settling laydays or days of demurrage, sometimes the contract specifies working days in the computation, Sundays and custom-house holidays are excluded.
Workman
One who labors, one who is employed to do business for another.
Workplace harassment
Harassment occurring in the workplace.
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Words of purchase
Words which specifically name the person to whom land is being conveyed. The property is conveyed to specifically and by name in a legal act such as a conveyance or will. This would preclude, for example, transfer as a result of intestacy.
Work and labor
In actions of assumpsit, it is usual to put in a count, commonly called a common count, for work and labor done, and materials furnished by the plaintiff for the defendant; and when the work was not done under a special contract, the plaintiff will be entitled to recover on the common count for work, labor, and materials.
Worker's compensation
A state agency which handles claims of workers injured on their jobs.
Worker's compensation fraud
False claims for on-the-job injuries. Usually takes the Collusion of employee and unscrupulous doctors to submit false diagnoses. Back injuries (soft tissue strains) and stress are the most common ailments used in this scheme.
Work-for-hire
1) A work prepared by an employee within the scope of his or her employment. 2) A work specially ordered or commissioned for use as a contribution to a collective work, as a part of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, as a translation, as a supplementary work, as a compilation, as an instructional text, as a test, as answer material for a test, or as an atlas, if the parties expressly agree in a written instrument signed by them that the work shall be considered a work made for hire.
Workhouse
Working days
In settling laydays or days of demurrage, sometimes the contract specifies working days in the computation, Sundays and custom-house holidays are excluded.
Workman
One who labors, one who is employed to do business for another.
Worship
1) The honor and homage rendered to the Creator. 2) English law.A title or addition given to certain persons.
Worthiest of blood
All expression to designate that, in descent, the sons are to be preferred to daughters, which is the law of England. See some singular reasons given for this
Wound
Medical jur. This term, in legal medicine, comprehends all lesions of the body, and in this it differs from the meaning of the word when used in surgery. The latter only refers to a solution of continuity, while the former comprises not only these, but also every other kind of accident, such as bruises, contusions, fractures, dislocations, and the like.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Prison
A legal prison is the building designated by law, or used by the sheriff, for the confinement, or detention of those whose persons are judicially ordered to be kept in custody. But in cases of necessity, the sheriff may make his own house, or any other place, a prison.
Employment
An employment is an office.
Penitentiary
A prison for the punishment of convicts.
House
Estates. A place for the habitation and dwelling of man. This word has several significations, as it is applied to different things. In a grant or demise of a house, the curtilage and garden will pass, even without the words "with the appurtenances," being added.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Work and labor
In actions of assumpsit, it is usual to put in a count, commonly called a common count, for work and labor done, and materials furnished by the plaintiff for the defendant; and when the work was not done under a special contract, the plaintiff will be entitled to recover on the common count for work, labor, and materials.
Work-for-hire
1) A work prepared by an employee within the scope of his or her employment. 2) A work specially ordered or commissioned for use as a contribution to a collective work, as a part of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, as a translation, as a supplementary work, as a compilation, as an instructional text, as a test, as answer material for a test, or as an atlas, if the parties expressly agree in a written instrument signed by them that the work shall be considered a work made for hire.
Worker's compensation
A state agency which handles claims of workers injured on their jobs.
Worker's compensation fraud
False claims for on-the-job injuries. Usually takes the Collusion of employee and unscrupulous doctors to submit false diagnoses. Back injuries (soft tissue strains) and stress are the most common ailments used in this scheme.
Working days
In settling laydays or days of demurrage, sometimes the contract specifies working days in the computation, Sundays and custom-house holidays are excluded.
Workman
One who labors, one who is employed to do business for another.
Workplace harassment
Harassment occurring in the workplace.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Words of purchase
Words which specifically name the person to whom land is being conveyed. The property is conveyed to specifically and by name in a legal act such as a conveyance or will. This would preclude, for example, transfer as a result of intestacy.
Work and labor
In actions of assumpsit, it is usual to put in a count, commonly called a common count, for work and labor done, and materials furnished by the plaintiff for the defendant; and when the work was not done under a special contract, the plaintiff will be entitled to recover on the common count for work, labor, and materials.
Worker's compensation
A state agency which handles claims of workers injured on their jobs.
Worker's compensation fraud
False claims for on-the-job injuries. Usually takes the Collusion of employee and unscrupulous doctors to submit false diagnoses. Back injuries (soft tissue strains) and stress are the most common ailments used in this scheme.
Work-for-hire
1) A work prepared by an employee within the scope of his or her employment. 2) A work specially ordered or commissioned for use as a contribution to a collective work, as a part of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, as a translation, as a supplementary work, as a compilation, as an instructional text, as a test, as answer material for a test, or as an atlas, if the parties expressly agree in a written instrument signed by them that the work shall be considered a work made for hire.
Workhouse
Working days
In settling laydays or days of demurrage, sometimes the contract specifies working days in the computation, Sundays and custom-house holidays are excluded.
Workman
One who labors, one who is employed to do business for another.
Worship
1) The honor and homage rendered to the Creator. 2) English law.A title or addition given to certain persons.
Worthiest of blood
All expression to designate that, in descent, the sons are to be preferred to daughters, which is the law of England. See some singular reasons given for this
Wound
Medical jur. This term, in legal medicine, comprehends all lesions of the body, and in this it differs from the meaning of the word when used in surgery. The latter only refers to a solution of continuity, while the former comprises not only these, but also every other kind of accident, such as bruises, contusions, fractures, dislocations, and the like.
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