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Workman
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WorkmanOne who labors, one who is employed to do business for another.
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Employed
One who is in the service of another. Such a person is entitled to rights and liable to.perform certain duties.
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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.
Workhouse
A prison where prisoners are kept in employment; a penitentiary. A house provided where the poor are taken care of, and kept in employment.
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.
Workplace harassment
Harassment occurring in the workplace.
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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
A prison where prisoners are kept in employment; a penitentiary. A house provided where the poor are taken care of, and kept in employment.
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
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.
Wreck
Maritime law. A wreck (called in law Latin, wreccum maris, and in law French, wrec de mer,) signifies such goods, as after a shipwreck, are cast upon land by the sea, and left there within some county, so as not to belong to the jurisdiction of the admiralty, but to the common law.
Wreck removal
The operation of clearing navigable waters of sunken vessels or other submerged objects which threaten the safety of navigation. Wreck removal claims are frequently secured by special legislative rights (supra) of detention, sale and/or forfeiture, under national law.
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Employed
One who is in the service of another. Such a person is entitled to rights and liable to.perform certain duties.
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.
Workhouse
A prison where prisoners are kept in employment; a penitentiary. A house provided where the poor are taken care of, and kept in employment.
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.
Workplace harassment
Harassment occurring in the workplace.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
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
A prison where prisoners are kept in employment; a penitentiary. A house provided where the poor are taken care of, and kept in employment.
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
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.
Wreck
Maritime law. A wreck (called in law Latin, wreccum maris, and in law French, wrec de mer,) signifies such goods, as after a shipwreck, are cast upon land by the sea, and left there within some county, so as not to belong to the jurisdiction of the admiralty, but to the common law.
Wreck removal
The operation of clearing navigable waters of sunken vessels or other submerged objects which threaten the safety of navigation. Wreck removal claims are frequently secured by special legislative rights (supra) of detention, sale and/or forfeiture, under national law.
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