Servant

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Servant Definition

One who serves; one who serves another (termed his master), under a contract of hire; one who serves or undertakes to serve another for a stipulated consideration or wage. 2 Kent’s Com. 258-261; one employed to perform an inferior and menial service, 17 111. App. 200; a hireling who makes a part of a man’s family, employed for money, to assist in the economy of the family, or in matters connected with it. 3 S. & E. (Pa.) 353. Bequests to servants construed. Williams Exs. 1152; 27 Bea. 226; 26 Bea. 1472; L. J. Ch. 162; 9 Hare 551; 2 Vern. 546; 16 Ves. 486; 11 L. J. Ch. 223. Servants who take priority in bankruptcy. Mont. & McA. 95, 194; 6 Jur. 898; 42 L.J. Bank. 49; 21 W. R. 523.

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One who serves; one who serves another (termed his master), under a contract of hire; one who serves or undertakes to serve another for a stipulated consideration or wage. 2 Kent’s Com. 258-261; one employed to perform an inferior and menial service, 17 111. App. 200; a hireling who makes a part of a man’s family, employed for money, to assist in the economy of the family, or in matters connected with it. 3 S. & E. (Pa.) 353. Bequests to servants construed. Williams Exs. 1152; 27 Bea. 226; 26 Bea. 1472; L. J. Ch. 162; 9 Hare 551; 2 Vern. 546; 16 Ves. 486; 11 L. J. Ch. 223. Servants who take priority in bankruptcy. Mont. & McA. 95, 194; 6 Jur. 898; 42 L.J. Bank. 49; 21 W. R. 523.

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Servant meaning

One who works in the pay of another known as a master. The servant will be responsible for any torts they commit but their master will also be responsible. See: master and servant, respondeat superior.

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