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labor union

labor union : a labor organization usually consisting of workers of the same trade that is formed for the purpose of advancing its members' interests (as through collective bargaining) in respect to wages, benefits, and working conditions see also craft union, bargaining unit NOTE: Labor unions and employers are subject to the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Wagner Act), as amended by the Labor Management Relations (Taft-Hartley) Act and the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure (Landrum-Griffin) Act. The NLRA authorized the establishment of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency which administers the provisions of the Act. ...

An Anglo Indian name for a person just arrived from Europe...

Grip

The griffin...

Gripe

A vulture the griffin...

Gryfon

See Griffin...

Gryphon

The griffin vulture...

Hippogriff

A fabulous winged animal half horse and half griffin...

Chastisement

Chastisement. As to legality of correction of a child by its parent, an apprentice or scholar by his master, or a criminal by an officer, see s. 24 of the (English) Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 41), replaced by the (English) Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 1904 (4 Edw. 7, c. 15), and see 8 Edw. 7, c. 67. The (English) Children and Young Persons Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 12), s. 1 (7), preserves the right of parent, teacher, or persons having lawful control to administer punishment. As to criminals, the (English) Prisons Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 41), and rules thereunder. By s. 5, ibid., the order must be confirmed by the Secretary of State, nd (as to scholars) Cleary v. Booth, (1893) 1 QB 465; and Mansell v. Griffin, (1908) 1 KB 160 (947); R. v. Newport (Salop) J.J., ex parte Wright, 1929 (2) KB 416. A husband cannot inflict chastisement on his wife, and all ancient dicta to the contrary are now unsound, R. v. Jackson, (1891) 1 QB 671. See Lus...

Schoolmaster

Schoolmaster. To an action of trespass for an assault and battery the defendant pleaded that he was the headmaster of a school or college, of which the plaintiff was a pupil, and that the plaintiff combined with other pupils for purposes subversive of the discipline of the school, and the plea was held good: see Fitzgerald v. Northcote, (1865) 4 F&F 656. As to the extent of the powers of a schoolmaster in this respect, see Cleary v. Booth, (1893) 1 QB 465. As to the power of an assistant teacher in a public elementary school to administer corporal punishment, see Mansell v. Griffin, (1908) 1 KB 160 (947). As to the dismissal of a schoolmaster or mistress of a public elementary school, see Smith v. Macnally, (1912) 1 Ch 816; Meyers v. Humell, (1912) 2 Ch 256; Mitchell v. East Sussex C.C., (1914) 109 LT 778; Price v. Rhondda U.D.C., (1923) 2 Ch 372....

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