- servant
- An employee. One employed to perform service in master's affairs, whose physical conduct in performance of the service is controlled or is subject to right to control by the master. Reiling v. Missouri Ins. Co., 236 Mo.App. 164, 153 S.W.2d 79; Restatement, Second, Agency, No. 2.A person in the employ of another and subject to his control as to what work shall be done and the means by which it shall be accomplished. Hinson v. Culbeson-Stowers Chevrolet, Inc., 244 Ark. 853, 427 S.W.2d 539, 542.One who is employed to render personal service to another otherwise than in the pursuit of an independent calling, and who, in such service, remains entirely under control and direction of employer. Henley v. State, 59 Ga.App. 595, 2 S.E.2d 139, 142.A person of whatever rank or position in employ and subject to direction or control of another in any department of labor or business. A servant, for purposes of doctrine of vicarious liability, is one who is employed to perform services for another, and who is subject to such other's "control" or "right to control" as regards his physical conduct in the performance of such services. Gifford-Hill & Co. v. Moore, Tex.Civ.App., 479 S.W.2d 711, 714.The term is often given special meanings by statutes and like other words is greatly influenced by context in wills and other documents.See also agent- employee- master and servantCompare independent contractor
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
