Legal Term: WAGES,

Definition: contract. A compensation given to a hired person for his or her services. As to servants wages, see Chitty, Contr. 171 as to sailors wages, Abbott on Shipp. 473, generally, see 22. Vin. Abr. 406, Bac. Abr. Master, &,c., H, Marsh. Ins. 89, 2 Lill. Abr. 677, Peters Dig. Admiralty, pl. 231, et seq.

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