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workmen's compensation
workmen's compensationnouncompensation for death, injury, or accident suffered by a workman in the course of his employment and paid to him or his dependents
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Workmen's Compensation
Workmen's CompensationA state insurance program that provides money for workers injured on the job and for the dependents of workers killed on the job.
workmen's compensation
Britishnoun
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Workmen's compensation laws had not yet been passed in Pennsylvania.
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Workmen's compensation paid for surgery on her spine, and her resident's status was never at issue.
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Workmen's compensation, hours and conditions of labor are cold, consolations, if there be no employment.
From Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. A Collection of Speeches and Messages by Coolidge, Calvin
Workmen's compensation, 549 Writs of assistance, 88 Wyoming, admission, 442 X, Y, Z affair, 180 Yale, 44 Young, Brigham, 290 Zenger, Peter, 48 Printed in the United States of America.
From History of the United States by Beard, Charles A. (Charles Austin)
Workmen's compensation; insurance, principles and practice. © 25Feb35; A80817.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1962 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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