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Factory - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Factory : \Fac"to*ry\, n.; pl. Factories (-r?z). [Cf. F.
factorerie.]
1. A house or place where factors, or commercial agents,
reside, to transact business for their employers. ``The
Company's factory at Madras.'' --Burke.
2. The body of factors in any place; as, a chaplain to a
British factory. --W. Guthrie.
3. A building, or collection of buildings, appropriated to
the manufacture of goods; the place where workmen are
employed in fabricating goods, wares, or utensils; a
manufactory; as, a cotton factory.
Factory leg (Med.), a variety of bandy leg, associated with
partial dislocation of the tibia, produced in young
children by working in factories.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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FACTORY, Scotch law. A contract which partakes of a mandate and locatio ad
operandum, and which is in the English and American law books discussed
under the title of Principal and Agent. 1 Bell's Com. 259.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Factory |
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