Legal Definition and Related Resources of Hire

A bailment for a reward or compensation. Divided into four categories: (1)ÊÊ the hiring of a thing for use, e.g.. tools ; (2)Ê the hiring of work and labor , e.g.. farm hands; (3) the hiring of care and services to be performed, e.g., private nurses; (4)Ê the hiring of the carriage of goods from one place to another, e.g., transport truck and driver. In common speech , hire and let are ofter. used interchangeably for letting, especially in the phrase hire out.

A bailment In which compensation is to be given for the use of a thing, or for labor and services about it. 2 Kent, Comm. 456; Story, Bailm. § 359. The divisions of this species of contract are denoted by Latin names. Locatio opens faciendi is the hire of labor and work to be done, or care and attention to be bestowed, on the goods let by the hirer, for a compensation. ‘ Locatio operis mereium vehendarum is the hire of the carriage of goods from one place to another, for a compensation. Jones, Bailm. 85, 86, 90, 103, 118; 2 Kent, Comm. 456; Civ. Code La. art. 1709-1711. Locatio rei or locatio conductio rei is the bailment of a thing to be used by the hirer for a compensation to be paid by him. This contract arises from the principles of natural law. It is voluntary, and founded in consent; it involves mutual and reciprocal obligations; and it is for mutual benefit. In some respects it bears a strong resemblance to the contract of sale; the principal difference between them bemg that in cases of sale the owner parts with the whole proprietary interest in the thing, and in cases of hire the owner parts with it only for a temporary use and purpose. In a sale, the thing itself is the object of the contract; in hiring, the use of the thing is its object. Vinnius. lib. 3, tit. 25, in pr.; Poth. de Contr. du Louage, notes 2-4; Jones, Bailm. 86; Story, Bailm. § 371; 2 Kent, Comm. 456.

verb

• add to the payroll
• appoint
• assign to a position
• authorize
• commission
• conducere
• contract for
• delegate
• depute
• designate to a post
• employ
• engage
• enlist
• fill a position
• fill a vacancy
• furnish occupation for
• give a job to
• give employment to
• give work to
• induct
• install
• place in office
• procure
• put on payroll
• put to work
• recruit
• retain
• secure the services of
• set to work
• staff
• take into service
• take on Associated Concepts: bailee for hire
• carriage
• contract for hiring
• discrimination in hiring
• employment contract

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Hire in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of hire.

Hire in Maritime Law

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The following is a definition of Hire, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: [Translation of Hire in French: “loyer” or “loyer d’affrètement”] [Translation of Hire in Spanish: “precio” or “tarifa”] [Translation of Hire in Italian: “prezzo di noleggio”] [Gr: “Mietzins”] – The consideration in bareboat, demise and time charterparties.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Work
• Law Enforcement Agency

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urther Reading

• hire in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• hire in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Hire in Admiralty Law

For information on hire in this context, see the entry on hire in the maritime law encyclopedia.

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