labor

Narrowly defined as purely physical toil. 31 Am J2d Exemp § 19; 31 Am J Rev ed Lab § 1. Services in a manual occupation; work requiring little skill or special training. 36 Am J1st Mech L § 53; 58 Am J1st Workm Comp § 91. Services in following a manual occupation rather than an intellectual pursuit. Michigan Trust Co. v Grand Rapids Democrat, 113 Mich 615, 71 NW 1102. Better defined as work with the hands or with the mind including the application of professional and trade skills. 31 Am J2d Exemp § 19; 31 Am J Rev ed Lab § 1. Toil with the brains as well as toil with the hands. Commonwealth v John T. Connor Co. 222 Mass 299, 110 NE 301. In a broad but none the less accurate sense, services of a person whether they be rendered by his hands or by the application of learning and professional skill, including the work of high-salaried corporate officers, engineers, architects, actors, painters, builders, etc. 31 Am J Rev ed Lab § 1. In political economy, the position held by workers collectively. 31 Am J Rev ed Lab § 1. An effort is no less labor because it is carried on with the use of machinery instead of hand tools. Timber Structures v C. W. S. Grinding & Machine Works, 191 Or 231, 229 P2d 623, 25 ALR2d 1358 (within the meaning of a statute granting a mechanic's lien for labor performed.)