mechanical labor

mechanical labor
Work performed by a mechanic or one practicing a mechanical art; the shaping or uniting of materials into any structure, machine, or object, the construction of which requires the use of tools. Arizona Eastern Railroad Co. v Matthews, 20 Ariz 282, 180 P 159, 7 ALR 1149, 1155. Broadly, the work of a mechanic. Labor performed according to rule or rote rather than by use of the intellect. See mechanic; mechanical pursuit.

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