Contract Labor Law

Contract Labor Law
The federal statute regulating and restricting the practice of inducing immigration by paying the expenses of travel to the United States for the purpose of obtaining cheap manual labor. 3 Am J2d Aliens § 62. See convict labor.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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