interference

A tort in violating the right of another to be secure in his business and contract relationships and in his relationship with another as an employer or employee. A tort actionable as malicious in the legal sense where not justified or constituting an exercise of an absolute right. 30 Am J Rev ed Interf § 2. An employer's restraint or coercion of employees in respect of their exercise of rights guaranteed by the Labor Management Relations Act, particularly the right of collective bargaining. 31 Am J Rev ed Lab § 226. The acts of a labor union in impeding the exercise of the right of a worker to dispose of his services in a free labor market. 31 Am J Rev ed Lab § 144. The acts of a labor union, performed maliciously and without justifiable cause, to induce third persons to leave an employment, to induce others not to enter into the service, or to combine to injure an employer by inducing workmen not to enter into employment with him. 31 Am J Rev ed Lab § 140. Another term for interference proceeding. 40 Am J1st Pat § 73. An obstruction or hindrance to use, such as the placing of railings or barriers in a highway. 25 Am J1st High § 532.