personal service contract

personal service contract
A contract for the furnishing of services by the promisor only, that is, services to be performed by no person other than the promisor. Illustrations of such contracts ordinarily given are: a master's contract to instruct his apprentice; an author's contract to compose a particular work; a contract of a physician or an attorney at law to render professional services. Janin v Browne, 59 Cal 37, 44.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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