subcontractor

subcontractor
A person who takes a portion of a contract from the principal contractor. Fox v Dunning, 129 Okla 228, 255 P 582. One who agrees under contract with a principal or original contractor to construct for him some part of the structure which the principal contractor has engaged to construct under his contract with an owner of premises or public body, or to furnish and supply materials needed for the performance of such contract. Anno: 112 ALR 824. A person whose relation to the principal contractor is substantially the same as to a part of the work as the latter's relation to the owner. 36 Am J1st Mech L § 51. It is generally held that a person performing individual labor on a structure for the contractor is not a subcontractor. But it has been held that a laborer is in a sense a subcontractor, and he may fall within the statutory definition. 36 Am J1st Mech L § 51.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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