master–servant relationship

The association between one in authority and a subordinate, esp. between an employer and an employee.

• At common law, this term also designated the husband–wife relationship for purposes of analyzing loss of consortium, but that usage is now obsolete.

— Also termed employer–employee relationship. See MASTER AND SERVANT.

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