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5. In The New Lexicon by Ramnath Aiyer, 1987 Reprint edition, a Man- ager amongst other is defined as one who has the conduct or direction of anything; the person who manages. A Manager is a person who has the management of the whole affairs of the Company. In the New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary, a Manager is defined as someone who manages a company, department, institution etc. In the Concise Oxford Dictionary, 9th Edition, Manager amongst other defined as a person controlling or administering a business or part of a business; a person controlling the affairs, training, etc., a person regarded in terms of skill in household or financial or other management. In Words and Phrases, Vol. 3, relying on the case of Gibson v. Barton, 1875 L.R. to Q.B. 329, it is observed as under :---

A Further definition is found as under :---

"The term 'Manager' in himself implies certain control and authority. That he had no subordinates does not imply he had not certain control and authority."

In Law Lexicon, 3rd Revised Edition, the definition in Mcleod and Co. v. Sixth Industrial Tribunal (supra) has been noted of Manager. In Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, Vol. 3, 'Manager' has been defined in ordinary talk, is a person who has the management of the whole affairs of the company; not an agent who is to do one thing; or a servant who is to obey orders and do another, but a manager who is entrusted with power to manage the whole of the affairs. In Words and Phrases, Vol. 26, it is observed as under :---