Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Workmen's compensation act \Workmen's compensation act\ (Law)
   A statute fixing the compensation that a workman may recover
   from an employer in case of accident, esp. the British act of
   6 Edw. VII. c. 58 (1906) giving to a workman, except in
   certain cases of ``serious and willful misconduct,'' a right
   against his employer to a certain compensation on the mere
   occurrence of an accident where the common law gives the
   right only for negligence of the employer.