In English law. This name is given to the statute 1 A 2 wm. IV. c. 37, passed to abolish what is commonly called the “truck system," under which em-ployers were in the practice of paying the wages of their work people in goods, or of requiring them to purchase goods at certain shops. This led to laborers being compelled to take goods of inferior quality at a high price. The act applies to all artificers, work-men, and laborers, except those engaged in certain trades, especlally Iron and metal works, quarries, cloth, silk, and glass manu-factories. It does uot apply to domestic or agricultural servants. Sweet
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
