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| WITHOUT RESERVE, | | contracts. These words are frequently used in conditions of sale at ... |
| WITHOUT THIS, THAT, | | pleading. These are technical words used in a traverse, (q. v.) ... |
| WITHOUT, | | pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a ... |
| WITNESS | | One who, being sworn or affirmed, according to law, deposes as ... |
| WITNESS INSTRUMENTARY, | | Scotch law. He who has attested a deed or other writing. ... |
| WITNESS, AGED | | It has been laid down as a rule that to ... |
| WITNESS, GOING | | A going witness is one who is about to leave ... |
| WOMEN, | | persons. In its most enlarged sense, this word signifies all the ... |
| WOODGELD, | | old Eng. law. To be free from the payment of ... |
| WOODS, | | A piece of land on which forest trees in great ... |
| WORD, | | construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea ... |
| WORK AND LABOR | | In actions of assumpsit, it is usual to put in ... |
| WORKHOUSE | | A prison where prisoners are kept in employment; a penitentiary. A ... |
| WORKING DAYS | | . In settling laydays, (q. v.) or days of demurrage, (q. ... |
| WORKMAN | | One who labors, one who is employed to do business ... |
| WORSHIP | | The honor and homage rendered to the Creator.
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| WORSHIP, | | Eng. law. A title or addition given to certain persons. 2 ... |
| WORTHIEST OF BLOOD | | All expression to designate that, in descent, the sons are to ... |
| WOUND | | med. jur. This term, in legal medicine, comprehends all lesions of ... |
| WRECK, | | mar. law. A wreck (called in law Latin, wreccum maris, and ... |
| WRIT DE BONO ET MALO | | . An ancient writ which was issued in the case of ... |
| WRIT DE EJECTIONE FIRMAE | | A writ of ejectment. Vide Ejectment, and 3 Bl. Com. 199. ... |
| WRIT DE HAERETICO COMBURENDO, | | Engl. law. The name of a writ formerly issued by the ... |
| WRIT DE HOMINE RELEGIANDO, | | practice. A writ which lies to replevy a man out of ... |
| WRIT DE ODIO ET ATIA, | | Engl. law. This writ is probably obsolete, and superseded by the ... |
| WRIT OF CONSPIRACY | | The name of an ancient writ, now superseded by the more ... |
| WRIT OF COVENANTS, | | practice. A writ which lies where a party claims damage for ... |
| WRIT OF DEBT, | | practice. A writ which lies where the party claims the re-covery ... |
| WRIT OF DECEIT | | The name of a writ which lies where one man ... |
| WRIT OF DETINUE, | | practice. A writ which lies where a party claims the spe-cific ... |
| WRIT OF DOWER, | | practice. A writ which lies for a widow ciaiming the specific ... |
| WRIT OF EJECTMENT, | | practice. The name of a process issued by a party claiming ... |
| WRIT OF ENTRY, | | practice. A writ requiring the sheriff to command the tenant of ... |
| WRIT OF ERROR, | | practice. A writ issued out of a court of competent jurisdiction, ... |
| WRIT OF EXECUTION, | | practice. A writ to put in force the sentence that the ... |
| WRIT OF EXIGI FACIAS | | The name of a process issued in the course of proceedings ... |
| WRIT OF FORMEDON, | | practice. This writ lies where a party claims the specific recovery ... |
| WRIT OF INQUIRY, | | practice. When in an action sounding in damages, (q. v.) as ... |
| WRIT OF MAINPRIZE, | | English law. A writ directed to the sheriff (either gen-erally, when ... |
| WRIT OF MESNE, | | Breve' de medio, old English law. A writ which was so ... |
| WRIT OF PRAECIPE | | This writ is also called a writ of covenant, and is ... |
| WRIT OF PREVENTION | | This name is given to certain writs which may be issued ... |
| WRIT OF PROCESS, | | Engl. law, pradice. If the defendant does not appear, in obedience ... |
| WRIT OF PROCLAMATION | | Engl. practice. A writ which issues, at the same time with ... |
| WRIT OF QUARE IMPEDIT, | | English law. The remedy by which, where the right of a ... |
| WRIT OF RATIONABILI PARTE BONORUM | | A writ which was sued out by a widow when the ... |
| WRIT OF RECAPTION, | | practice. This writ lies where, pending an action of replevin, the ... |
| WRIT OF REPLEVIN, | | practice. The name of a process issued for the recovery of ... |
| WRIT OF RESTITUTION | | A writ which is issued on the reversal of a judgment, ... |
| WRIT OF RIGHT, | | practice. The remedly appropriate to the case where a party claims ... |
| WRIT OF TOLT, | | Eng. law. The name of a writ to remove proceedings on ... |
| WRIT OF TRESPASS ON THE CASE, | | practice. A writ which lies where a party sues for damages ... |
| WRIT OF TRESPASS, | | practice. This writ lies where a party claims damages for a ... |
| WRIT OF WASTE | | The name of a writ to be issued against a ... |
| WRIT PRO RETORNO HABENDO, | | remedies, practice. The name of a writ which re-cites that the ... |
| WRIT, | | practice. A mandatory precept issued by the authority, and in the ... |
| WRIT, ORIGINAL, | | practice, English law. An original writ is a mandatory letter issuing ... |
| WRITING | | The act of forming by the hand letters or characters ... |
| WRITING OBLIGATORY | | A bond; an agreement reduced to writing, by which the party ... |
| WRITS, JUDICIAL, | | practice. In England those writs which issue from the common law ... |
| WRONG | | An injury; (q. v.) a tort (q. v.) a violation ... |
| WRONG-DOER | | One who commits an injury, a tort-feasor. (q. v.) Vide Dane's ... |
| WRONGFULLY INTENDING | | These words are used in a declaration when in an action ... |
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