Await
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
To lay in wait; to waylay. AWARD (Law. Lat. awarda, atvardum; old French, agarda, from a garder). To keep, preserve; to be guarded, or kept. So called because it is imposed on the parties to be observed or kept by them. Spelman. The judgment, or decision of arbitrators The writing containing such judgment. Cowell; Termes de la Ley; 3 Bouv. Inst, note 2402.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
awayte. A waylaying, or lying in wait to do mischief.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A term used in old statutes, signifying a lying in wait, or waylaying.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Awayte. In old statutes. A waylaying, or lying in wait to do mischief. Stat. 13 Ric. II. c. 1. Cowell. Blount.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
crim. law. Seems to signify what is now understood by lying in wait, or way-laying.