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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

WAGER OF LAW OF. The mode in which a tenant or defendant in a real action pleaded, when the summons which followed the original was not served within the proper time. Won temere credere est nervus sapientices. 5 Coke, 114: Not to believe rashly is the nerve of wisdom.