Waive

n.

A woman outlawed

The term is, as it were, the feminine of "outlaw," the latter being always applied to a man; "waive," to a woman. Cowell. v. To abandon or throw away; as when a thief, in his flight, throws aside the stolen goods, in order to facilitate his escape, he is technically said to waive thein. In modem law, to renounce, repudiate, or surrender a claim, a privilege, a right, or the opportunity to take advantage of seme defect, irregularity, or wrong. A person is said to waive a bsnefit when he renounces or disclaims it, and he is said to waive a tort or injury when he abandons the remedy which the law gives him for it.

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