The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In old English law. A terra applied to outlaws. They who were outlawed in old English law were said to carry a wolf's head; for, if caught alive, they were to be brought to the kin

All the females of the human species. All such females who have arrived at the age of puberty. Mu Ueris appellatione etiam virgo viri potens continetur. Dig. 50. 16. 13. See 84 111

A certain quantity of grain paid by the tenants of some manors to the lord for the liberty to pick up dried or broken wood. Cowell.

In old English law. To be free from the payment of money for taking of wood in any forest. Co. Litt. 233a. The same as "pudzeld."

The cutting of wood within the forest, or rather the money paid for the same. Cowell.

The court of attachment. Cowell.

A court held twice in the year in the forest of Clun, in Shrop-

The name of an old prison in London.

Officers of the forest, whose duty consists in looking after the wood and vert and venison, and preventing offenses relating to the same. Manw. For. Laws, 189.

The seat of the lord -chancellor of England in the house of lords, being a large square bag of wool, without back or arms, covered with red cloth. Webster. The judges, king's couns

In a conveyance or will, words which have the effect of marking the duration of an estate are termed "words of limitation." Fearne, Cont. Rem. 78.

Those words in an instrument which render it negotiable. The words "to the order of" before the name of the payee, or the words "or order," or "or bearer," after the

To create an estate tail by deed, it is necessary that words of procreation should be used in order to confine the estate to the descendants of the first grantee, as in the usual f

Words of purchase are words which denote the person who is to take the estate. Thus, if I grant land to A. for twenty-one years, and after the determination of that term to A.'s he

One of the common counts in assumpsit, used to_ declare on work and labor done and materials furnished.

or WORK HORSE. These terms mean an animal of the horse kind, which can be rendered fit for service, as well as one of maturer age and in actual use. 8 Bush (Ky.) 587.

A prison where prisoners are kept in- employment; a penitentiary. A house provided where the poor are taken care of and kept in employment.

In settling lay days, or days of demurrage, sometimes the contract specifies "working days;" in the computation, Sundays and custom-house holidays are excluded. 1 Bell, Comm. (5th

The place where the work of making, altering, etc., is done upon a product; a shop where any manufacture or handiwork is carried on, whether for the purpose of repair or manufactur

This term sometimes denotes all persons whatsoever who may have, claim, or acquire an interest in the subject matter; as in saying that a judgment m rem binds "all the world."

The act of paying divine honors to the Supreme Being; religious reverence and homage; adoration paid to God or a being viewed as God; adoration; a religious act of reverence; honor

An expression used to designate that in descent the sons are to be preferred to daughters, which is the law of England. See some singular reasons given for this in Plowd. 305.

or WORTHING OF LAND. A certain quantity of land so called in the manor of Kingsland, in Hereford. The tenants are called "worthies."

An injury to the person, whereby the skin is broken. Steph. Grim. Law, 171. In Medical Parlance. Injuries of every. description that affect either the hard or soft parts of the bod

An aggravated species of assault and battery, consisting in one person giving another some dangerous hurt. 3 Bl. Comm. 121. WRECCUIVI MARIS SIGNIFICAT ILLA bona quae naufragio ad t

Exempt from the forfeiture of shipwrecked goods and vessels to the king. Cowell. name of the sovereign or the state, for the purpose of compelling the defendant to do something the

Persons appointed by the English lord chancellor under Merch. Shipp. Act 1876, § 29, to hold investigations at the request of the board of trade into losses,, abandonments, damages

In England. An officer of the exchequer whose duty it was to write upon the tallies the letters of tellers' bills.

In Scotch law. Anciently, clerks in office of the secretary of state, by whom writs passing the king's signet were prepared. Their duty now is to prepare the warrants of all lands

In the most general sense of the word, "writing" denotes a document, whether manuscript or printed, as opposed to mere spoken words. Writing is essential to the validity of certain

A bond; an agreement reduced to writing, by which the party becomes bound to perform something, or suffer it to be done. A contract under seal. 7 Yerg. (Tenn.) 350.

In English practice, a chancery writ issued in aid of commissioners of sequestration, who were unable to obtain possession of the property. In early English practice, the writ had

In English practice. A writ whereby certain persons (usually the clerk of assize and his subordinate officers) are directed to associate themselves with the justices and sergeants;

A writ employed to enforce obedience to an order or judgment of the court. It commands the sheriff to attach the disobedient party, and to have him before the court to answer his c

A writ whose object is to bring up the record of a pro-

The name of an ancient writ, now superseded by the more convenient remedy of an action on the case, which might have been sued against parties guilty of a conspiracy. Fitzh. Nat. B

In practice. A writ which lies where a party claims damages for breach of covenant, i. e., of a promise under seal.

In practice. A writ which lies where the party claims the recovery of a debt, i. e., a liquidated or certain sum of money alleged to be due to him. This is debt "in the debet," whi

The name of a writ which lies where one man has done anything in the name of another, by which the latter is damnified and deceived. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 217. The modern practice is t

A writ of execution employed to enforce a judgment for the delivery of chattels. It commands the sheriff to cause the chattels mentioned in the writ to be returned to the person wh

In practice. A writ which lies where a party claims the specific recovery of goods and chattels, or deeds and writings, detained from him. This is seldom used. Trover is the more f

In practice. A writ which lies for a widow claiming the specific recovery of her dower, no part having been yet assigned to her. It is, usually called a writ of dower unde nihil ha

In practice. The name of a process issued by a party claiming land or other real estate, against one who is alleged to be unlawfully in possession. See "Ejectment." ant (or owner)

A writ by which a superior court commands an inferior to send up the record of a proceeding for review. A writ of error lay only to a court of record (88 Pa. St. 291) after final j

A writ which appears to be still in use to bring appeals to the English high court from inferior courts not of record proceeding according to the course of the common law. Archb. P

In English law. A writ directed to the sheriff (either generally, when any man is imprisoned for a bailable offense and bail has been refused, or specially, when the offense or cau

In old English law. A writ which was so called by reason of the words used in the writ, namely, Unde idem A., qui medius est inter C. et praefatum B.; that is. A., who is mesne bet

This is the writ of execution employed to enforce a judgment to recover the possession of land. It commands the sheriff to enter the land and give possession of it to the person en

This writ Is also called a writ of covenant, and is sued out by the party to whom lands are to be conveyed by fine, the foundation of which is a supposed agreement or covenant that

This name is given to certain writs which may be issued in anticipation of suits which may arise. Co. Litt. 100.

In English practice. A writ which issues at the same time with the exigi facias, by virtue of St. 31 Eliz. c. 3, § 1, by which the sheriff is commanded to make proclamations in the

In England, the sovereign may, by his writ of protection, privilege any person in his service from arrest in civil proceedings during a year and a day; but this prerogative is seld

In practice. A writ which lies where, pending an action of replevin, the same distrainer takes, for the same supposed cause, the cattle or goods of the same distrainee. See Fitzh.

A writ which is issued on the reversal of a judgment commanding the sheriff to restore to the defendant below the thing levied upon, if it has not been sold, and, if it has been so

In practice. The remedy appropriate to the case where a party title on the right of property, or mere right, arising either from his own seisin or the seisin of his ancestor or pre

In ordinary actions in the English high court, the writ of summons is a writ issued at the instance of the plaintiff for the purpose of giving the defendant notice of the claim mad

In English law. The name of a writ to remove proceedings on a writ of right patent from the court baron into the county court. 3 Rl. Comm. Append. No. 1, § 2.

The name of a writ to be issued against a tenant who has committed waste of the premises. There are several forms of this writ. That against a tenant in dower differs from the othe

The words "written" or in writing" may be construed to include printing, except where the written signature is required by law. 52 Mich. 520. Words traced with a pen, stamped, prin

One of the two leading divisions of the Roman law, comprising the leges, plebiscita, senatus consulta, prindpum placita, magistratuum edicta, and responsa prudentum. Inst. 1. 2. 3.

An Injury; a tort; a violation of right. In its most usual sense, wrong signifies an injury committed to the person or property of another, or to his relative rights, unconnected w

One who commits an injury; a tort feasor. See Dane, Abr. Index.

In pleading. Words used in a declaration when, in an action for an injury, the motive of the defendant in committing it can be proved, for then his malicious intent ought to be ave

or WRANGOUS. In Scotch law. Wrongful; unlawful; as wrongous imprisonment. Ersk. Princ. 4. 4. 25.

OP WULITAVA (Law Lat.) In old European law. A disfiguring of the face. Addit. ad L. Prison, tit. 3, § 16; Spelman.

or WULFESHEOFOD head). In Saxon law. Wolf's head; a term applied to an outlaw. WURTH (Saxon). In Saxon law. Worthy; competei^t; capable. Atheawurthe, worthy of oath; admissible or

In old English law. Acquittance or immunity from amercement. Fleta, lib. X. A contraction of the word extra, used in citing that part of the canon law called Gregory's Decretals.

In the civil and old English law. An inn allowed by public license for the entertainment of strangers and other guests. Calv. Lex.; Cowell. A hospital; a place where sick and infir

Reception of strangers; hospitality. Enc. Lond.

A punishment among the Greeks answering to our stocks. Wharton.

In old records. Mere assertion and denial, without oath. Cowell; Blount.

An enclosed space or area, generally attached to a dwelling-house. A common term in deeds. 1 Chit. Gen. Pr. 176.

In old English law. A quantity of land containing twenty acres. Co. Litt. 69a. YCEL (Law Fr.) It; this; the same. Kelham. YCEMENT (Law Fr.) Thus; In like manner. Kelham. YCESTES (L

or OECONOMUS (Law Lat.) In old records. An advocate or defender; a patron. Cowell.

The period in which the revolution of the earth around the sun, and the accompanying changes in the order of nature, are completed. The civil year differs from the astronomical, th

DAY, AND WASTE (Lat. anniis, dies, et vastum). A part of king's preroga^ tive, whereby he takes the profits of the lands and tenements of those attainted of petty treason or felony

A period of time much recognized in law. It is not in all cases limited to a precise calendar year. In Scotland, in computing the term, the year and day is to be reckoned, not by t

Books of reports of cases in a regular series from the reign of the English King Edward II., inclusive, to the time of Henry VIII., which were taken by the prothonotaries or chief

In the United States, this word does not appear to have any very exact meaning. It is usually put as an addition to the names of parties in declarations and indictments. In England

In the law of real property, to of a rent in a lease begins with the words "yielding and paying."

"These words, when used in a lease, constitute a covenant on the part of the lessee to pay the rent (Piatt, Gov. 50; 3 Pa. St. 464; 1 Sid. 447, pi. 9; 2 Lev. 206; 3 Term R. 402; 1

A word occurring in the laws of Henry I. (c. 16), which Spelman thinks might be a mistake for Ynglishman, or Englishman.

These are regulated by Sts. 2 & 3 Anne, c. 4, 5 Anne, c. 18 (6 Anne, c. 20, in the statutes of the realm), as to the West Riding; 6 Anne, c. 35 (or 62), as to the East Riding, and

This phrase, when used in English conveyancing with reference to settlements of land, signifies all such children as are not entitled to the rights of an eldest son. It therefore i

Proceeding by inquiry. Enc. Lond. 1819. It continued until the unification of the German empire, including Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Baden, Hasse- Cassel, Brunswick, an

Application of specific rates between certain specific points in one territory to certain specific points in another territory, without special regard to the actual distance.

Statutory provisions adopted in some states regulating, ulate, the districts of a city in which certain trades, factories, etc., may be operated, ZUCARIUM (Law Lat.) In old English

In the civil law. A measure or quantity of land. Nov. 17, c. 8. As much land as a yoke of oxen could plow in a day. Calv. Lex.

In the civil law. A weigher; an officer who held or looked to the balance in weighing money between buyer and seller; an officer appointed to determine controversies -about the wei