Gwayf
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Waif. Par. Ant. ell. on marriage local court of the hundred of Pathbew, in otherwise on her Warwickshire. GYLTWITE (Saxon). Compensation for place of execu- fraud or trespass. (Jrant of King Edgar, A. D. 964; Cowell.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Stolen goods dropped in the highway to avoid discovery.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Waif or waived; that which has bcen stolen and afterwards dropped in the highway for fear of a discovery. Cowell.