Law Dictionary

As an abbreviation, this letter frequently stands for "William," (king of England,) "Westminster," "west," or "western."

The term “W–2 wages” means, with respect to any person for any taxable year of such person, the sum of the amounts described in paragraphs (3) and (8) of section 6051(a) paid by su

any woman who was discharged and so served in any corps or unit of the United States established for the purpose of enabling women to serve with, or as auxiliary to, the armed forc

In law Latin, warranty. Warrantia chartae. An old English writ, which lay for a man who was enfeoffed of lands with warranty, and who, being afterwards sued or impleaded in assise

L. Fr. A vagabond or vagrant. Britt C. 29.

The term "WADA" means the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Same as Guadia.

Wadium. L. Lat. In old European law. A pledge. Spelman.

In Scotch law. A right by ■which lands or other heritable subjects are impignorated by the proprietor to his creditor in security of his debt. Like other heritable rights, it is pr

In Scotch law. A creditor to whom a wadset is made.

Conductors of vessels at sea. Cowell.

In old English law. A weigh; a measure of cheese, salt, wool, etc., containing two hundred and fifty-six pounds avoirdupois. Cowell; Spelman.

To give a pledge or security for the performance of anything; as to wage or gage deliverance to wage law, etc. Co. Litt. 294. This word is but little used.

I. fr. In old English law. Gage; pledge.

In the bankrupt act, an individual working for wages at a rate not exceeding $1,500 per year. In re Wakefield, 182 Fed. 247. The act does not fix the time when the status of the in

the term “wage information” means information regarding wages paid to an individual, the social security account number of such individual, and the name, address, State, and the Fe

The priority is attached to the debt, and not to the person of the creditor; to the claim, and not to the claimant. The act does not enumerate classes of creditors and confer upon

(A) any wager with respect to a sports event or a contest placed with a person engaged in the business of accepting such wagers, (B) any wager placed in a wagering pool with respec

Wages, scale of wages, wage rates, minimum wages, and prevailing wages.—The terms “wages”, “scale of wages”, “wage rates”, “minimum wages”, and “prevailing wages” include— (A) the

Same as Wager.

To procure a policy for $3000 to cover a debt of $70 is of itself a mere wager. The disproportion between the real interest of the creditor and the amount to be received by him dep

One in which the parties stipulate that they shall gain or lose, upon the happehing of an uncertain event, in which they have no interest except that arising from the possibility o

A superstitious mode of trial which formerly disgraced the English law. The last case of this kind was commenced in the year 1817 but not proceeded in to judgment; and at the next

A mode of trial which existed among almost all the German people and was introduced into England by William the Conqueror. It was resorted to in three cases only: in the court mart

the constitution of that State has expressly declared, that the trial by jury shall remain inviolate; and the constitution of the United States has also declared, that in suits at

A form of plea in a real action.

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.

In insurance law. A policy without any real interest to support it; a policy in which the insured has no interest, being in fact nothing more than a wager or bet between the partie

The law does not prohibit‘all wagers. 1 Browne’s Rep. 171. In general, it seems, that a wager is legal and may be enforced in a court of law, 3 T. R. 693, if it be not, Ist, contra

the money rate at which the service rendered is recompensed under the contract of hiring in force at the time of the injury, including the reasonable value of board, rent, housing,

the manifest purpose of the priority was 'to enable employees displaced by bankruptcy to secure, with some promptness, the money directly due to them in back wages, and thus to all

A common vehicle for the transportation of goods, wares, and merchandise of. all descriptions. The terra does not include a hackney coach; Quigley v. Gorham, 5 Cal. 418, 63 Am. Dec

An article abandoned by a thief in flight. See 36 ' N. J. L. 235.

In old records. That may be plowed or manured; tillable. Cowell; Blount.

In old English law. The team and instruments of husbandry belonging to a countryman, and especially to a villein who was required to perform agricultural services. WAINAGIUM (Saxon

What is necessary to the farmer for the cultivation of his land. Barring. Ob. St 12.

Timber to be used for the repair of wagons and carts.

Officers whose duty it formerly was to wait in attendance upon the court of chancery. The office was abolished in 1842 by St. 5 & 6 Vict. c. 103. Mozley & W.

It was the duty of these officers to wait in attendance on the court of chancery. The office was abolished in 1842.

The term “waiting period” means, with respect to a group health plan and an individual who is a potential participant or beneficiary in the plan, the period that must pass with res

No principle of law found either in the statute or in Court decisions precludes waiting time from also being working time.

to "abandon, renounce, or surrender"—so here, to eliminate a regulatory requirement or condition.

For purposes of this section and part III of this subchapter, the term “waived funding deficiency” means the portion of the minimum funding standard under subsection (a) (determine

an intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right or privilege.

An agreement by the indorser of a note or bill to be bound in his character of indorser without the formality of a protest in case of non-payment, or, in the case of paper which ca

A defense which arises when the remedies are inconsistent and when a party has waived one of them by a decisive act of affirmance or disaffirmance. See 155 U. S. 13, L. Ed. 53, 15

every existing claim which the party has omitted to make at the hearing upon the merits, and before the final decree, is to be considered as waived by him, and is not to be enterta

Several federal constitutional rights are involved in a waiver that takes place when a plea of guilty is entered in a state criminal trial. First, is the privilege against compulso

His 'voluntary offer of testimony upon any fact is a waiver as to all other relevant facts, because of the necessary connection between all.

Waiver of constitutional rights, however, is not lightly to be inferred. A witness cannot properly be held after claim to have waived his privilege and consequent immunity upon vag

Waivers of constitutional rights not only must be voluntary but must be knowing, intelligent acts done with sufficient awareness of the relevant circumstances and likely consequenc

To be valid such waiver must be made with an apprehension of the nature of the charges, the statutory offenses included within them, the range of allowable punishments thereunder,

A waiver of a demurrer often takes place, and is, by law, permissible... Quilibet renuntiare potest jure pro se introducto. The want of a decision would, in this aspect of the subj

A relinquishment of one’s right to assert the t exemption of certain property from execution. See 90 Me. 36r 60 Am. St. Rep. 238, 37 Atl. 325.

To preserve the protection of the Bill of Rights for hard-pressed defendants, we indulge every reasonable presumption against the waiver of fundamental rights

such waivers by Congress of governmental immunity in case of such federal instrumentalities should be liberally construed. Hence, when Congress establishes such an agency, authoriz

Now, it is well settled that the lien implied by the general admiralty law, may be waived by the express contract of the parties, or by necessary implication; and the implication a

as a condition to a valid waiver order, petitioner was entitled to a hearing, including access by his counsel to the social records and probation or similar reports which presumabl

The lien created by the maritime law may be, and is, waived by the creditor, by any act or contract which is inconsistent with an intention to receive or retain that lien. The impl

an unconditional promise by the drawer or endorser of a bill, to pay it, after full knowledge of all the circumstances necessary to apprize him of his discharge from his responsibi

the plaintiff was entitled to treat the contract as on foot, notwithstanding the defendant's act, and go on with it cy-pres. Under the circumstances it could not comply literally w

The privilege may not be relied on and must be deemed waived, if not in some manner fairly brought to the attention of the tribunal which must pass upon it.

a defendant who voluntarily takes the stand in his own behalf, thereby waiving his privilege, may be subjected to a cross-examination concerning his statement. 'Assuming the positi

Disclosure of a fact waives the privilege as to details... if the witness himself elects to waive his privilege... and discloses his criminal connections, he is not permitted to st

An indorser’s act dispensing with a demand of the maker and notice of nonpayment to the indorser. See 1 N. Yr 186.

where the offense is not capital and the accused is not in custody, the prevailing rule has been, that if, after the trial has begun in his presence, he voluntarily absents himself

A defendant who pleads guilty is entitled to the benefit of counsel, and a request for counsel is not necessary. It is enough that a defendant charged with an offense of this chara

a prisoner who takes the stand in his own behalf waives his constitutional privilege of silence, and ... the prosecution has the right to cross-examine him upon his evidence in chi

the section must be interpreted in the light of its function in giving consent of the Government to be sued, which consent, since it is a relinquishment of a sovereign immunity, mu

suit may not be maintained against the United States in any case not clearly within the terms of the statute by which it consents to be sued

When a state authorizes a suit against itself to do justice to taxpayers who deem themselves injured by any exaction, it is not consonant with our dual system for the Federal court

a statutory right conferred on a private party, but affecting the public interest, may not be waived or released if such waiver or release contravenes the statutory policy. Where a

The immunity from giving testimony is one which the defendant may waive by offering himself as a witness. When he takes the stand in his own behalf, he does so as any other witness

Owners of personal property are not obliged to treat every act of a third person who invades their right of property or possession as constituting a tortious conversion of the prop

(L. Lat.) In old English law. To waive; to throw away; to forsake, or abandon. Spdman.

I. I. In old English laiv. The outlawing of a woman.

I. I. In old English laui. Waif; a waif.

A bailment of goods to be kept for the depositor, without hire or reward on either aide.

One which is simply collateral and without interest in the donee, which arises when, toa mere stranger, authority is given of disposing of an interest, in which he had not before,

A dry or passive trust; one which requires no action on the part of the trustee, beyond turning over money or property to the cestué que trust.

The chief magistrate of Ripon, in Yorkshire. Camd. Brit.

In Scotch law. The revival of an action. An action is said to sleep when it lies over, not insisted on for a year, in which case it is suspended. Ersk. Inst. 4. 1. 33. With us a re

In old Lombardic law. The disguising the head or face, with the intent of committing a theft

In old English law. A Welshman.

The being a Welshman. Spelman.

The court for no circuit, and is termed the (28.) sittings. These courts are now the abolition of the offices of and Chief Justice of the Comof Appeal has a jurisdicthe appellate j

In Saxon law. A servant or any ministerial officer. Cowell.

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “walkaway clause” means any provision in a qualified financial contract that suspends, conditions, or extinguishes a payment obligation

Foresters who have the care of a certain space of ground assigned to them. Cowell.

In this section, the term “walk-in care” means non-emergent care provided by a qualifying non-Department entity or provider that furnishes episodic care and not longitudinal manage

The terms “walk-in cooler” and “walk-in freezer” mean an enclosed storage space refrigerated to temperatures, respectively, above, and at or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit that can be

The terms “walk-in cooler” and “walk-in freezer” mean an enclosed storage space refrigerated to temperatures, respectively, above, and at or below 32 degrees Fahrenheit that can be

A statute declaring sureties in a bond for the jail liberties to be liable, " if the prisoner walk out of the said grounds," must have a construction according to the intent of the

An erection of stone, brick or other materini, raised to some height, and intended for purposes of security or inclosure. In law, this term occurs in such compounds as "ancient wal

I. I. In old English law. To repair or keep up a wall; to wall or enclosa Wallatur fossato Tel haia: it is enclosed with a ditch or with a hedge.,

I. I. In old English law. Waleschery; the fact of being a Welshman.

A wall; a seawall.

the killing of three drug dealers in Waltham, Massachusetts.

every man who is a party to an instrument, gives credit to it; that it was of consequence to mankind, that no person should hang out false colors to deceive them, by first affixing

The term "Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head, Inc." means the tribal entity recognized by the Secretary of the Interior as having a government to government relationshi