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The term "wireless telecommunications service" means a commercial mobile radio service, as defined in section 20.3 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any succes

Laws of. A code of maritime laws, compiled at Wisbuy, the ancient capital of Gothland in Sweden, towards the close of the thirteenth century, and which, soon after their promulgati

The words "it is my wish and will he shall give," &c., create a precatory trust to give, &c. Mc Ree V. Means, 34 Ala. 349. No recommendatory terms of a will expressing a " wish," "

laws of. A code of maritime laws, compiled at Wisbuy, Gothland, Sweden, towards the close of the thirteenth century, and soon afterwards adopted by all the nations of modern Europe

Lat. Thevzisi prius courts are such as are held for the trial of issues of fact before a jury and one presiding judge. utory name) in which the cause was tried to a jury, as distin

A measure of land among the Saxons, containing sixty acres.

To know. See To wit ; Videlicet.

The purgation from an offense by the oath of the requisite number of witnesses.

In Saxon law. Wise men; persens of information, especially in the laws; the king's advisers; members of the king's council; the optimates or principal men of the kingdom. 1 Spence,

Communication with evil spirits.

In Saxon law. A punishment, pain, penalty, mulct, or criminal fine. Gowell. It was the fine paid to the magistrate, as distinguished from "were," the compensation paid to the injur

A taxation of the West Saxons, imposed by the public council of the kingdom.

In Saxon law. The judgment of the county court, or other court of competent jurisdiction, on the title to property, real or personal. 1 Spence, Eq. Jur. 22. WITENA GEMOTE (spelled,

An ancient assembly of the Saxon witans, great and wise men, to aid and advise the king.

The chiefs of the Saxon lords or thanes, their nobles, and wise men.

witeredeu, sax. In Saxon the West-Saxons, imposed by the subsidy. With. Along with in time or place; for. With strong liand: with a forcible entry.

This phrase, used in a contract of sale, Implies that the purchaser assumes the risk of nil defects and imperfections, provide they dothot destroy the identity of the thing sold.

Pregnant.

To take away, as, to withdraw a record; to mark off, as, to withdraw an appearance once entered of record in a cause; to substitute one for another, as one plea for another plea; t

an order issued by the President, Secretary of the Interior, Commissioner of the General Land Office, or other proper officer, whereby public lands are withheld from sale and entry

an individual cannot be held criminally liable for substantive offenses committed by members of the conspiracy before that individual had joined or after he had withdrawn from the

For purposes of this section, the term “withdrawal liability payment fund”, and the term “fund”, mean a trust which— (1) is established and maintained under section 501(c)(22) of t

It seems to be an ingredient in the character of property, that a person who has made some advances towards acquiring it, may relinquish it; provided the rights of others be not af

when duties are based upon the weight of merchandise deposited in any public or private bonded warehouse, said duties shall be levied and collected upon the weight of such merchand

In practice. An agreement made between the parties in a suit to require one of the twelve jurors impanelled to try a cause to leave the jury box; the act of leaving the box by such

The withdrawing by plaintiff's attorney of the nisi prius record filed in a cause, before jury is sworn, has the same effect as a motion to postpone. 2 Car. & P. 185; 3 Campb. 333;

after an Elongata returned, a Withernum may go against the general goods of the tenant.

Writ for making executionin withernam. Reg. Orig. 82). A species of cupias in withernam.

Breve, L. Lat. Writ for taking a man in withernam. A writ that anciently lay to take in withernam him that had taken any bondman or woman, and led him or her out of the county, so

An apostate or perfidious renegade. Cowell.

See Vi et armis .

The terms “withholding”, “withhold”, and “withheld” include “deducting”, “deduct”, and “deducted”.

The terms “withholding”, “withhold”, and “withheld” include “deducting”, “deduct”, and “deducted”.

The term “withholdable payment” means— (i) any payment of interest (including any original issue discount), dividends, rents, salaries, wages, premiums, annuities, compensations, r

The terms “withholding”, “withhold”, and “withheld” include “deducting”, “deduct”, and “deducted”.

The term “withholding agent” means any person required to deduct and withhold any tax under the provisions of section 1441, 1442, 1443, or 1461. / The term “withholding agent” mean

the term “withholding of medically indicated treatment” means the failure to respond to the infant’s life-threatening conditions by providing treatment (including appropriate nutri

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “withholding tax” includes any tax determined on a gross basis; but does not include any tax which is in the nature of a prepayment of a ta

May refer to a place or a period of time. Compare Contained. Referring to place, may mean on the line or outside of. Thus, a horse in the street, breaking down a fence, is doing da

In the limits or compass of; not further in length than; not exceeding in quantity; inside the limits of; not going outside of; not beyond or exceeding. 150 111. 634.

the area from within which he might gain possession of a weapon or destructible evidence

Bearing interest at the statutory rate. See 95 N. Y. 428, 47 Am. Rep. 64.

the jurisdiction of the District Court to issue the writ in cases such as this is restricted to those petitioners who are confined or detained within the territorial jurisdiction o

constitutionally the property was 'within the jurisdiction of the state' of Oregon since that jurisdiction is dependent not on the physical location of the property in the state bu

all territory within the boundaries of this State.

Outside; beyond. Wei ton v. Missouri, 91 U. S. 277, 23 L. Ed. 347; Ainslie v. Martin, 9 Mass. 456.

For purposes of this section and of section 2302(c) of this title , the term “without charge” means that the warrantor may not assess the consumer for any costs the warrantor or hi

v. Sine liberis. ment of a day to appear again; inde sine die. Without impeachment leases for life, to give the tenant leased. Without more: without a clause in the indorsement of

This signifies that the cause or thing to which it relates is indefinitely adjourned; as, when a case is adjourned without day, it is not again to be inquired into. When the legisl

See Due process of law .

The term “without expense to the United States” means that no funds may be expended by Federal agencies for the development of trail related facilities or for the acquisition of la

See Days of grace .

When a tenant for life holds the land without impeachment of waste, he is, of course, dispunishable for waste, whether willful or otherwise. But still this right must not be wanton

inspection by opening the hogshead and sampling the contents.

This phrase has been construed to mean "without having had issue," irrespective of whether they survive or not. 215 111. 110.

for the purpose of determining seniority the returning veteran is to be treated as though he has been continuously employed during the period spent in the armed forces

without passing upon any other question than an absolute proposition of law, and that this proposition is that a vote in another precinct is fatal to a claim of residence.

A phrase frequently used in connection with admissions, orders, etc. Its general effect is to reserve certain rights which would otherwise be indirectly or impliedly affected. See

See Waiver of protest .

the words were used in a broad and nontechnical sense, as precluding, at least, any form of arrangement or agreement in consequence of which the bank is obligated to save the purch

“without regard to waste” means, with respect to a life estate interest in land, that the holder of such estate is entitled to the receipt of all income, including bonuses and roya

These words are frequently used in conditions of sale at public auction, that the property offered, or to be offered, for sale, will be sold without reserve. When a property is adv

Without limit. Applied to common, it is the same as common sans nombre.

The words 'refuses or neglects to make payment * * * without sufficient cause' connote, either conduct which is in some sense arbitrary or willful, or at least a failure not attrib

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “without that individual’s knowledge” means that the individual is unaware that a substance with the ability to alter that individual’s abi

all territory without the boundaries of this State.

THAT. In pleading. These are technical words used in a traverse (q. V.) for the purpose of denying a material fact in the preceding pleadings, whether declaration, plea, replicatio

See Absque hoc .

Circumstances may justify a brief delay between arrest and arraignment, as for instance, where the story volunteered by the accused is susceptible of quick verification through thi

referring to," "concerning," or "relating 8 JENNINGS v. RODRIGUEZ HOMAS, of TOpinion J.,Tconcurring HOMAS, J. to." Oxford American Dictionary and Language Guide 853 (1999 ed.); acc

In pleading. A technical phrase indispensable in describing a forcible entry in an indictment. No other word or circumlocution will answer the same purpose. 8 Term R. 357.

The term “with the principal objective of livelihood and profit” means that the intent underlying the sale or disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining livelihood a

The word is patently ambiguous: it can fairly be applied to anyone who gives testimony in a proceeding, although the proceeding immediately or potentially involves him as a party,

INSTRUMENTA- RY, in the Scotch law, is he who has attested a deed or other writing. When witnesses attest a deed without knowing the grantor, and seeing him subscribe, or hearing h

It is a mistake, to suppose that the common law doctrine, as to competency, is applicable to prize proceedings. In courts of prize, no person is incompetent merely on the ground of

a party to negotiable paper who, by the sanction of his name, gave it credit and currency, could not afterwards, upon his own testimony, invalidate the instrument, by showing that

In a deed or other formal instrument, that part which comes after the recitals, or, where there are no recitals, after the parties. It usually commences with a reference to the agr

To say that a witness-spouse may be prevented from testifying voluntarily simply means that the party has a privilege to exclude the testimony; when, on the other hand, the spouse

a witness is qualified to testify to the genuineness of a controverted signature if he has the proper knowledge of the party's handwriting... if the court, on the preliminary exami

The true rule, well founded in reason and sustained by the greater weight of authority, is that suitors, as well as witnesses, coming from another state or jurisdiction, are exempt

Knowingly; designedly. for the judge to permit, against objection, al- Harrington v. State, 54 Miss. 493; Osborne v. lusion to it by the prosecution; Crandall v. Warren, 44 Conn. 3

In old English law. Welslimen, because they live neir high mountains covered with snow. Du Cange.

Words traced with a pen, or stamped, printed, engraved, or made legible by any other device.^ The expression of ideas by visible letters — on paper, wood, stone, or other material.

A perpendicular bank of stone, earth, or timber raised on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, etc., or extending some distance into the water, for the convenience of lading and un

The terms “weapons of mass destruction” and “WMD” mean chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, and chemical, biological, and nuclear materials used in the manufacture of such we

walfesheofod, sax. In Saxon law, A person outlawed. V. Wolfshead,

Sax. In England. A down or champaign ground, hilly and void of wood. Cowell; Blount.

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

An outlaw.

The right of women to vote at elections. See 148 Ind. 38, 62 Am. St. Rep. 487, 37 L. R. A. 644, 46 N. E. 339.

the term “women’s business center site” means the location of— (A) a women’s business center; or (B) 1 or more women’s business centers, established in conjunction with another wom

The Corporation may provide a loan at market interest rates to the purchaser of eligible residential property for all or a portion of the purchase price, which loan shall be secure

The term “women's business” means a business— (i) more than 50 percent of the ownership or control of which is held by 1 or more women; (ii) more than 50 percent of the net profit

The term “women's depository institution” means a depository institution (as defined in section 1813(c) of this title)— (i) more than 50 percent of the ownership or control of whic

A forbearance from action; slie contrary to act.

Lack of reyuisite legal age. The condition of a person who is under twenty-one years of age, in some cases, and under fourteen or twelve in others; minovity. Non alio modo puniatur

A failure of appearance; the omission of the defendant to appear within the time limited.

Not twiee for the same; that is, a man shall not be twice tried for the same crima. This maxim of the civil law (Code, 9, 2,9, 11} expresses the same principle as the familiar rule

A non-commissioned officer of the army or militia is a subordinate officer whe holds his rank, not by commission from the executive authority ! of the state or nation, but by appoi

Sax. In old records. A field. Spelman; Cowell.