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Waywardens

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

The English highway acts provide that in every parish forming part of a highway district there shall annually be elected one or more waywardens. The waywardens so elected, and the justices for the county residing within the district, form the highway board for the district. Each waywarden also represents his parish in regard to the levying of the highway rates, and in questions arising concerning the liability of his parish to repairs, etc. Highway Acts 1862, 1863, 1864, 1878. WEALD (Sax.) A wood; the woody part of a country, as the weald of Kent. Camd, Brit. 247, 4 Mod, 343, arg.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Road supervisors.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The English highway acts provide that in every parish forming part of a highway district there shall annually be elected one or more waywardens. The waywardens so elected, and the justices for the county residing within the district, form the highway board for the district. Each waywarden also represents his parish in regard to the levying of the highway rates, and in questions arising concerning the liability of his parish to repairs, etc. Sweet.