Welshing
Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Receiving a sura of money or valuable thing, undertaking to return the same or the value thereof together with other money, if an event (for example, the result of a horse-race) shall be determined in a certain manner and at the time of receiving the deposit intending to cheat and defraud the depositor. Coldr. & Hawks. Gambling 303. The crime is larceny at common law. W E0TU M A. The purchase price of a wife among the heathen Germans. 2 Holdsw. Hist E. L. 77. See Morning Gift; Dower.