日期：2008-03-27 WITHOUT, pleading. This word is adopted in formal traverses, and is a negative signifying and not for; accordingly the language of the elder entries sometimes is, It et nemy pur tiel cause, c. Hamm. N. P. 120. WITHOUT DAY. This signifies that the ca... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WISTA. Among the Saxons, this was a measure of land; it contained a half hide, or sixty acres. TO WIT. To know, that is to say, namely. See Scilicet. WITH STRONG HAND, pleading. This is a technical phrase indispensable in describing a forcible entry... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 4th. Civilized persons of Indian descent, not members of any tribe; Provided, that the legislature may at any time extend by law the right of suffrage to persons not herein enumerated, but no such law shall be in force until the same shall have been... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WINCHESTER MEASURE. The standard measure originally kept at Winchester, in England. WINDOW. An opening made in the wall of a house to admit light and air, and to enable those who are in to look out. 2. The owner has a right to make as many windows i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WILL or TESTAMENT. The legal declaration of a man's intentions of what he wills to be performed after his death. Co. Litt. 111; Swinb. Pt. 1, s. II. 1; Shep. Touch. 398; Bac. Abr. Wills, A. 2. The terms will and testament are synonymous, and they ar... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WILFULLY, intentionally. 2. In charging certain offences it is required that they should be stated to be wilfully done. Arch. Cr. Pl. 51, 58; Leach's Cr. L. 556. 3. In Pennsylvania it has been decided that the word maliciously was an equivalent for... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WIFE'S EQUITY. By this phrase is understood the equitable right of a wife to have settled upon her and her children a suitable provision out of her estate whenever the husband cannot obtain it, without the aid of a court of equity. Shelf. on M. and... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WIDOW'S CHAMBER, Eng. law. In London the apparel of a widow and the furniture of her chamber, left by her deceased husband, is so called, and the widow is entitled to it. 2 Bl. Com. 518. WIDOWHOOD . The state of a man whose wife is dead or of a woma... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WHITE PERSONS . The acts of congress which authorize the naturalization of aliens, confine the description of such aliens to free white persons. 2. This of course excludes the African race when pure, but it is not easy to say what shade of color or... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WHEN . At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 6 Ves. 243; 2 Meriv. 286. 2. The context of a will may show that the word when is to be... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WHARFINGER . One who owns or keeps a wharf, for the purpose of receiving and shipping merchandise to or from it, for hire. 2. Like a warehouseman, (q.v.) a wharfinger is responsible for ordinary neglect, and is therefore required to take ordinary, c... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WERE. The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer. 2. The life of every man, not excepting that of the king himself, was esti-mated at a certain price, which was called the were, or vestimatio capitis. The amount varied according to... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE. This phrase is used to signify that the proof on one side, of a cause is greater than on the other. 2. When a verdict has been rendered against the weight of the evidence, the court may, on this ground, grant a new trial, but the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WEIGHAGE, mer. law. In the English law it is a duty or toll paid for weighing merchandise; it is called tronage, (q. v.) for weighing wool at the king's beam, or pesage, for weighing other avoirdupois goods. 2 Chit. Com: Law, 16. WEIGHT. A quality i... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WAY BILL, contracts. A writing in which is set down the names of passengers, who are carried in a public conveyance, or the description of goods sent with a common carrier by land; when the goods are carried by water, the instrument is called a bill... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WATER ORDEAL. An ancient form of trial, now abolished, by which the accused, tied band and foot, were cast into cold water, and if they did not sink they were deemed innocent or they were compelled to plunge their limbs into hot water, and if they c... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WATER BAILIFF, English law. An officer appointed to search ships in ports. 10 H. vii., 30. WATER COURSE. This term is applied to the flow or movement of the water in rivers, creeks, and other streams. 2. In a legal sense, property In a water course... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WASTE BOOK, com. law. A book used among merchants. All the dealings of the merchant are recorded in this book in chronological order as they occur. WATCH, police. To watch is, properly speaking, to stand sentry and attend guard during the night time... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WARRANTY, VOUCHER TO, practice. A warranty is a contract real, annexed to lands and tenements, whereby a man is bound to defend such lands and tenements from another person; and in case of eviction by title paramount, to give him lands of equal valu... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WARRANTEE. One to whom a warranty is made. Touchst. 181. WARRANTIA CHARTAE. An ancient and now obsolete writ, which was issued when a man was enfeoffed of land with warranty, and then he was sued or impleaded in assize or other action, in which he c... 阅读全文>>