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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 varied1 according to the dignity of the person murdered. The price of wounds was also varied according to the nature of the wound, or the member injured.
WERGILD, or WEREGILD, old Eng. law. The price which in a barbarous age, a person guilty of homicide or other enormous offence was required to pay, instead of receiving other punishment. 4 Bl. Com. 188. See, for the etymology2 of this word, and a tariff3 which was paid for the murder of the different classes of men, Guizot, Essais sur l'Histoire de France, Essai 4eme, c. 2, §2.
WETHER. A castrated ram4, at least one year old in ark indictment5 it may be called a sheep. 4 Car. & Payne, 216; 19 Eng. Com. Law Rep. 351.
WHALER, mar6. law. A vessel7 employed in the whale fishery.
2. It is usual for the owner of the vessel, the captain and crew, to divide the profits in just proportions, under an agreement similar to the contract Di Colonna. (q. v.)
WHARF8. A space of ground artificially prepared for the reception of merchan-dise from a ship or vessel, so as to promote the convenient loading and discharge of such vessel.
WHARFAGE. The money paid for landing goods upon, or loading them from a wharf. Dane's Ab. Index, h. t.
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adj.多样的,多变化的 | |
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n.语源;字源学 | |
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n.关税,税率;(旅馆、饭店等)价目表,收费表 | |
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(random access memory)随机存取存储器 | |
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indictment
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n.起诉;诉状 | |
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vt.破坏,毁坏,弄糟 | |
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n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管 | |
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n.码头,停泊处 | |
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