Category: W

1225

Tlie laws of the West Saxons, which obtained in the counties tothe south and west of England, from Kent to Devonshire. Blackstone supposes theseto have been much the same with the laws

A kind of esquires. Cowell.

L. Lat. In old European law. A mark or sign; a mark set up on land, to denotean exclusive occupation, or to prohibit entry. Spelman.

A royal forest founded by Henry VIII.

in a deed or other formal instrument, is that part which comesafter the recitals, or, where there are no recitals, after the parties. It usually commences with a reference to the agreement

In medical jurisprudence. A popular name for malignantanthrax, a disease characterized by malignant pustules or carbuncles, caused byInfection by putrid animal matter containing the bacillus anthracis, and chiefly prevalentamong persons whose business

See DeBONO ET MALO; ASSIZE.

This was a writ which lay for one who had the right of property,against another who had the right of possession and the actual occupation. The writproperly lay only to recover corporeal

The expression of ideas by letters visible to the eye. Clason v. Bailey, 14Johns. (N. Y.) 491. The giving an outward aud objective form to a contract, will, etc.,by means of letters

In old English law. The _ team and instruments of husbandry belong- (J ing to a countryman, and especially to a villein who was required to perform agricultural services.

An ancient customary tenure of lands; i. e., to drive deer to a stand that the lord may have a shot. Blount, Ten 140.

In old English law. An ancient custom, whereby, If any tenant holding of the Castle of Dover failed in paying his rent at the day, he should forfeit double, and, for the

In old English law. A customary payment, supposed to be the same withward-penny. Spelman; Blount.

In old records. Such goods as, after a wreck, swim or float on thewaves. Jacob.

A fence or an inclosure of twigs, set in a stream to catch fish. Pub. St. Mass,p. 1297; Treat v. Chipman, 35 Me. 38.

A royal fish, the head beingQthe king’s property, and the tail the queen’s. 2 Steph. Comm. 19, 448, 540.

A place In London between the Temple and Blackfriars, which wasformerly a sanctuary, and therefore privileged from arrest Wharton.

A woman who has a husband liv- and undivorced. The correlative term is”husband.”

An occasional circuit appointed for the trial of prisoners, inEngland, and Iu some cases of civil causes, between Michaelmas and Hilary terms.