Category: W

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.

A mark indicating the highest point to which water rises, or thelowest point to which it sinks.

In old European law. The judicial combat or duel; the trial by battel.

A city immediately adjoining London, and forming a part of themetropolis; formerly the seat of the superior courts of the kingdom.

A mode of punishment, by the infliction of stripes, occasionally used inEngland and in a few of the American states.

A whore is a woman who practices unlawful commerce with men, particularly one who does so for hire; a harlot; a concubine; a prostitute. Sheehey v. Cokley, 43 Iowa, 183, 22 Am.

Intentionally. In charging certain offenses, it is required that theyshould be stated to be tvillfully doue. Archb. Crim. PI. 51, 58; Leach, 550.

Under Sts. 33 Hen. VIII. c. 8, and 1 Jac. I. c. 12, the offense ofwitchcraft, or supposed intercourse with evil spirits, was punishable with death. Theseacts were uot repealed till 1736.

A license or right to cut down, remove, and use standing timber on agiven estate or tract of land. Osborne v. O’Reilly, 42 N. J. E

This term sometimes denotes all persons whatsoever who may have, claim,or acquire an interest in the subject-matter; as in saying that a judgment in rem binds”all the world.”

A writ which anciently lay against persons who had Bl.LAWDict.(2d Dd.)

In English law. By the statute 31 Eliz. c. 3, when anexigent Is sued out, a writ of proclamation shall issue at the same time, commandingthe sheriff of the county where the

One of the two leading divisions of the Roman law, comprising theleges, plebiscita, senatus-consnlta, prin- cipum plaeita, magistratuum edieta, and responsaprudentum. Inst 1, 2, 3.Statute law; law deriving its force from express

Officers whose duty it formerly was to wait in attendance Qupon the court of chancery. The ollice was abolished in 1S42 by SL 5 & 0 Vict. c. 103. Mozley & Whitley.

In marine insurance. Ullage; deficiency in the contents of a cask or vessel caused by leaking. Cory v. Boyl- ston Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 107 Mass. 140, 9 Am. Rep. 14.

A rope attached to some fixed point, used for moving a ship. Pub. St. Mass. 1882, p. 1207.

A shallow part of a river or arm of the sea.

In the language of brokers, adding to the capital stock of acorporation by the issue of new stock, without increasing the real value represented bythe capital.