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WAGER OF BATTEL
A superstitious mode of trial which till lately disgraced the English law. 2. The last case of this kind was commenced in the year 1817, but not proceeded in to judgment; and at the next session of the British parliament an act was passed to abolish appeals of murder, treason, felony or other offences, and wager of battel, or joining issue or trial by battel in writs of right. … [Read more...] about WAGER OF BATTEL
WAGE
contracts. To give a pledge or security for the performance of anything; as to wage or gage deliverance; to wage law Co. Litt. 294. This word is but little used. 2. Compensation for work that is performed at a certain rate, usually hourly. It is an amount paid to manual workers or skilled workers. … [Read more...] about WAGE
WAGER
A wager is a contract by which two or more parties agree that a certain sum of money or other thing shall be paid or delivered to one of them on the happening of an uncertain event or upon the ascertainment of a fact which is in dispute between them. A contract in which the parties stipulate that they shall gain or lose upon the happening of an uncertain event in which they … [Read more...] about WAGER
WAIVE
1. To abandon or forsake a right. 2. To waive signifies also to abandon without right; as if the felon waives, that is, leaves any goods in his flight from those who either pursue him, or are apprehended by him so to do, he forfeits them, whether they be his own goods, or goods stolen by him. 3. A term applied to a woman as outlaw is applied to a man. A man is an outlaw, a … [Read more...] about WAIVE