A license or right to cut down, remove, and use standing timber on a given estate or tract of land. Osborne v. O'Reilly, 42 N. J. Eq. 467, 9 Atl. 209. … [Read more...] about WOOD LEAVE
WOLD
In England. A down or champaign ground, hilly and void of wood. Cowell; Blount. … [Read more...] about WOLD
Women’s Rts. L. Rep.
Women's Rights Law Reporter … [Read more...] about Women’s Rts. L. Rep.
WOOD
A piece of land on which forest trees in great number naturally grow. According to Lord Coke, a grant to another of omnes boscos suos, all his woods, will pass not only all his trees, but the land on which they grow. … [Read more...] about WOOD
WOLF’S HEAD
In old English law. This term was used as descriptive of the condition of an outlaw. Such persons were said to carry a wolf's head, (caput lupinum;) for if caught alive they were to be brought to the king, and if they defended themselves they might be slain and their heads carried to the king, for they were no more to be accounted of than wolves. Termes de la Ley, Woolferthfod. … [Read more...] about WOLF’S HEAD
