Injury to the neck and back that is common in automobile accidents as a result of a motorist being quickly whipped back and forth and where the head snaps quickly and violently. … [Read more...] about WHIPLASH
WHIPPING-POST
A post or stake to which a criminal is tied to undergo the punishment of whipping. This penalty ia now abolished, except in a few states. … [Read more...] about WHIPPING-POST
WHEELAGE
Duty or toll paid for carts, etc, passing over certain ground. Cowell. … [Read more...] about WHEELAGE
WHENEVER
This word, though often used as equivalent to "as soon as," is also often used where the time intended by it is, and will be until its arrival, or for some uncertain period, at least, Indeterminate. Robinson v. Greene, 14 R. 1.188. … [Read more...] about WHENEVER
WHEN
At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2. The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, … [Read more...] about WHEN