The laws of the West Saxons, which obtained in the counties to the south and west of England, from Kent to Devonshire. Blackstone supposes these to have been much the same with the laws of Alfred, being the municipal law of the far most considerable part of his dominions, and particularly including Berkshire, the seat of his peculiar residence. 1 BL Comm. 65. … [Read more...] about WEST SAXON LAGE
WESTMINSTER CONFESSION
A document containing a statement of religious doctrine, concocted at a conference of British and continental Protestant divines at Westminster, in the year 1443, which subsequently became the basis of the Scotch Presbyterian Church. Wharton. … [Read more...] about WESTMINSTER CONFESSION
WHALER
mar. law. A vessel employed in the whale fishery. 2. It is usual for the owner of the vessel, the captain and crew, to divide the profits in just proportions, under an agreement similar to the contract Di Colonna. … [Read more...] about WHALER
WEREGILD, OR WERGILD
This was the price of homicide, or other atrocious personal offense, paid partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord for the loss of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin of the injured person. In the Anglo-Saxon laws, the amount of compensation varied with the degree or rank of the party slain. Brown. … [Read more...] about WEREGILD, OR WERGILD
WEHADINC
In old European law. The judicial combat or duel; the trial by battel. … [Read more...] about WEHADINC