A quality in natural bodies, by which they tend towards the centre of the earth. 2. Under the article Measure, it is said that by the constitution congress possesses the power to fix the standard of weights and measures, and that this power has not been exercised. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition A measure of heaviness or ponderosity; and in a metaphorical sense … [Read more...] about WEIGHT
WAY GOING CROP
In Pennsylvania, by the custom of the, country, a tenant for a term certain is entitled after the expiration of his lease, to enter and take away the crop of grain which he had put into the ground the preceding fall. This is called the way going crop. … [Read more...] about WAY GOING CROP
WAYLEAVE
is a right of way over or through land for the carriage of minerals from a mine or quarry. It is an easement, being a species of the class called "rights of way," and is generally created by express grant or reservation. Sweet … [Read more...] about WAYLEAVE
WAY
estates. A passage, street or road. A right of way is a privilege which an individual or a particular description of persons, such as the inhabitants of a particular place, or the owners or occupiers of such place may have, of going over another person's ground. 2. It is an incorporeal hereditament of a real nature, a mere easement, entirely different from public or private … [Read more...] about WAY
WAYNAGIUM
Implements of husbandry. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, c. 5, p. 268. … [Read more...] about WAYNAGIUM