A prison where prisoners are kept in employment; a penitentiary. A house provided where the poor are taken care of, and kept in employment. … [Read more...] about WORKHOUSE
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WRECK
mar. law. A wreck signifies such goods, as after a shipwreck, are cast upon land by the sea, and left there within some county, so as not to belong to the jurisdiction of the admiralty, but to the common law. 2. The term "wreck of the sea" includes, 1. Goods found at low water, between high and low water mark; and 2. Goods between the same limits, partly resting on the ground, … [Read more...] about WRECK
WORK-HOUSE
A place where convicts (or paupers) are confined and kept at labor. … [Read more...] about WORK-HOUSE
WRECKFREE
Exempt from the forfeiture of shipwrecked goods and vessels to the king. Cowell. … [Read more...] about WRECKFREE
WORKING DAYS
In settling laydays, or days of demurrage, sometimes the contract specifies working days in the computation, Sundays and custom-house holidays are excluded. … [Read more...] about WORKING DAYS