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WORKPLACE

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The general area at one's place of employment. The office environment. … [Read more...]

WORKS

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This term means sometimes a mill, factory, or other establishment for performing industrial labor of any sort and sometimes a building, structure, or erection of any kind upon land, as in the civil law phrase "new works." New works. A term of the civil law comprehending every sort of edifice or other structure which is newly commenced on a given estate or lot Its importance … [Read more...]

WOODGELD

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old Eng. law. To be free from the payment of money for taking of wood in any forest. … [Read more...]

WOOD-GELD

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In old English law. Money paid for the liberty of taking wood in a forest. Cowell. Immunity from such payment Spelman. … [Read more...]

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