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WOOD LEAVE

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A license or right to cut down, remove, and use standing timber on a given estate or tract of land. Osborne v. O'Reilly, 42 N. J. Eq. 467, 9 Atl. 209. … [Read more...] about WOOD LEAVE

WORK AND LABOR

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In actions of assumpsit, it is usual to put in a count, commonly called a common count, for work and labor done, and materials furnished by the plaintiff for the defendant; and when the work was not done under a special contract, the plaintiff will be entitled to recover on the common count for work, labor, and materials. The name of one of the common counts in actions of … [Read more...] about WORK AND LABOR

WOOD PLEA COURT

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A court held twice in the year in the forest of Clun, in Shropshire, for determining all matters of wood and' agistments. Cowell. … [Read more...] about WOOD PLEA COURT

WORK AUTHORIZATION

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A written approval or authorization to begin work pursuant to a contract. … [Read more...] about WORK AUTHORIZATION

WITHOUT IMPEACHMENT OF WASTE

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When a tenant for life holds the land without impeachment of waste, he is of course dispunishable for waste whether willful or otherwise. But still this right must not be wantonly abused so as to destroy the estate, and he will be enjoined from committing malicious waste. The effect of the insertion of this clause in a lease for life is to give the tenant the right to cut … [Read more...] about WITHOUT IMPEACHMENT OF WASTE

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