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WHO

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World Health Organization. … [Read more...]

WIDOWHOOD

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The state of a man whose wife is dead or of a woman whose husband is dead. In general there is no law to regulate the time during which a man must remain a widower, or a woman a widow, before they marry a second time. The term widowhood is mostly applied to the state or condition of a widow. … [Read more...]

WHOLE BLOOD

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Being related by both the father and mother's side; this phrase is used in contradistinction to half, blood, which is relation only on one side. See Blood. … [Read more...]

WIDOWS CHAMBER

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(Widow's Chamber) Eng. law. In London the apparel of a widow and the furniture of her chamber, left by her deceased husband, is so called, and the widow is entitled to it. … [Read more...]

WHEEL

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The punishment of the wheel was formerly to put a criminal on a wheel, and then to break his bones until he expired. This barbarous punishment was never used in the United States, and it has been abolished in almost every civilized country. … [Read more...]

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