An employee who raises the issue of wrongdoing and misconduct within a company where the person is employed. An employee who wishes to put an end to unethical or fraudulent conduct and practices within a company. Frequently the whistleblower will report the wrongdoing to a person outside of the company such as to a whistleblower's lawyer, a government agency or official. … [Read more...]

Sax. In old English law. A robber who might be ransomed ' Fleta, lib. 1, c. 47, … [Read more...]

A perpendicular bank or mound of timber, or stone and earth, raised on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, etc., or extending some distance into the water, for the convenience of lading and unlading ships and other vessels. Webster. A broad, plain place near a river, canal, or other water, to lay wares on that are brought to or from the water. Cowell. A wharf is a structure … [Read more...]

This was the price of homicide, or other atrocious personal offense, paid partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord for the loss of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin of the injured person. In the Anglo-Saxon laws, the amount of compensation varied with the degree or rank of the party slain. Brown. … [Read more...]

Money paid for landing wares at a wharf, or for shipping or taking goods into a boat or barge from thence. Cowell. Strictly speaking "wharfage" is money due, or money actually paid, for the privilege of landing goods upon, or loading a vessel while moored from, a wharf. … [Read more...]