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An act that shows an indifference and lack of care with regard to the safety and welfare of others. … [Read more...] about WANTON ACT

In Saxon law. A servant or any ministerial officer. Cowell. … [Read more...] about WALISCUS

A reckless or malicious and intentional disregard of the property, rights, or safety of others, implying, actively, a licentious or contemptuous willingness to injure and disregard of the consequences to others, and, passively, more than mere negligence, that is, a conscious and intentional disregard of duty. Reckless sport; willfully unrestrained ac-tion, running immoderately … [Read more...] about WANTONNESS

Foresters who have the care of a certain space of ground assigned to them. Cowell. … [Read more...] about WALKERS

In English law. A local division of the country; the name is ttl use north of the Trent to denote a hundred. The derivation of the name is said to be from "weapon" and "take," and indicates that the division was originally of a military character. Also a hundred count. … [Read more...] about WAPENTAKE