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contracts. To give a pledge or security for the performance of anything; as to wage or gage deliverance; to wage law Co. Litt. 294. This word is but little used. 2. Compensation for work that is performed at a certain rate, usually hourly. It is an amount paid to manual workers or skilled workers. … [Read more...] about WAGE

The relinquishment or refusal to accept of a right. 2. In practice it is required of every one to take advantage of his rights at a proper time and, neglecting to do so, will be considered as a waiver. If, for example, a defendant who has been misnamed in the writ and declaration, pleads over, he cannot afterwards take advantage of the error by pleading in abatement, for his … [Read more...] about WAIVER

A wager is a contract by which two or more parties agree that a certain sum of money or other thing shall be paid or delivered to one of them on the happening of an uncertain event or upon the ascertainment of a fact which is in dispute between them. A contract in which the parties stipulate that they shall gain or lose upon the happening of an uncertain event in which they … [Read more...] about WAGER

When a party agrees to waive the fifth amendment right to self-incrimination or immunity granted by a prosecutor to give a statement or witness testimony which could later be used in a criminal proceeding against that person. … [Read more...] about WAIVER OF IMMUNITY

Western District of Virginia … [Read more...] about W.D. Va.