Wallace, 12 Ind
572; State v. Loechner. 65 569; Fitzpatrick v. U. 8. 7
Terms beginning with "W" (262 total)
Wallis v. Wallis, 4 Mass
135, 3 Am. Dec. 210; Hayes vy. Kershow, 1 Sandf. Ch. (N. Y.) 258, 268.
Walter, 118 Wis
409. 95 N. W. 380, 62 L. R. A. 986.—Precatory trust. Where words employed in a will or other instrument do not amount to a positive command or to a distinct.
Walter, 64 Pa
283; Humphreys v. Sutcliffe, 192 Pa. 336, 48 Atl. 954, 73 Am. St. Rep. 819; Kline v. Hibbard, 80 Hun, 50, 20 N. Y. Supp. —Malicious act. <A wrongful act intentionally done without Jegal justification or excuse; an unla...
WARD
WAPENTAKE. In English law. A local division of the country; the name is if 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 div...
Ward Bank, 33 Misc. Rep
128, 67 N. ¥. Supp. 800.—Affirmative preguant. In pleading. An affirmative allegation implying some nega-
Ward v. Iiallam, 2 Dall
217, 1 L. Ed. 355: Id., 1 Yeates Pa.) 329; Green v. Neal, 6
Ward v. Lewis, 1 Stew
(Ala.) 27.—Criminal prosecution. An action or provceuine instituted in a proper court on behalf of the public. for the purpose of securing the conviction and punishment of one accused of crime. Warger vy. Thomas, 44 Pa...
Ward, 5 Wend
(N. Y.) 504; Diercks v. Kennedy, 16 N. J. Eq. 211; Dry Dock Bank Vv. American Life Ins., etc, Co., 8 N. Y. 354.
WARDA
L. Lat. In old English law. Ward; guard; protection; keeping; custody. Spelman.
WARDEN OF THE OINQUE PORTS
In English law. The title of the governor or presiding officer of the Cinque Ports, (q. v.)
Warden, 73 App. Div
174, 76 N. Y. Supp. 728.
Ware v. Todd, 1 Ala
200; Kingsland vy. Warsham, 15 Mo. 657. ; .
Warehouse Co
v. McClain Ce C.) 112 Fed. 789; Collins v. Ralli, 20 Hun (N. Y.) 255; Hale v.
WAREOTARE
L. Lat. In old English law. To fallow ground; or plow up land (designed for wheat) in the spring, in order to let it lie fallow for the better improvement. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 33; Cowell.
Warnecke v. Lembca, 71 Ill
95, 12 Am. Rep. 85; Thayer v. Pressey, 175 Mass. 225, 56 N.
WARRANDICE
chandise. State v. Huffman, 136 Mo. 58, 37
WARRANT
WARRANT, v. In conveyancing. To assure the title to property sold, by an express covenant to that effect in the deed of conveyance. To stipulate by an express covenant that the title of a grantee shal] be good, and his p...
WARRANT, n»
1.A writ or precept from a cumpetent authority in pursuance of law, directing the doing of an act, and addressed to an officer or person competent to do the act, and affording him protection from damage, if he does it. P...
WARRANTIZARE
a declaration for him in an action at the sait of a person named, and thereupon to confess the same, or to suffer judgment to pass by default; and it also usually contains a release of errors. 2 Burrill, Pr. 239; Treat v...
WARRANTOR
WARRANTOR. One who makes a warranty. Shep. Touch. 181.
WARRANTY
expressed in the contract or capable of be- ders v. Seelye, 105 U. S. 718, 26 L. Ed. 1217.
Warren v. Prescott, 84 Me
483, 24 Atl. 948, 17 L. R. A. 435, 80 Am. St. Rep. 370; Me- Arthur v. Scott, 118 U. S. 340, 5 Sup. Ct. 652, 28 L. Ed. 1015. “To inherit to” a person is a common expression in the books. 2 Bl. Comm. 254, 255; 8 Coke, ...
Wash
147, 29 Pac. 995. Compare Herring v. 14, 50 Pac. 578; Bohon y. Barrett, 79 Ky. 378; Aldrich vy. Aldrich, 172 Mass. 101, 51 N. E. 449.—Precatory words. Words of entreaty, request, desire, wish, or recommendation, emplo...
Wash. C. C. 493, Fed. Cas. No
5,554.—Mare ket towns. Those towns which are entitled to hold markets. 1 Steph. Comm. (7th Ed.) 130.—Market walue. The market value of an article or piece of property is the price which
Washb. Real Prop
451. Jefferis v. East 53. 16. McCartee v. Orphan 163. The person who possesses the equitable right to property and receives the rents, issues, and profits thereof, the legal estate of which is vested in a trustee. It ...
Washington, 10 Fed. Cas
288.—Merchant appraisers. Where the appraisement of an invoice of imported goods made by the revenue officers at the custom house is not satisfactory to the importer, persons may be selected (under this name) to make a...
WASHINGTON, TREATY OF. A
treaty signed on May 8, 1871, between Great Britain and the United States of America,
Wass, 35 Minn
1, 30 N. W. 826; Gallup v.
WASTE
with reference to certain differences arising out of the war between the northern and southern states of the Union, the Canadian fisheries, and other matters. Wharton.
WASTE-BOOK
ant who has committed waste of the premises. There were anciently several forms of this writ, adapted to the particular circumstances,
WATER
of swimming it was deemed an evidence of his guilt; but, if he sunk, he was acquitted. Id. —Water-power. The water-power to which a mpenen owner is entitled consists of the fall in the stream, when in its natural state...
Water Co
(C. ©.) 80 Fed. 469. See State v. v. Edwards, 121 Cal. 662, 54 Pac. 69. v. Camden & R. Water Co., 80 Me. 544, 15 Atl. 785, 1 L. R. A. 388; Concord
Water Dist
v. Waterville, 96 Me. 234, 52
Waterman, 85 Cal
488, 24 Pac. 930; Winston v. Burnell, 44 Kan. 367, 24 Pac. 477, 21 Am.
Waters v. People, 104 Ill
547; Mullin v. Blumenthal, 1 Pennewill (Del.) 476, 42 Atl. 175; Devino v. Railroad Co., 63 Vt. 98, 20
Waters, 12 Johns
(N. Y.) 508; Mills v. Hoag,
Waters, 17 Ala
486; Rayner v. Whicher, 6 Allen (Mass.) 204; In re Slade’s Estate, 122
Waters, 9 How. Prac
(N. Y.) 337.—Restraint om alienation is where property is given to a married woman to her separate use, without power of alienation.
Watrous v. Morrison, 33 Fla
261, 14 South. 805, 39 Am. St. Rep. 139.
Watson
1 Watts (Pa.) 351.—-Appearance day. The day for appearing; that on which the parties are bound to come into court. Cruger v. McCracken (Tex. Civ. App.) 26 S. W. 282.—Appearanee docket. <A docket kept by the clerk of ...
Watson, 67 Cal
591, 8 Pac. 311; Matthews vy. Treat, 75 Me. 600; Wright v. Bennett, 4 Ill 258; Blakeney v. Blakeney, 6 Port. (Ala.) 115, 30 Am. Dec. 574.
Watts & 8S
(or Serg.). Watts & Sergeant’s Pennsylvania Reports.
Watts, 14 Wend
(N. Y.) 40; Koch v. Hustis, 113 Wis. 599, 87 N. W. 834; Burwell v. Jackson, 9 N. Y. 535.
Watts’ Reports, vols
16-24 West Virginia.
WAY
ed by the natural flow of the water, as deter mined by the general superficies or conformation of the surrounding country, as distinguishfrom an “artificial” water-course, for by the work of man, such as a ditch or c...
Way, 11 Nev
171.—Private boundary. An artificial boundary, consisting of some monument or landmark set up by the hand of man to mark the beginning or direction of a boundary line of lands.—Public boundary. natural boundary; a na...
Way, 6 Colo
106; Wagner v. Rock Island, 146 Ill. 189, 34 N. EB. 545, 21 L. BR. A. 519; In re Hun, 144 N. Y. 472, 30 N. B 356;
Wealth Nat
b. 1, c 10. ' b 2,065. —
Weatherby, 43 Me
258. 69 Am. Dec. 59; Hunter v. U. S., 1 Pin. (Wis.) 91, 39 Am. Dec. 277.