Category: W

In Saxon law. worthy; competent; capable. Atheswurthe, worthy of oath; admissible or competent to be sworn. Spelman

In Scotch law. wrong-ful; unlawful; as wrongous imprisonment Ersk. Prin. 4, 4, 25

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An injury; a tort; a violation of right or of law

one who commits an injury; a tort-feasor

one of the two lead-lng divisions of the Roman law, comprising the leges, plcbiscita, senatus-consulta, prin~ cipum placita, magistratuum edicta, aud responsa prudentum. Inst. 1, 2,3

The tech-nical name by which a bond is described in pleading. Denton v. Adams, 6 Vt. 40

The expression of ideas by letters visible to the eye. Clason v. Bailey, 14 Johns. (N. Y.) 491. The glvlng an out-ward and objective form to a contract, wlll, etc., by means of letters or marks placed upon paper, parchment, or other material sub-stance

A writ commanding the return of the goods to the defendant, upon a judgment ln his favor ln replevin, upon the plalntlfTs de-fault

The name of a writ to be issued against a tenant who has committed waste of the premises. There are several forms of thls writ Fltzh. Nat Brev. 125

In Engllsh law. The name of a wrlt to remove proceedings on a writ of right patent from the court-baron Into the county court

The writ by which, under the English judicature acts, all actions are commenced

(1) A general designation of any form of process issuing from an appellate court and Intended to bring up for review the record or decision of the court below. Burrell v. Burrell, 10 Mass. 222; Hopkins v. Benson, 21 Me. 401; west V. De Moss, 50 La. Ann. 1349, 24 South. 325

A writ

If, pendlng an action of replevin for a distress, the defendant distrains again for the same rent or service, the owner of the goods is not driven to another action of replevin, but is allowed a writ of recaption, by which he recovers the goods and damages for the defendant’s contempt of the process of […]

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In England, the klng may, by his writ of protection, priv-ilege any person ln hls service from arrest in clvll proceedings durlng a year and a day; but this prerogative is seldom, if ever, exerclsed. Archb. Pr. 687. See Co. Lltt. 130a

In Engllsh law. By the statute 31 Eliz. c. 3, when an exigent Is sued out, a writ of proclama-tlon shall lssue at the same tlme, commanding the sherlff of the county where the defendant dwells to make three proclamations thereof, ln*places the most notorious, and most likely to come to his knowledge, a month […]

Thls name is given to certain wrlts whlch may he is-sued ln anticipation of suits which may arise. Co. Lltt 100

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A writ which lies for the recovery of an estate by a person claiming as issue in tail, or by the remain-der-man or reversioner after the termination of the entail. See Formedon

In common-law practice. A writ which issues after the plaintiff ln an action has obtained a judgment by default, on an unliquidated claim, directing the sherlff, with the ald of a jury, to inquire lnto the amount of the plalntlfTs demand and assess his damages. Lennon v. Rawitzer, 57 Conn. 583, 19 Atl. 334; Havens […]

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A writ to pnt In force the judgment or decree of a court

A writ issued from a court of appellate jurisdiction, directed to the judge or judges of a court of record, re-qulring them to remit to the appellate court the record of an action before them, in which a final judgment has been entered, in order that examination may be made of certain errors alleged to […]

The writ in an action of ejectment, for the recovery of lands. See Ejectment

A real action to re-cover the possession of land where the ten-ant (or owner) bas been disseised or other-wise wrongfully dispossessed. If the disseisor has aliened the land, or if it has descend-ed to his heir, the writ of entry Is said to be in the per, because it alleges that the defend-ant (the alienee […]

This is either a writ of dower unde nihil habet. which lies for a widow, commanding the tenant to as-sign her dower, no part of which has yet been set off to her; or a writ of right of dower, whereby she seeks to recover the re-mainder of the dower to wbich she is enti-tled, […]

A writ which lies where a party claims the specific recov-ery of goods and chattels, or deeds and writ-ings, detained from him. This is seldom used; trover is the more frequent remedy, in cases where it may be brought. Bouvier

A writ of execution employed to enforce a Judgment for the delivery of chattels. It commands the sherifT to cause the chattels mentioned in the writ to be returned to the person who has obtained the judgment; and, if the chattels cannot, be found, to distrain the person against whom the judgment was given un-til […]

The name of a writ whlch lies where one man has done anything In the name of another, by which the latter is damnified and deceived. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 95, E

A writ which lies where the party claims the recovery of a debt; i. e., a llquidated or certain sum of money alleged to be due to him

A wrlt employed to enforce obedience to an order or judgment of the conrt It commands the sherlff to attach the disobedient party and to have him before the court to answer hls contempt. Smlth, Act 176

A wrlt which anclently lay against persons who had

In English practice. A writ whereby certaln persons (usually the clerk of assize and his sub-ordinate officers) are directed to associate themselves wlth the justices and serjeants; and they are required to admit the said persons Into their society in order to take the assizes. 3 Bl. Comm. 59

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A precept in writing, couched In the form of a letter, running in the name of the king, president, or state, issuing from a court of justice, and sealed with its seal, addressed to a sherifT or other oflicer of the law, or directly to the person whose action the court desires to command, either […]

Exempt from the fot-felture of shipwrecked goods and vessels to the king. Cowell

OD. In the English . law of descent. A term applled to males, expressive of the preference giveu to them over females. See 2 Bl. Comm. 234-240

The act of offering honor and adoration to the Divine Being. Rell-gious exercises participated In by a number of persons assembled for that purpose, tbe disturbance of which is a statutory offense in many states. See Hamsher v. Hamsher, 132 IlL 273, 22 N. E. 1123, 8 L. R. A. 556; State v. District Board, […]

one who labors; one who is employed to do business for another

or WORK-HORSE

A place where convicts (or paupers) are confined and kept at labor

The name of one of the common counts ln actions of assumpsit, being for work and labor done and materials furnished by the plaintiff for the de* fendant

As used in law, this word gen-erally slgnlfies the technlcal terms and phrases approprlate to particular instruments, or aptly fitted to the expression of a particular intention in legal instruments. See the subtitles following

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A forest; iand covered with a large and thick collection of natural forest

A court held twlce In the year iu the forest of Clun, ln Shropshire, for determining all matters of wood and’ agistments. CowelL

In old English law. Money paid for the llberty of taking wood ln a forest. Coweil

In old records. A certain quantity of oats or other grain, pnld by customary tenants to the lord, for liberty to pick up dead or broken wood. Coweli