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  • WAFTORS
    Conductors of vessels at sea. Cowell.
  • WAGA
    In old English law. A weigh; a measure of cheese, salt, wool, etc., contain¬ing two hundred and fifty-six pounds avoir-dupois. Cowell *, Spelman.
  • WAGE
    In old English practice. To give security for the performance of a thing. Cowell.
  • WAGER
    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 de-livered to one of them on the happening of an uncertain event or upon the ascertain¬ment of a fact which is in dispute between them. More...
  • WAGON
    A common vehicle for the transportation of goods, wares, and merchan-dise of all descriptions. The term does not include a hackney-coach. Quigley v. Gorham, 5 CaL 418, 63 Am. Dec 189. —Wagonage. Money paid for carriage in a wagon.
  • WAIF
    Waifs are goods found, but claimed by nobody; that of which every one waives the claim. Also, goods stolen and waived, or thrown away by the thief in his flight, for fear of being apprehended. Wharton. Waifs are to be distinguished from bona fugitive, which are the goods of the More...
  • WAGES
    The compensation agreed upon by a master to be paid to a servant or any other person hired to do work or business for him. In maritime law. The compensation al-lowed to seamen for their services on board a vessel during a voyage. In political economy. The reward paid, whether More...
  • WAIN-BOTE
    In feudal and old English law. Timber for wagons or carts.
  • WAINABLE
    In old records. That may be plowed or manured; tillable. Cowell; Blount.
  • WAINAGE
    In old English law. The team and Instruments of husbandry belonging to a countryman, and especially to a villein who was required to perform agricultural services.
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