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  • WEALD
    Sax. A wood; the woody part of a country.
  • WEALREAF
    In old English law. The robbing of a dead man in his grave.
  • WEALTH
    All material objects, capable of satisfying human wants, desires, or tastes, having a value in exchange, and upon which human labor has been expended; i. e. which have, by such labor, been either reclaimed from nature, extracted or gathered from the earth or sea, manufactured from raw materials, improved, adapted, More...
  • WEAPON
    An Instrument used in fighting;, an instrument of offensive or defensive combat The term is chiefly used, in law, in the statutes prohibiting the carrying of "concealed" or "deadly" weapons. See those titles.
  • WEAR, OR WEIR
    A great dam or fence made across a river, or against water, formed of stakes interlaced by twigs of osier, and accommodated for the taking of fish, or to convey a stream to a mill. Cowell; Jacob.
  • WEAR AND TEAR
    "Natural wear and tear" means deterioration or depreciation in value by ordinary and reasonable use of the subject-matter. Green v. Kelly, 20 N. J. Law, 548.
  • WED
    Sax. A covenant or agreement Cowell.
  • WEDBEDRIP
    Sax. In old English law. A customary service which tenants paid to their lords, in cutting down their corn, or doing other harvest duties; as if a covenant to reap for the lord at the time of his bidding or commanding. Cowell.
  • WEEK
    A period of seven consecutive days of time; and, in some uses, the period beginning with Sunday and ending with Sat-urday. See Leach v. Burr, 188 U. S. 510, 23 Sup. Ct 393, 47 L. Ed. 567; Ronkendorff v. Taylor, 4 Pet 361, 7 L. Ed. 882; Evans v. Job, More...
  • WEHADINC
    In old European law. The judicial combat or duel; the trial by battel.
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