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  • WICK
    Sax. A village, town, or district Hence, in composition, the territory over which a given jurisdiction extends. Thus, "bailiwick" is the territorial jurisdiction of a bailiff or sheriff or constable. "Sheriffwick" was also used in the old books.
  • WIDOW
    A woman whose husband is dead, and who has not married again. The "king's widow" was one whose deceased hus-band had been the king's tenant in capite; she could not marry again without the royal permission. —Grass widow. See that title.—Widow-bench. The share of her husband's estate which a widow More...
  • WIDOWER
    A man whose wife is dead, and who has not remarried.
  • WIDOWHOOD
    The state or condition of being a widow. An estate is sometimes settled upon a woman "during widowhood,"" which is expressed in Latin, "durante viduitate."
  • WIFA
    Lat. In old European law. A mark or sign; a mark set up on land, tot denote an exclusive occupation, or to prohibit entry. Spelman.
  • WIFE
    A woman who has a husband liveand undivorced. The correlative term is "husband."
  • WIFE'S EQUITY
    When a husband is compelled to seek the aid of a court of equity for the purpose of obtaining the possession or control of his wife's estate, that court will recognize the right of the wife to have a suitable and reasonable provision made, by settlement or otherwise, for herself More...
  • WIGREVE
    In old English law. The overseer of a wood. Cowell.
  • WILD ANIMALS
    (or animals ferte naturae.) Animals of an untamable disposition.
  • WILD LAND
    Land in a state of nature, as distinguished from improved or cultivated land. Clark v. Phelps, 4 Cow. (N. Y.) 203.
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