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WORKMAN
One who labors; one who is employed to do business for another.

One who labors; one who is employed to do business for another. Less...
WORKS
This term means sometimes a mill, factory, or other establishment for per-forming industrial labor of any sort (South St. Joseph Land Co. v. Pitt 114 Mo. 135, 21 S. W. 449,) and sometimes a building, struc¬ture, or erection of any kind upon land, as in the civil-law phrase **new works." More...

This term means sometimes a mill, factory, or other establishment for per-forming industrial labor of any sort (South St. Joseph Land Co. v. Pitt 114 Mo. 135, 21 S. W. 449,) and sometimes a building, struc¬ture, or erection of any kind upon land, as in the civil-law phrase **new works." —New works. A term of the civil law com-prehending every sort of edifice or other structure which is newly commenced on a given estate or lot Its importance lies chiefly in the fact that a remedy is given ("denunciation of new works") to an adjacent proprietor whose property would be injured or subjected to a more onerous servitude if such a work were allowed to proceed to completion.—Public work, whether of construction or adaptation, undertaken and carried out by the national, state, or municipal authorities, and designed to subserve some purpose of public necessity, use, or convenience; such as public buildings, roads, aqueducts, parks, etc. See Ellis v. Common Council, 123 Mich. 567. 82 N. W. 244; Winters v. Duluth, 82 Minn. 127, 84 N. W. 788. Less...
WORLD
"this term sometimes denotes all persons whatsoever who may have, claim, or acquire an Interest in the subject-matter; as in saying that a judgment in rem binds "all the world."

"this term sometimes denotes all persons whatsoever who may have, claim, or acquire an Interest in the subject-matter; as in saying that a judgment in rem binds "all the world." Less...
WORSHIP
The act of offering honor and adoration to the Divine Being. Reli¬gious exercises participated in by a number of persons assembled for that purpose, the disturbance of which is a statutory offense in many states. See Hamsher v. Hamsher, 132 111. 273, 22 N. E. 1123, 8 L. R. A. More...

The act of offering honor and adoration to the Divine Being. Reli¬gious exercises participated in by a number of persons assembled for that purpose, the disturbance of which is a statutory offense in many states. See Hamsher v. Hamsher, 132 111. 273, 22 N. E. 1123, 8 L. R. A. 556; State District Board, 76 Wis. 177, 44 N. W. 967, 7 L. R. A. 330, 20 Am. St. Rep. 41; State v. Buswell, 40 Neb. 158, 58 N. W. 728, 24 L. R. A. 68.In English law. A title of honor or dignity used In addresses to certain magistrates and other persons of rank or office. Public worship. This term may mean the worship of God, conducted and observed un-der public authority; or it may mean worship in an open or public place, without privacy or concealment; or it may mean the performance of religious exercises, under a provision for an equal right in the whole public to participate in its benefits; or It may be used in contradis¬tinction to worship in the family or the closet. In this country, what is called "public worship" is commonly conducted by voluntary so¬cieties, constituted according to their own notions of ecclesiastical authority and ritual propriety, opening their places of worship, and admitting to their religious services such persons, and upon such terms, and subject to such reg¬ulations, as they may choose to designate and establish. A church absolutely belonging to the public, and in which all persons without restriction have equal rights, such as the public enjoy in highways or public landings, is certainly a very rare institution. Attorney General v. Merrimack Mfg. Co., 14 Gray (Mass.) 586. Less...
WORT, OR WORTH
A curtilage or country farm.

A curtilage or country farm. Less...
WORTHIEST OF BLOOD
In the English law of descent. A term applied to males, expressive of the preference given to them over females. See 2 Bl. Comm. 234-240.

In the English law of descent. A term applied to males, expressive of the preference given to them over females. See 2 Bl. Comm. 234-240. Less...
WORTHING OF LAND
A certain quantity of land so called in the manor of Kingsland, in Hereford. The tenants are called "worthies." Wharton.

A certain quantity of land so called in the manor of Kingsland, in Hereford. The tenants are called "worthies." Wharton. Less...
WOUND
In criminal cases, the definition of a "wound" is an Injury to the person by which the skin is broken. State v. Leonard, 22 Mo. 451; Moriarty v. Brooks, 6 Car. & P. 684. "In legal medicine, the term 'wound' is used In a much more comprehensive sense than in More...

In criminal cases, the definition of a "wound" is an Injury to the person by which the skin is broken. State v. Leonard, 22 Mo. 451; Moriarty v. Brooks, 6 Car. & P. 684. "In legal medicine, the term 'wound' is used In a much more comprehensive sense than in surgery. In the latter, it means strictly a solution of continuity; in the former, injuries of every description that af¬fect either the hard or the soft parts; and accordingly under it are comprehended bruises, contusions, fractures, luxations," etc. 2 Beck, Med. Jur. 106. Less...
WOUNDING
An aggravated species of assault and battery, consisting in one person giving another some dangerous hurt 3 Bl. Comm. 121. Wreeonm maris signifioat ilia bona quae nanfragio ad terram pellnntnr. A wreck of the sea signifies those goods which are driven to shore from a shipwreck.

An aggravated species of assault and battery, consisting in one person giving another some dangerous hurt 3 Bl. Comm. 121. Wreeonm maris signifioat ilia bona quae nanfragio ad terram pellnntnr. A wreck of the sea signifies those goods which are driven to shore from a shipwreck. Less...
WRECK
At common law. Such goods as after a shipwreck are cast upon the land by the sea, and, as lying within the territory of some county, do not belong to the jurisdiction "of the admiralty, but to the common law. 2 Inst. 167; 1 Bl. Comm. 290. Goods cast ashore More...

At common law. Such goods as after a shipwreck are cast upon the land by the sea, and, as lying within the territory of some county, do not belong to the jurisdiction "of the admiralty, but to the common law. 2 Inst. 167; 1 Bl. Comm. 290. Goods cast ashore from a wrecked vessel, where no living creature has escaped from the wreck alive; and which are forfeited to .the crown, or to persons having the fran¬chise of wreck. Cowell. ., In Amerioan law. Goods cast ashore by the sea, and not claimed by the owner within a year, or other specified period; and which, in such case, become the property of the state. 2 Kent, Comm. 322. In maritime law. A ship becomes a wreck when, in consequence of injuries re¬ceived, she is rendered absolutely unnaviga-ble. or unable to pursue her voyage, without •repairs exceeding the half of her value. ;Wood v. Insurance Co., 6 Mass. 479, 4 Am. Dec. 163; Collard v. Eddy. 17 Mo. 355; Baker v. Hoag, 7 N. Y. 558, 59 Am. Dec. 431; Peele v. Insurance Co., 19 Fed. Cas. 104; Lacaze v. State, 1 Add. (Pa.) 99. —Wreck commissioners are persons ap¬pointed by the English lord chancellor under the merchant shipping act 1876, (section 29,) to hold investigations at the request of the board of trade into losses, abandonments, ¦ damages, and casualties of or to ships on or near the coast of the United Kingdom, whereby loss of life is caused. Sweet Less...

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