Category: W
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Woolsack
Definition of Woolsack The seat on which the Lord Chancellor sits m his capacity of Speaker of the House of Lords. It is not technically part of the House. When ‘the Lord Chancellor votes as a peer, he votes from the Woolsack ; but if he desires to speak as a peer, he leaves the…
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Words Of Limitation
Definition of Words Of Limitation Words in a conveyance or will which have the effect of marking out the duration of an estate.’ Thus, in a grant to A and his heirs, the words and his heirs are words of limitation. Formerly these words were essential to pass the fee simple, both in legal and…
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Workmen's Compensation
Definition of Workmen’s Compensation The Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1906, s. 1, provided If in any employment personal injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment is caused to a workman, his employer shall be liable to pay compensation. A workman is defined (section […]
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Wounding And Maiming
Definition of Wounding And Maiming Aggravated forms of battery (q.v.). See Mayhem; Malicious Injury to the Person Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Wounding And Maiming in the Dictionaries, Wounding And Maiming in our legal dictionaries, Related […]
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Wreck
Definition of Wreck If a ship was lost at sea, and the cargo or a portion of it came to land, the goods saved belonged to the Crown. This privilege was frequently granted to lords of manors. The owners of shipwrecked goods were allowed to reclaim them within a year and a day, if they…
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Wreck Commissioners
Definition of Wreck Commissioners Persons appointed by the Lord Chancellor ander the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, to hold investigations at the request of the Board of Trade into shipping casualties Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Wreck […]
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Writ
Definition of Writ A document in the King’s name and under the seal of the Crown, a Court or an officer of the Crown, commanding the person to whom it is addressed to do or forbear from doing some act. Writs are of two principal kinds prerogative and of right(1) Prerogative writs are so called…
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Witenagemot
Definition of Witenagemot The mote or meeting of the wise men. In AngloSaxon times it was the great council, consisting of bishops, abbots, ealdermen and other notables, which was associated with the King in the government of the country. See Great Council Browse You might be interested in […]
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Windhill Local Board V. Vint
Definition of Windhill Local Board V. Vint ((1890), 45 Ch. D. 351). A promise in consideration of an agreement not to proceed with a prosecution for a public misdemeanour (e.g., an obstruction of a highway) is founded on an illegal consideration and is void Browse You might be interested in […]
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Withdrawal Of A Juror
Definition of Withdrawal Of A Juror At the trial of an action, when neither party wishes to proceed further, they may, by consent, withdraw a juror ; and as that leaves the jury incomplete, there can be no verdict, and the trial comes to an end Browse You might be interested in these […]