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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…

  • Woollam V. Hearn

    Definition of Woollam V. Hearn ((1802), 7 Ves. 211). Held, that though a defendant resisting specific performance may adduce parol evidence to show that by a fraud the written agreement does not express the real terms, a plaintiff cannot do so for the purpose of obtaining specifk performance […]

  • Witnessing Part

    Definition of Witnessing Part The testatum (q.v.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Witnessing Part in the Dictionaries, Witnessing Part in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the […]

  • Witness

    Definition of Witness A person who makes a viva voce statement to a judicial tribunal on a question of fact. Witnesses require to be sworn before their evidence is given, unless they have conscientious objections to taking an oath, or have no religious belief, in which case they make a solemn […]

  • Witchcraft

    Definition of Witchcraft A capital offence : abolished by the Witchcraft Act, 1735 Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Witchcraft in the Dictionaries, Witchcraft in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia […]

  • 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 […]

  • Wilson V. Brett

    Definition of Wilson V. Brett ((1843), 11 M. & W. 113). A party who performs services for another gratuitously is not liable for damage, provided he uses such skill as he actually has. If he represents that he has any special skill, he is liable if he fails to use such skill.The defendant, a […]

  • Wild's Case

    Definition of Wild’s Case ((1599), 6 Co. 16 b). Held, that where there is a devise to a person and his children or issue, and he has no issue at the time of the devise i. e., at the date when the will or codicil was made then such person will take an estate tail…

  • Without Recourse To Me

    Definition of Without Recourse To Me An agent who so indorses a bill of exchange protects himself from liability Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Without Recourse To Me in the Dictionaries, Without Recourse To Me in our legal dictionaries, Related […]

  • Without Prejudice

    Definition of Without Prejudice See Prejudice Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Without Prejudice in the Dictionaries, Without Prejudice in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the European Encyclopedia of Law, Browse the […]

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