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Watch1) Police.To watch is, properly speaking, to stand sentry and attend guard during the night time: certain officers called watchmen are appointed in most of the United States, whose duty it is to arrest all persons who are violating the law, or breaking the peace. 2) Watch and ward A phrase used in the English law, to denote the superinten-dence and care of certain officers, whose duties are to protect the public from harm.
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Watch
1) Police.To watch is, properly speaking, to stand sentry and attend guard during the night time: certain officers called watchmen are appointed in most of the United States, whose duty it is to arrest all persons who are violating the law, or breaking the peace. 2) Watch and ward A phrase used in the English law, to denote the superinten-dence and care of certain officers, whose duties are to protect the public from harm.
Stand
To stand. To abide by a thing; to submit to a decision; to comply with an agreement; to have validity, as the judgment must stand.
Night
That space of time during which the sun is below the horizon of the earth, except, that short space which precedes its rising and follows its setting, during which, by its light, the countenance of a man may be discerned.
Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.
States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
Arrest
To stop; to seize; to deprive one of his liberty by virtue of legal authority.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Breaking
Parting or dividing by force and violence a solid substance, or piercing, penetrating, or bursting through the same.
Peace
The tranquillity enjoyed by a political society, internally, by the good order which reigns among its members, and externally, by the good understanding it has with all other nations. Applied to the internal regulations of a nation, peace imports, in a technical sense, not merely a state of repose and security, as opposed to one of violence and warfare, but likewise a state of public order and decorum.
Ward
1) Ward in chancery.An infant who is under the superintendence of the chancellor 2) A district. Most cities are divided for various purposes into districts, each of which is called a ward 3) Domestic relations. An infant placed by authority of law under the care of a guardian.4) Police. To watch in the day time, for the purpose of preventing violations of the law
Duties
In its most enlarged sense, this word is nearly equivalent to taxes, embracing all impositions or charges levied on persons or things; in its more restrained sense, it is often used as equivalent to customs or imposts.
Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
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Watchman
An officer in many cities and towns, whose duty it is to watch during the night and take care of the property of the inhabitants.
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Warrantor
One who makes a warranty.
Warranty
A guarantee given on the performance of a product or the doing of a certain thing. For example, many consumer products come with warranties under which the manufacturer will repair or replace any product that fails during the warranty period; the commitment to repair or replace being the "warranty".
Warranty deed
A deed which guarantees that the title conveyed is good and its transfer rightful.
Waste
The abuse, destruction or permanent change to property by one who is merely in possesion of it as in the case of a tenant or a life tenant.
Waste book
Comercial law. A book used among merchants. All the dealings of the merchant are recorded in this book in chronological order as they occur
Watch
Watchman
An officer in many cities and towns, whose duty it is to watch during the night and take care of the property of the inhabitants.
Water
1) That liquid substance of which the sea, the rivers, and creeks are composed. 2) A pool of water, or a stream or water course, is considered as part of the land, hence a pool of twenty acres, would pass by the grant of twenty acres of land, without mentioning the water. 3) Like land, water is distinguishable into different parts, as the sea, rivers, docks, canals, ponds and sewers, and to these may be added at water course
Water bailiff
English law. An officer appointed to search ships in ports.
Water ordeal
An ancient form of trial, now abolished, by which the accused, tied band and foot, were cast into cold water, and if they did not sink they were deemed innocent or they were compelled to plunge their limbs into hot water, and if they came out unhurt they were considered innocent. Vide Ordeal.
Water rights
The right to use water.
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Watch
1) Police.To watch is, properly speaking, to stand sentry and attend guard during the night time: certain officers called watchmen are appointed in most of the United States, whose duty it is to arrest all persons who are violating the law, or breaking the peace. 2) Watch and ward A phrase used in the English law, to denote the superinten-dence and care of certain officers, whose duties are to protect the public from harm.
Stand
To stand. To abide by a thing; to submit to a decision; to comply with an agreement; to have validity, as the judgment must stand.
Night
That space of time during which the sun is below the horizon of the earth, except, that short space which precedes its rising and follows its setting, during which, by its light, the countenance of a man may be discerned.
Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.
States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
Arrest
To stop; to seize; to deprive one of his liberty by virtue of legal authority.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Breaking
Parting or dividing by force and violence a solid substance, or piercing, penetrating, or bursting through the same.
Peace
The tranquillity enjoyed by a political society, internally, by the good order which reigns among its members, and externally, by the good understanding it has with all other nations. Applied to the internal regulations of a nation, peace imports, in a technical sense, not merely a state of repose and security, as opposed to one of violence and warfare, but likewise a state of public order and decorum.
Ward
1) Ward in chancery.An infant who is under the superintendence of the chancellor 2) A district. Most cities are divided for various purposes into districts, each of which is called a ward 3) Domestic relations. An infant placed by authority of law under the care of a guardian.4) Police. To watch in the day time, for the purpose of preventing violations of the law
Duties
In its most enlarged sense, this word is nearly equivalent to taxes, embracing all impositions or charges levied on persons or things; in its more restrained sense, it is often used as equivalent to customs or imposts.
Public
By the term the public, is meant the whole body politic, or all the citizens of the state; sometimes it signifies the inhabitants of a particular place; as, the New York public.
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Watchman
An officer in many cities and towns, whose duty it is to watch during the night and take care of the property of the inhabitants.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Warrantor
One who makes a warranty.
Warranty
A guarantee given on the performance of a product or the doing of a certain thing. For example, many consumer products come with warranties under which the manufacturer will repair or replace any product that fails during the warranty period; the commitment to repair or replace being the "warranty".
Warranty deed
A deed which guarantees that the title conveyed is good and its transfer rightful.
Waste
The abuse, destruction or permanent change to property by one who is merely in possesion of it as in the case of a tenant or a life tenant.
Waste book
Comercial law. A book used among merchants. All the dealings of the merchant are recorded in this book in chronological order as they occur
Watch
Watchman
An officer in many cities and towns, whose duty it is to watch during the night and take care of the property of the inhabitants.
Water
1) That liquid substance of which the sea, the rivers, and creeks are composed. 2) A pool of water, or a stream or water course, is considered as part of the land, hence a pool of twenty acres, would pass by the grant of twenty acres of land, without mentioning the water. 3) Like land, water is distinguishable into different parts, as the sea, rivers, docks, canals, ponds and sewers, and to these may be added at water course
Water bailiff
English law. An officer appointed to search ships in ports.
Water ordeal
An ancient form of trial, now abolished, by which the accused, tied band and foot, were cast into cold water, and if they did not sink they were deemed innocent or they were compelled to plunge their limbs into hot water, and if they came out unhurt they were considered innocent. Vide Ordeal.
Water rights
The right to use water.
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