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Words and phrases legally defined
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Words and phrases legally definedA set of books in dictionary form which lists judicial determinations of a word or phrase.
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Books
Commerce, accounts. Merchants, traders, and other persons, who are desirous of understanding their affairs, and of explaining them when necessary, keep, 1. a day book; 2. a journal; 3. a ledger; 4. a letter book; 5. an invoice book; 6. a cash book; 7. a bill book; 8. a bank book; and 9. a cheek book. The reader is referred to these several articles
Judicial
Belonging, or emanating from a judge, as such.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
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Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Words of limitation
Words in a conveyance or in a will which set the duration of an estate. If a will said "to Bob and his heirs", the words "and his heirs" were words of limitation because they indicate that Bob gets the land in fee simple and his heirs get no interest.
Words of purchase
Words which specifically name the person to whom land is being conveyed. The property is conveyed to specifically and by name in a legal act such as a conveyance or will. This would preclude, for example, transfer as a result of intestacy.
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Witnesses
People who may have information of a Fraud based on observation.
Women
Persons. In its most enlarged sense, this word signifies all the females of the human species; but in a more restricted sense, it means all such females who have arrived at the age of puberty. Mulieris appellatione etiam virgo viri potens continetur.
Woodgeld
Old English law. To be free from the payment of money for taking of wood in any forest.
Woods
A piece of land on which forest trees in great number naturally grow.According to Lord Coke, a grant to another of omnes boscos suos, all his woods, will pass not only all his trees, but the land on which they grow
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Words and phrases legally defined
Words of limitation
Words in a conveyance or in a will which set the duration of an estate. If a will said "to Bob and his heirs", the words "and his heirs" were words of limitation because they indicate that Bob gets the land in fee simple and his heirs get no interest.
Words of purchase
Words which specifically name the person to whom land is being conveyed. The property is conveyed to specifically and by name in a legal act such as a conveyance or will. This would preclude, for example, transfer as a result of intestacy.
Work and labor
In actions of assumpsit, it is usual to put in a count, commonly called a common count, for work and labor done, and materials furnished by the plaintiff for the defendant; and when the work was not done under a special contract, the plaintiff will be entitled to recover on the common count for work, labor, and materials.
Worker's compensation
A state agency which handles claims of workers injured on their jobs.
Worker's compensation fraud
False claims for on-the-job injuries. Usually takes the Collusion of employee and unscrupulous doctors to submit false diagnoses. Back injuries (soft tissue strains) and stress are the most common ailments used in this scheme.
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Books
Commerce, accounts. Merchants, traders, and other persons, who are desirous of understanding their affairs, and of explaining them when necessary, keep, 1. a day book; 2. a journal; 3. a ledger; 4. a letter book; 5. an invoice book; 6. a cash book; 7. a bill book; 8. a bank book; and 9. a cheek book. The reader is referred to these several articles
Judicial
Belonging, or emanating from a judge, as such.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Words of limitation
Words in a conveyance or in a will which set the duration of an estate. If a will said "to Bob and his heirs", the words "and his heirs" were words of limitation because they indicate that Bob gets the land in fee simple and his heirs get no interest.
Words of purchase
Words which specifically name the person to whom land is being conveyed. The property is conveyed to specifically and by name in a legal act such as a conveyance or will. This would preclude, for example, transfer as a result of intestacy.
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Witnesses
People who may have information of a Fraud based on observation.
Women
Persons. In its most enlarged sense, this word signifies all the females of the human species; but in a more restricted sense, it means all such females who have arrived at the age of puberty. Mulieris appellatione etiam virgo viri potens continetur.
Woodgeld
Old English law. To be free from the payment of money for taking of wood in any forest.
Woods
A piece of land on which forest trees in great number naturally grow.According to Lord Coke, a grant to another of omnes boscos suos, all his woods, will pass not only all his trees, but the land on which they grow
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Words and phrases legally defined
Words of limitation
Words in a conveyance or in a will which set the duration of an estate. If a will said "to Bob and his heirs", the words "and his heirs" were words of limitation because they indicate that Bob gets the land in fee simple and his heirs get no interest.
Words of purchase
Words which specifically name the person to whom land is being conveyed. The property is conveyed to specifically and by name in a legal act such as a conveyance or will. This would preclude, for example, transfer as a result of intestacy.
Work and labor
In actions of assumpsit, it is usual to put in a count, commonly called a common count, for work and labor done, and materials furnished by the plaintiff for the defendant; and when the work was not done under a special contract, the plaintiff will be entitled to recover on the common count for work, labor, and materials.
Worker's compensation
A state agency which handles claims of workers injured on their jobs.
Worker's compensation fraud
False claims for on-the-job injuries. Usually takes the Collusion of employee and unscrupulous doctors to submit false diagnoses. Back injuries (soft tissue strains) and stress are the most common ailments used in this scheme.
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