In old English law . A Welshman.
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WALESCHERY
The being a Welshman. Spelman.
WALISCUS
In Saxon law. A servant, or any ministerial officer . Cowell.
WALK
Hotel industry. Taking an arriving guest to another hotel as reserved accommodation is unavailable for a reason.
WALK IN
Term for a hotel guest arriving without a reservation .
WALK UP
A 2 to 4 floor building that has no elevator.
WALKERS
Foresters who have the care of a certain space of ground assigned to them. Cowell.
WALKOUT STRIKE
Industrial where employees leave work site an will not return.
WALKTHROUGH
Step-by-step test of all aspects of a plan, process, environment to verify readiness for operation.
WALL
An erection of stone, brick, or other material, raised to some height, and in- tended for purposes of security or inclosure. In law, this term occurs in such compounds WALL […]
WALL STREET
Financial district in New York and home to the new York Stock Exchange . Also called The Street.
WALL STREET LAWYER
modern and popular term given to an attorney who works for a large firm handling large corporations and big business.
WALL TO WALL
Covering a room’s floor or stretching across the room.
WALLED GARDEN
Environment attractively designed aimed at keeping a captive comfortable and satisfied.
WALLET
Apparel used to organize cash, credit cards and other small items important for daily use.
WALLIA
In old English law . A wall; a sea-wall; a mound, bank, or wall erected in marshy districts as a protection against the sea. Spelman.
WALT DISNEY
The creator and the animator of the first animated films.
WAMPUM
Beads made of shells, used as money by the North American Indians, and which continued current in New York as late as 1093.
WAND OF PEACE
In Scotch law. A wand or staff carried by the messenger of a court, and which, when deforced, (that is, hindered from executing process.) he breaks, as a symbol of […]
WANLASS
An ancient customary tenure of lands; i. e., to drive deer to a stand that the lord may have a shot. Blount, Ten 140.
WANT
1. Desire unfulfilled. 2. Detrimental lack of a life necessity. See need.
WANT OF CONSIDERATION
a term applied to a transaction where no money, property or goods were intended to pass from one party to another party.
WANT OF JURISDICTION
1. lack of the authority to hear a case. 2. A judge who oversteps his authority in a case.
WANTAGE
In marine insurance . Ullage; deficiency in the contents of a cask or vessel caused by leaking. Cory v. Boyl- ston Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 107 Mass. 140, 9 […]
WANTON
Regardless of another’s rights. See WANTONNESS.