Legal Terms Beginning with W
Wagner Act
A 1935 American federal statute which recognized employee rights to collective bargaining, protected the right to belong to a union, prohibited many anti-union tactics then used by employers, and set up the National Labor Relations Board. - (see expanded definition at duhaime.org)
Waiver
When a person disclaims or renounces to a right that they may have otherwise had. - (see expanded definition at duhaime.org)
War crimes
Excessive brutality during war, in contravention of an international treaty or convention. - (see expanded definition at duhaime.org)
Warranty
A guarantee given on the performance of a product or the doing of a certain thing. - (see expanded definition at duhaime.org)
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. - (see expanded definition at duhaime.org)
Wedlock
Being married. - (see expanded definition at duhaime.org)
Wild Horse Annie Act
An American law limiting the use of a vehicle while rounding-up wild horses on non-private land. - (see expanded definition at duhaime.org)
Will
A written and signed statement, made by an individual, which provides for the disposition of their property when they die. - (see expanded definition at duhaime.org)
Wire-tapping
An electronic surveillance device which secretly listens in and records conversations held over a phone line. - (see expanded definition at duhaime.org)
Without prejudice
A statements set onto a written document which qualifies the signatory as exempted from it's content to the extent that they may be interpreted as containing admissions or other interpretations which could later be used against the person signing; or as otherwise affecting any legal rights of the person signing. - (see expanded definition at duhaime.org)
Witness
The regular definition of this word is a person who perceives an event (by seeing, hearing, smelling or other sensory perception). - (see expanded definition at duhaime.org)
Words of limitation
Words in a conveyance or in a will which set the duration of an estate. - (see expanded definition at duhaime.org)
Words of purchase
Words which specifically name the person to whom land is being conveyed. - (see expanded definition at duhaime.org)
Writ
An official court document, signed by a judge or bearing an official court seal, which commands the person to whom it is addressed, to do something specific. - (see expanded definition at duhaime.org)
Wrongful death
An American tort law action which claims damages from any person who, through negligence or direct act or omission, caused the death of certain relatives (eg. spouse, children or parent). - (see expanded definition at duhaime.org)
Wrongful dismissal
Being fired from a job without an adequate reason or without any reason whatsoever. - (see expanded definition at duhaime.org)
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