Common Legal Terms terms starting with W

17 terms

  1. Waiver Under the conflict of interest statute, 18 U.S.C. § 208, a waiver permits an employee to participate in specified Government matters which would…
  2. Waiver of immunity A means authorized by statute by which a witness, before testifying or producing evidence, may relinquish the right to refuse to testify against himself…
  3. warrant A certificate giving the holder the right to purchase a security (such as a stock) at a set price within a specified period of time.
  4. Warranty A promise that a proposition of fact is true.
  5. Warranty Deed A document protecting a homebuyer against any and all claims to the property.
  6. Water rights The right to use water.
  7. Will A will is a legal document you use to transfer assets you have accumulated during your lifetime to the people and institutions you want to have them after…
  8. With prejudice A declaration which dismisses all rights. A judgment barring the right to bring or maintain an action on the same claim or cause.
  9. Withholding Withholding is the amount that employers subtract from their employees' gross pay for a variety of taxes and benefits, including Social Security and…
  10. Without prejudice A declaration that no rights or privileges of the party concerned are waived or lost.
  11. witness One who personally sees or perceives a thing; one who testifies as to what he has seen, heard, or otherwise observed.
  12. Words and Phrases Legally Defined A set of books in dictionary form which lists judicial determinations of a word or phrase.
  13. Worker's Compensation An insurance plan that employers are required to have to cover employees who get sick or injured on the job.
  14. writ Authority to carry out or to act.
  15. writ of certiorari An order issued by the Supreme Court directing the lower court to transmit records for a case for which it will hear on appeal.
  16. Writ of execution An order of the court evidencing debt of one party to another and commanding the court officer to take property in satisfaction of the debt.
  17. Writ of garnishment An order of the court whereby property, money, or credits in the possession of another person may be seized and applied to pay a debtor's debt.