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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. -

Waiver     :    When a person disclaims or renounces to a right that they may have otherwise had. 

War crimes :    Excessive brutality during war, in contravention of an international treaty or convention. 

Warranty :    A guarantee given on the performance of a product or the doing of a certain thing. 

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. 

Wedlock :    Being married. 

Wild Horse Annie Act :    A 1959 American law that sought to restrict the use of motorized vehicles by cowboys rounding-up wild horses on public land. 

Will     :    A written and signed statement, made by an individual, which provides for the disposition of their property when they die. 

Wire-tapping :    An electronic surveillance device which secretly listens in and records conversations held over a phone line. 

Witchcraft :    According to law books of the Middle Ages, the act of invoking evil spirits or consulting, covenanting with, entertaining, employing, feeding, or rewarding any evil spirit. 

Without prejudice :    A statement set onto a written document such as a letter, which qualifies the signatory as exempt from the content to the extent that it may be interpreted as containing admissions or other interpretations which could later be used against him or her; or as otherwise affecting any legal rights of the agent of or the person signing. 

Witness     :    The regular definition of this word is a person who perceives an event (by seeing, hearing, smelling or other sensory perception). 

Words of limitation :    Words in a conveyance or in a will which set the duration of an estate.

Words of purchase :    Words which specifically name the person to whom land is being conveyed. 

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. 

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).

Wrongful dismissal :    Being fired from a job without an adequate reason or without any reason whatsoever.