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Welcher, a person who receives money which has been deposited to abide the event of a race, and who has a predetermined intention to keep the money, and not to part with it in any event: see Blackman v. Bryant, (1872) 27 LT 491, where, in an action of slander, the word was held not actionable without proof of special damage; but see Williams v. Magyer, Times, 1st March, 1883; Odgers on Libel, p. 49.