Wager - Law Dictionary Search Results
Sacramentum
actio of the Civil Law, see Sand. Just., and Cum. C. L. 313. Means the money staked as wager. The word evidently has a religious significance. The sum of the wager, forfeited by the party found to
Horse-racing
100l. by the advertiser of the plate. This was repealed by 3 & 4 Vict. c. 5. Formerly wagers of not more than 10l. on a legal horse-race could be recovered by action, but now all wagers
Compurgator
One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another See Purgation also Wager of law under Wager
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Wages
or money's worth upon the determination or ascertainment of an uncertain event accurately brings out the concept of wager declared void by s. 30 of the Contract Act. Gambling or wagering contracts were never declared to be
Stakeholder
58)]. As to when money deposited in the hands of a stakeholder, to abide the event of a wager, may be recovered, see Gaming Act, 1845, s. 18, and the title WAGER. A stakeholder of a sealed
Battel
A single combat as trial by battel See Wager of battel under Wager
Gaming or gambling
play is made punishable in the same way as obtaining money under false pretences; and by s. 18 wagers are declared to be irrecoverable at law, and wagering contracts void. As to the liability of a bankrupt
Wagering contract
Wagering contract, to constitute a wagering contract there must be proof that the contract was entered into upon terms
Prerogative of mercy
the party injured, the prosecutor might release, but the King could not pardon: 3 Inst. 237. Appeals by wager of battel (see that title) were abolished in 1819 by 56 Geo. 3, c. 46, in consequence of
Magna Carta
28th chapters, relating to the writ of inquisition of life and member, and the old feudal tenures and wager of law, have been superseded by their abolition. The next chapter (29) is so often quoted that it
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