Wager - Law Dictionary Search Results

Bet

upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue the act of giving such a pledge a wager

vagrant

vagrant [Anglo-French wagerant vageraunt, from present participle of vagrer walcrer to wander about, drift, probably from Old Norse valka to roll,

gaming

The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers gambling

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parimutuel

A form of betting where winners share the total amount wagered in proporation to their bets and less a portion for the management used commonly in betting at horse

Roulette

numbered red and black spaces the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game

Aleatory contract

and losses, whether to all parties, or to some of them, depend on an uncertain event, Ibid. see WAGERING CONTRACT

and dry and their prices on another day are contracts for differences and are contracts by way of wagering, Universal Stock Exchange v. Strachan, (1896) AC 166 (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 4(a), para 21, p.

Insurance

has not an 'insurable interest,' or expectation of such interest, as being in the nature of gaming or wagering. (English) The Marine Insurance Act, 1745, which it repeals, made provision much to the same effect, and the

Stockjobbing Act

c. 28. Gambling transactions in stockjobbing are now subject only to the same law as is applicable to wagers.

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