日期：2008-11-26 SUMMARY OF U.S.-CHINA BILATERAL WTO AGREEMENT February 2, 2000 AGRICULTURE The Agreement would eliminate barriers and increase access for U.S. exports across a broad range of commodities. Commitments include: Significant cuts in tariffs that will be... 阅读全文>>

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日期：2008-03-27 YEOMAN. In the United States this word does not appear to have any very exact meaning. It is usually put as an addition to the names of parties in declarations and indictments. In England it signifies a free man who has land of the value of forty sh... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 YEAR AND DAY. This period of time is particularly recognized in the law. For example, when a judgment is reversed, a party, notwithstanding the lapse of time mentioned in the statute of limitations pending that action, may commence a fresh action wi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 YARD . A measure of length, containing three feet, or thirty-six inches. YARD, estates. A piece of land enclosed for the use and accommodation of the inhabitants of a house. In England it is nearly synonymous with backside. (q. v.) 1 Chitty, Pr. 176... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WRIT OF WASTE. The name of a writ to be issued against a tenant who has committed waste of the premises. There are several forms of this writ, that against a tenant in dower differs from the others. F. N. B. 125. WRITING. The act of forming by the h... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WRIT OF TRESPASS, practice. This writ lies where a party claims damages for a trespass committed against his person, or tangible and corporeal property. See Trespass. WRIT OF TRESPASS ON THE CASE, practice. A writ which lies where a party sues for d... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WRIT OF PROCLAMATION , Engl. practice. A writ which issues, at the same time with the exigi facias, by virtue of Stat. 31 Eliz. c. 3, s. 1, by which the sheriff is commanded to make proclamations in the statute prescribed. 2. When it is not directed... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WRIT OF PREVENTION. This name is given to certain writs which may be issued in anticipation of suits which may arise. Co. Litt. 100. See Quia Timet. WRIT OF RATIONABILI PARTE BONORUM. A writ which was sued out by a widow when the executors of her de... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WRITS, JUDICIAL, practice. In England those writs which issue from the common law courts during the progress of a suit, are described as judicial writs, by way of distinction from the original one obtained from chancery. 3 Bl. Com. 282. WRIT OF MAIN... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WRIT OF EXECUTION, practice. A writ to put in force the sentence that the law has given: it is addressed to the Sheriff (and in the courts of the United States, to the marshal) commanding him, according to the nature of the case, either to give the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WRIT OF EJECTMENT, practice. The name of a process issued by a party claiming land or other real estate, against one who is alleged to be unlawfully in possession. Vide Ejectment. WRIT OF ENTRY, practice. A writ requiring the sheriff to command the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WRIT DE ODIO ET ATIA, Engl. law. This writ is probably obsolete, and superseded by the writ of habeas corpus. It was anciently directed to the sheriff, commanding him to inquire whether a prisoner charged with murder was committed upon just cause or... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WRIT, practice. A mandatory precept issued by the authority, and in the name of the sovereign or the state, for the purpose of compelling the defendant to do something therein mentioned. 2. It is issued by a court or other competent jurisdiction, an... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WRECK, mar. law. A wreck (called in law Latin, wreccum maris, and in law French, wrec de mer,) signifies such goods, as after a shipwreck, are cast upon land by the sea, and left there within some county, so as not to belong to the jurisdiction of t... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WORSHIP. The honor and homage rendered to the Creator. 2. In the United States, this is free, every one being at liberty to worship God according to the dictates of his conscience. Vide Christianity; Religious test. WORSHIP, Eng. law. A title or add... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WORK AND LABOR. In actions of assumpsit, it is usual to put in a count, commonly called a common count, for work and labor done, and materials furnished by the plaintiff for the defendant; and when the work was not done under a special contract, the... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WOODGELD, old Eng. law. To be free from the payment of money for taking of wood in any forest. Co. Litt. 233 a. The same as Pudzeld. (q. v.) WOODS, A piece of land on which forest trees in great number naturally grow. According to Lord Coke, a grant... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WITNESS, AGED. It has been laid down as a rule that to be considered an aged witness, a person must be at least seventy years old. See Aged Witness. WITNESS, GOING. A going witness is one who is about to leave the jurisdiction of the court in which... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-03-27 WITHOUT THIS, THAT, pleading. These are technical words used in a traverse, (q. v.) for the purpose of denying a material fact in the preceding pleadings, whether declaration, plea, replication, c. In Latin it is called absque hoc. (q. v.) Lawes on... 阅读全文>>