wager
121HALLECK, HENRY WAGER — an American general; distinguished himself on the side of the North in the Civil War, and was promoted to be commander in chief; was author of Elements of Military Art and Science (1815 1873) …
122I'll wager — old fashioned used for saying that you are very confident that something is true although you have no proof …
123Pascal's Wager — Паскаля пари …
124non-summons, wager of law of — In common law pleading, the mode in which a tenant or defendant in a real action pleaded, when the summons which followed the original was not served within the proper time …
125non-summons, wager of law of — In common law pleading, the mode in which a tenant or defendant in a real action pleaded, when the summons which followed the original was not served within the proper time …
126trial by wager of battel — A duel or combat which in ancient times was sanctioned by law as a form of trial, in which champions, in civil actions, represented the parties, under the superstition that the right would triumph. The last trial by battel on record was in 1638.… …
127trial by wager of law — A species of trial anciently used in civil actions, wherein the defendant gave pledges or sureties that he would wage his law; that is, that he would appear at the time set when he would make oath as to his innocence and would produce… …
128Pascal's wager — …