wager
71wager of law — noun historical a form of trial in which the defendant was required to produce witnesses who would swear to his or her innocence …
72Wager of Law — ♦ To wage one s law was to defend an accusation in court by swearing a formal oath of innocence supported by oaths of compurgators, i.e., oath helpers. (Warren, W.L. Henry II, 636) …
73wager of law of non-summons — 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 …
74wager of law of non-summons — 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 …
75wager of law — In old English practice, the giving of gage or sureties by a defendant in an action of debt that at a certain day assigned he would make his law; that is, would take an oath in open court that he did not owe the debt, and at the same time bring… …
76wager of law of nonsummons — A form of a plea in a real action …
77wager policy — noun : a marine insurance policy covering property in which the insured does not possess an insurable interest capable of legal proof …
78Charles Wager — Sir Charles Wager Sir Charles Wager Born 1666 Died …
79Pascal's Wager — (or Pascal s Gambit) is a suggestion posed by the French philosopher Blaise Pascal that even though the existence of God cannot be determined through reason, a person should wager as though God exists, because so living has potentially everything …
80Charles Wager — Sir Charles Wager Charles Wager Naissance 1666 Décès 1743 (à 77 ans) …
