Category: W

a term used for carrying out a court order wrongly an doing beyond the authorisation of the order.

In England. An officer of the exchequer whose duty itwas to write upon the tallies the letters of tellers’ bills.

In Scotch law. An officer nearly corresponding to anattorney at law, in English and American practice. “Writers to the signet,” called also”clerks to the signet” derive their name from the circumstance that they were anciently clerks in the office of the secretary of state, by whom writs were prepared andissued under the royal signet or seal; and, when the signet became employed in judicialproceedings, they obtained a monopoly of the privileges of acting as agents or attorneysbefore the court of session. Brande, voc. “Signet.”

The expression of ideas by letters visible to the eye. Clason v. Bailey, 14Johns. (N. Y.) 491. The giving an outward aud objective form to a contract, will, etc.,by means of letters or marks placed upon paper, parchment, or other material substance.In the most general sense of the word, “writing” denotes a document, whethermanuscript or printed, as opposed to mere spoken words. Writing is essential to thevalidity of certain contracts and other transactions. Sweet

Capital allowance where costs of acquired assets in the present year as added to a written down value of assets from the previous year.

The technical name by which a bond is described inpleading. Denton v. Adams, 6 Vt. 40.

Coverage not started yet but has been applied for.

Binding agreement signed digitally or on paper.

The name of a writ to be issued against a tenant who has committedwaste of the premises. There are several forms of this writ Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 125.

the term used to describe a contract that is in writing as compared to a spoken contract.