The meaning of WAGER OF LAW is a form of defense under early English law in which a sworn defendant denied the guilt or indebtedness charged or claimed and ...

The determination of cases, civil and criminal, by means of wager or analogous forms of procedure, was a characteristic feature of ancient law.

4 дня назад · wager of law in British English English legal history. a form of trial in which the accused offered to make oath of his innocence, supported by ...

A wager is a contract by which two or more parties agree that a certain sum of money or other thing shall be paid or delivered to one of them on the happening ...

to risk money by guessing the result of something: More than $2 billion was wagered legally on sports in Nevada in the last 12 months. He is so confident ...

Definition. A way of presenting a defense in which the defendant makes a statement to a court, swears that the statement is true, and has other people swear ...

Definition: Wager of law is a historical method of proof in which a person defends against a claim by swearing that the claim is groundless.

(A) means the staking or risking by any person of something of value upon the outcome of a contest of others, a sporting event, or a game subject to chance.

WAGER meaning: 1 : an agreement in which people try to guess what will happen and the person who guesses wrong has to give something (such as money) to the ...

4 дня назад · 1. an agreement or pledge to pay an amount of money as a result of the outcome of an unsettled matter · 2. an amount staked on the outcome of ...