Legal Definitions and Terms - "W" List
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List of legal terms beginning with the Letter "W"
- W-2 Form
- W-3 Form
- W-4 Form
- W-8 BEN
- W-9
- W-9 Form
- Wade Hearing
- Wage and Hour Division
- Wage and Hour Laws
- Wage and Price Control
- Wage and Price Controls
- Wage and Separation Report
- Wage Area [Office of Personnel Management]
- Wage Attachment
- Wage Bracket
- Wage Ceiling
- Wage Change Survey [Administrative Personnel]
- Wage Credits
- Wage Determination
- Wage Differential
- Wage Discrimination
- Wage Earner Plan
- Wage Floor
- Wage Information [HUD]
- Wage labor
- Wage Loss
- Wage Record
- Wage Report
- Wage Scale
- Wage Slavery
- Wage Structure
- Wage Tax
- Wage-Price Spiral
- Wage-Push Inflation
- Wager [Internal Revenue Code]
- Wager Policy [Insurance]
- Wagering Credit
- Wages
- Wages, Salaries, and Other Compensation
- Wagner-Peyser Act of 1933
- Waif
- Wailing Wall
- WAIS-III
- Wait-and-See Principle
- Waiting Children
- Waiting Period
- Waiting Period (Health Care)
- Waiting Period [Unemployment Insurance]
- Waiting Week
- Waiver And Release From Liability
- Waiver by Conduct
- Waiver by Election
- Waiver by Modification
- Waiver of Accounting for Estate Probate
- Waiver of Bond
- Waiver of Citation
- Waiver of Collision Deductible
- Waiver of Consent
- Waiver of Contract
- Waiver of Defenses
- Waiver of Immunity
- Waiver of Notice
- Waiver of Notice of Dishonor
- Waiver of Preemption
- Waiver of Preliminary Examination
- Waiver of Premium
- Waiver of Subrogation
- Waiver of Tort
- Waiver(Banking)
- Waivers
- Wake [Wildlife and Fisheries]
- Walk and Turn test
- Walk Through
- Walk-In Coolers and Walk-In Freezers
- Walkout
- Wall Street
- Wallace Damages
- Walled Garden
- Wallflower Stock
- Wallpaper
- Walsh-Healey Act
- Wampanoag Tribal Council of Gay Head Inc
- Wanton
- Wanton Act
- Wanton Endangerment
- Wanton Omission
- Wanton Waste
- Wantonness
- War and Defense Powers
- War Chest
- War Clause
- War Contract
- War Crimes
- War Hazards Compensation Act [WHCA]
- War Housing Insurance
- War Material
- War on Drugs
- War on Terror
- War Powers Resolution
- War Premises
- War Risk Insurance
- War Risks
- War Utilities
- War Zone
- War-Risk Hazard
- Ward
- Ward Heeler
- Wardriving
- Wardship
- Warehouse Clubs
- Warehouse Lease Agreement
- Warehouse Lines of Credit
- Warehouse Receipt
- Warehouse to Warehouse Clause
- Warehouseman's Lien
- Warehousing of Trademarks
- Warez
- Warfare
- Warm Card
- Warning
- Warrant
- Warrant (Securities)
- Warrant Clause
- Warrant in Debt
- Warrant in Distress
- Warrant of Attorney
- Warrant of Committal
- Warrant of Eviction
- Warrant Officer
- Warrant Officers above the Promotion Zone
- Warrant Officers below the Promotion Zone
- Warrant to Sue and Defend
- Warrant Upon Indictment or Information
- Warrant With a Purge
- Warrantia Custodiae
- Warrantizare
- Warrantor
- Warranty against Infringement
- Warranty Agreement
- Warranty Bond
- Warranty Company [HUD]
- Warranty Deed
- Warranty Law
- Warranty of Assignment
- Warranty of Authorship(Copyright)
- Warranty of Habitability
- Warranty of Seaworthiness
- Warren Commission
- Warsaw Convention
- Warts
- Wash Sale
- Wash Trading
- Wash-Out Round
- Washerwoman Syndrome
- Washington DC Voting Rights Amendment
- Washington Naval Treaty
- Wassenaar Arrangement
- Waste
- Waste Book
- Waste Disposal
- Waste Energy
- Waste Heat Recovery
- Waste Package [Energy]
- Wasted
- Wasted Expenditure Loss
- Wasting Asset
- Wasting Assets Corporation
- Wasting Trust
- Watch Service (Trademark)
- Water
- Water Bank Act
- Water Bank Program
- Water Conservation Measures
- Water Damage Insurance
- Water Intoxication
- Water Management
- Water Nuisance
- Water Quality Act of 1987
- Water Resources Development Act of 2007
- Water Rights
- Water Table [Energy]
- Water Vehicle, Watercraft and Vessel
- Waterboarding
- Waterborne Activity
- Watered Stock
- Waterfall
- Waterfront LNG Plant
- Watergate Scandal
- Waterline
- Watermark
- Waters of a Foreign Nation
- Waters of the United States
- Watershed Decision
- Watershed Emergency [Agriculture]
- Watershed Group
- Watershed Impairment
- Watershed Management Project
- Watershed Preservation Restrictions
- Waterway Suitability Assessment
- Wattage for Lamps
- Watts Charges and Epstein Credits
- Wax Scot
- Wayleave
- Ways and Means
- Ways and Means Committee
- Wayside Horn [Transportation]
- Weak Hands [Securities]
- Weak Trademark
- Wealth
- Wealth Distribution
- Wealth Inequality
- Wealth Pyramid
- Weapon
- Weapon Focus
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Weapons of Mass Destruction Control Act
- Weapons of Mass Destruction Program
- Wearing Apparel
- Wearing Away of Premiums
- Weather Derivative
- Weather Modification
- Weather Permit Call
- Weatherization Materials
- Weatherization Project
- Weatherization Study
- Weatherstripping
- Web Hosting Agreement
- Web Pay
- Web Site Design
- Webb-Kenyon Act
- Webb-Pomerene Act
- Webb-Pomerene Association
- Webcaster
- Website
- Website or Online Service Directed to Children
- Wedding Consultant Contract
- Wedge Issue
- Wedge Principle
- Wedlock
- Weed and Seed Program
- Weed Management Entity
- Weeds
- Weeds Control
- Week of Unemployment
- Weekend Sentence
- Weeks-McLean Act
- Weigher
- Weighing Station
- Weight of Evidence
- Weight of the Overload
- Weighted Application
- Weighted Average Dumping Margin
- Weighted Average Interest Rate [Business Credit and Assistance]
- Weighted Average Maturity
- Weighted Average Maturity of a Pool Certificate [Business Credit and Assistance]
- Weights and Measures
- Weingarten Rights
- Welfare Agency
- Welfare Assistance
- Welfare Loss of Taxation
- Welfare Report
- Well
- Well Capitalized Insured Depository Institution
- Well Child Care
- Well Established Practice
- Well Logging [Nuclear Regulatory Commission]
- Well Permit
- Well-Capture Zone [Energy]
- Well-Founded
- Well-Pleaded Complaint
- Wellness Workshop
- Welsh
- Welsh Mortgage
- West Basin Strip
- West Law
- Western Account
- Western and Central Pacific Convention
- Western Hemisphere
- Western Rivers Rules of Navigation
- Western Underwriting Agreement
- Wet Lease [Aeronautics and Space]
- Wet Reckless
- Wetbed Lands
- Wetland Delineation
- Wetland Determination
- Wetlands
- Wetlands Functions and Values
- Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program
- Wetlands Reserve Program[WRP]
- Whale Products
- Whaling
- Whaling Convention Act
- Wharfage
- Wharfinger
- Wharfinger's Receipt
- Wharton's Rule
- WHAT IS A GUN FREE ZONE
- Wheel Conspiracy
- Wheelchair
- Wheeler-Lea Act
- Whether to File a Claim [Securities Dispute Resolution]
- Whey
- Whim
- Whip (Constitution)
- Whiplash
- Whipsaw
- Whipsawing
- Whistleblower
- Whistleblower Statute
- Whistleblowers Law
- White Bonnet
- White Collar Crime
- White Hat Hacker
- White House
- White House Council on Women and Girls
- White Knight
- White Label
- White Lie
- White List
- White Paper
- White Slave
- White Slave Traffic Act
- White Slavery
- White Squire
- White-Collar Crime
- White-Collar Worker
- White's Rating
- Whiteacre
- Whitecapping
- Whitehorse Case
- Whiteley Rule
- Whitelist
- Whole Life Insurance
- Whole Record Review
- Whole-Statute Rule
- Wholesale
- Wholesale Acquisition Cost (WAC)
- Wholesale Banking
- Wholesale Merchant Function
- Wholesale Transmission Services
- Wholesaler
- Wholesaler (Health Care)
- Wholly Destroyed
- Wholly Disabled
- Wholly Formed Fabrics
- Wholly Formed Yarns
- Wholly Owned Government Corporation
- Wholly Owned Subsidiary
- Wide Area Networks
- Widow Bench
- Widow-and-Orphan Stock
- Widow’s Insurance Benefits
- Widows and Widowers
- Widows Election
- Wife's Equity
- Wife's Insurance Benefits
- Wife’s Settlement
- Wild And Scenic Rivers Act
- Wild Card Option
- Wild Deed
- Wild Fish
- Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act
- Wild Horse Annie Act
- Wild Life
- Wild State
- Wildcat Drilling
- Wildcat Strike
- Wilderness
- Wilderness Area
- Wilderness Units
- Wildfire
- Wildflowers
- Wildland
- Wildland Fire
- Wildland Fire Assessment System
- Wildland-Urban Interface
- Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council
- Wildlife Conservation
- Wildlife Conservation and Appreciation Project
- Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Program
- Wildlife Conservation Education
- Wildlife Conservation Society[WCS]
- Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program[WHIP]
- Wildlife Inspectors
- Wildlife Refuge
- Wildlife Violator Compact
- Wildlife-Associated Recreation
- Wildlife-Dependent Recreation
- Wildlife-Restoration Project
- Wilful and Wanton Conduct
- Wilful Burning
- Will Contest
- Will Execution Ceremony
- Will Substitutes
- Willful and Malicious Injury
- Willful Blindness
- Willful Default
- Willful Deliberate and Premeditated Killing
- Willful Disobedience
- Willful Infringement of Trademark
- Willful Misconduct
- Willful Neglect
- Willful Professional Misconduct
- Willful Refusal
- Willful Refusal to Consummate
- Willful Tort
- Willful Violation
- Willfully
- Willfulness
- Wills
- Wills Advancement
- Wills Residuary Estate
- Wilma GO Zone
- Wilmot Proviso
- Wilson/Fish Alternative Project [WFAP]
- WIN Expenses
- WIN Expenses [Internal Revenue]
- Win to Loss Ratio
- Wind Energy Property
- Wind Energy System
- Wind Energy Systems Act
- Windfall Profit
- Winding Up
- Window Close [Patent]
- Window Dressing
- Wine
- Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America (WSWA)
- Wine Trade
- Wing In Ground (WIG) Craft
- Wing-in-Ground Craft
- WIPO
- WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT)
- WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty [Copyrights]
- Wire Communication
- Wire Communication Facility
- Wire Fraud
- Wire Joint
- Wire Transfer System
- Wireless Communications [Railroad Communications]
- Wireless Hybrid Service
- Wireless Ship Act
- Wireless Telecommunications Bureau [Federal Communications Commission]
- Wireline Competition Bureau [Federal Communications Commission]
- Wiretap Act
- Wiretapping
- Witenagemote
- With Recall (Securities)
- With The Principal Objective Of Livelihood And Profit
- Withdrawal
- Withdrawal (Gaming Law)
- Withdrawal (Immigration)
- Withdrawal [Hearing]
- Withdrawal from conspiracy
- Withdrawal Plan
- Withdrawn Claim
- Withdrawn Patent
- Withheld Adjudication
- Withholdable Payment [Income tax]
- Withholding Agent [Income Tax]
- Withholding Allowance
- Withholding of Evidence
- Withholding of Medically Indicated Treatment
- Withholding Order [Education]
- Withholding Tax
- Without Benefit of Salvage
- Without Day
- Without Impeachment of Waste
- Without Notice Application
- Without Prejudice
- Without Recall (Securities)
- Without Regard to Waste
- Witness
- Witness Conference
- Witness Fees
- Witness Impeachment
- Witness Intimidation
- Witness Jurat
- Witness Lists
- Witness Protection Program
- Witness Stand
- Witness Statement
- Witnesseth
- Wobbler
- Wolfe Wave
- Woman Suffrage
- Women Entrepreneurs
- Women-Owned Business
- Women-Owned Small Business Program
- Women, Infants and Children [WIC]
- Women's Bureau
- Women's Business Enterprise
- Women's Federation of World Peace
- Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act
- Women's Human Rights
- Women's Human Rights Advocacy
- Women‐Owned Small Business [WOSB]
- Women’s Suffrage Amendment
- Womens Business Enterprise National Council
- Womens Suffrage Amendment
- Wood Residues
- Woodshedding
- Woodsy Owl
- Wool Products Labeling Act
- Word Claim
- Word Mark
- Word-of-Mouth Advertising
- Words of Art
- Words of Inheritance
- Words of Limitation
- Words of Procreation
- Words of Purchase
- Work
- Work Activity on a Regular and Continuing Basis
- Work and Materials Clause
- Work Behavior
- Work Factor [National Security]
- Work Flow
- Work for Hire
- Work Furlough
- Work Made for Hire
- Work of Art [Education]
- Work of Authorship
- Work of Necessity
- Work of the United States Government
- Work of Visual Art
- Work Permit
- Work Place Harassment
- Work Product
- Work Product Materials
- Work Product Rule
- Work Related
- Work Relationship
- Work Release
- Work Release Program
- Work Study
- Work Truck
- Work-College [Education]
- Work-in-Process
- Work-Product Immunity
- Work-Product Rule
- Work-Release Program
- Workable Indication (Securities)
- Worked Ivory
- Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act)
- Worker Buyout
- Worker's Compensation Subrogation Lien
- Workers Compensation
- Workers Compensation Board
- Workers Compensation Tax
- Workfare
- Workflow diagrams [Patent]
- Workforce Investment Act
- Workforce Investment Boards
- Workforce Restructuring Action
- Workhouse
- Working Capital
- Working Capital Advance
- Working Capital Turnover
- Working Class
- Working Condition
- Working Day
- Working Interest (Oil and Gas)
- Working Papers
- Working Poor
- Working radio [Railroad Communications]
- Working Title (Entertainment law)
- Working Trial Balance
- Workmanlike Manner
- Workmen's Compensation Acts
- Workout Agreement
- Workout Market
- Workout Period
- Workout Quote
- Workplace aggression
- Workplace Anger
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
- Workplace Injury
- Workplace Literacy Services
- Workplace Mentor [Education]
- Workplace Protection Factor
- Workplace Safety
- Workplace Searches
- Workplace Stress
- Workplace Violence
- Workplace Wellness
- Works Contract
- Works of Improvement
- Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Workshop
- Workstation
- Workweek
- World Association of Zoos and Aquariums [WAZA]
- World Communism
- World Court
- World Customs Organization [WCO]
- World Health Organization [WHO]
- World Intellectual Property Organization [WIPO]
- World Trade Organization
- World Trade Organization and WTO
- World War I
- World War II
- World Wide Fund for Nature
- World Wildlife Fund [WWF]
- Worldwide Ceiling (Immigration)
- Worst Forms of Child Labor
- Worst Limitations
- Worst Peak-to-Valley Draw-Down
- Worst-Case Discharge [Oil Transportation]
- Worthier-Title Doctrine
- Worthless Check
- Worthless Debt
- Worthless Securities
- WOSB
- Would
- Wounded Feelings
- Wounds
- Wrap Account
- Wrap Around Mortgage
- Wrap Fee
- Wrap Program
- WRAPS
- Wreck
- Writ
- Writ of Assistance
- Writ of Association
- Writ of Bodily Attachment
- Writ of Certiorari
- Writ of Conspiracy
- Writ of Coram Nobis
- Writ of Course
- Writ of Covenant
- Writ of Dower
- Writ of Ejectment
- Writ of Error
- Writ of Execution
- Writ of Garnishment
- Writ of Inhibition
- Writ of Inquiry
- Writ of Mainprize
- Writ of Mandate
- Writ of Monstraverunt
- Writ of Possession
- Writ of Privilege
- Writ of Procedendo
- Writ of Proclamation
- Writ of Prohibition
- Writ of Prohibition of Waste
- Writ of Protection
- Writ of Recaption
- Writ of Replevin
- Writ of Restitution
- Writ of Review
- Writ of Sequestration
- Writ of Supervisory Control
- Writ of Trial
- Writ of Waste
- Writ Pro Retorno Habendo
- Writ System
- Write Up
- Write-Down
- Write-in Vote
- Write-Up Service
- Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE)
- Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW)
- Writing
- Writing Naked
- Writings and Recordings
- Writs
- Written Allegation Concerning the Duty to Bargain [Administrative Personnel]
- Written Appraisal [Banks & Banking]
- Written Communication
- Written Contract
- Written Down Value
- Written Notice
- Written Notice of Allocation
- Written Order to Search
- Written Resolution
- Written Testimony
- Written Warranty
- Wrong of Negligence
- Wrong of Strict Liability
- Wrongdoing
- Wrongful Act
- Wrongful Adoption
- Wrongful Arrest
- Wrongful Attachment
- Wrongful Birth
- Wrongful Birth Action
- Wrongful Constructive Discharge
- Wrongful Death
- Wrongful Death Statutes
- Wrongful Discharge
- Wrongful Discharge From Employment Act (WDEA)
- Wrongful Dishonor
- Wrongful Execution
- Wrongful Garnishment
- Wrongful Invasion
- Wrongful Levy
- Wrongful Life Action
- Wrongful Pregnancy Action
- Wrongful Taking
- Wrongful Termination
- Wrongful Termination In Violation Of Public Policy
- Wrongful-Death Action
- Wrongful-Discharge Action
- WTO Agreement
- WTO Member and WTO Member Country
