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verb

Waive v. t. (past & past part. waived; pres. part. waiving) (Written also wave)

To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego. "He waiveth milk, and flesh, and all." "We absolutely do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others."

To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.

(Law)

(a)

To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses.

(b)

(O. Eng. Law) To desert; to abandon. Note: The term was applied to a woman, in the same sense as outlaw to a man. A woman could not be outlawed, in the proper sense of the word, because, according to Bracton, she was never in law, that is, in a frankpledge or decennary; but she might be waived, and held as abandoned.

Waive v. i. To turn aside; to recede. (Obs.) "To waive from the word of Solomon."

noun

Waive n.

A waif; a castaway. (Obs.)

(O. Eng. Law) A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t., 3 (b), and the Note.

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"Waive" Quotes from Famous Books

... the moral rags and tatters a Hottentot may boast? You ask my advice. Have it you shall, and follow it you must. I have forfeited the right to reproach you as man to wife—granted that I never had it; as a man I waive my personal affront. But as the governor of this state to the mistress of this, the state's house, I warn you that this brazen mockery of decency must end. When I am governor no longer you may go your way in such fashion as you ...

— The Henchman • Mark Lee Luther

... and Achitophel: for then you may assure yourselves of a clear victory, without the least reply. Rail at me abundantly; and, not to break a custom, do it without wit. By this method you will gain a considerable point, which is, wholly to waive the answer of my argument. Never own the bottom of your principles, for fear they should be treason. Fall severely on the miscarriages of Government; for if scandal be not allowed, you are no free-born subjects. If GOD has not ...

— English Satires • Various

... gracefully for their timely help on the previous evening, and, though making light of her accident, owned that it would keep her a prisoner to her sofa for a few days; and then she begged them to waive ceremony and come to her for an hour ...

— Not Like Other Girls • Rosa N. Carey

... meant to take possession of the corner-house, to "go home," a few days before the arrival of the travellers, in order to make all comfortable for them. Hester begged that she would take care to be well amused during these few days. Perhaps she might induce Maria Young to waive the ceremony of being first invited by the real housekeepers, and to spend as much time as she could with her friend. "Give my kind regards to Maria," said the letter, "and tell her I like to fancy you two passing a long evening by that fireside where we all hope we shall often have the pleasure ...

— Deerbrook • Harriet Martineau

... signed to this paper. You see, though we were in no way to blame, they might have sued for heavy damages and bothered us considerably. So when her owner offered to compromise and waive all claims for three hundred dollars, I thought it was the cheapest way out of the scrape, and took him up. I had this paper prepared by a lawyer who is on board, and witnessed before a notary, so that it is all square and ship-shape. See, here ...

— Raftmates - A Story of the Great River • Kirk Munroe

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