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• Wager’s Action — is a naval confrontation on June 8 1708 , between an British squadron under Charles Wager and the Spanish treasure fleet, as part of the War of Spanish Succession. Prelude In the spring of 1708 Charles Wager was on an expedition in the Caribbean… …   Wikipedia

• Wager Mutiny — The subsequent mutiny of the crew of HMS Wager after it was wrecked on a desolate island off the west coast of Chile in 1741.HMS Wager was a 6th rate Royal Navy sailing ship of 28 guns, previously an East Indiaman and purchased by the Admiralty… …   Wikipedia

• wager of law — an ancient mode of proof that became unpopular because the defendant could call people as witnesses just to testify to his general oath worthiness, even if they knew nothing of the facts of the case. It may have accounted for the ascendancy of… …   Law dictionary

• Wager of law — Law Law (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[ o]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• wager — [[t]we͟ɪʤə(r)[/t]] wagers, wagering, wagered 1) VERB If you wager on the result of a horse race, football match, or other event, you give someone a sum of money which they give you back with extra money if the result is what you predicted, or… …   English dictionary

• Wager — Recorded as Wager and sometimes Wagger, this is apparently a surname of English origins. It is well recorded in the surviving church registers of the diocese of Greater London from at least Elizabethan times, and earlier in Yorkshire. There are a …   Surnames reference

• wager — wa|ger1 [ weıdʒər ] noun count an agreement to win or lose an amount of money depending on the result of a competition or other event: BET wager wa|ger 2 [ weıdʒər ] verb transitive to agree to win or lose an amount of money depending on the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• wager — An agreement or stipulation to the effect that the parties shall gain or lose upon the happening of an uncertain event, in which event they have no interest except that arising from the possibility of such gain or loss. 24 Am J1st Gaming § 2. In… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• wager — 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 or that they shall gain or lose on the happening of an uncertain event or upon the ascertainment of a fact in… …   Black's law dictionary

• Charles Wager — Sir Charles Wager Sir Charles Wager Born 1666 Died …   Wikipedia

• Pascal'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 …   Wikipedia