Waive

n.	1.	A waif; a castaway.
	2.	(O. Eng. Law) A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t., 3 (b), and the Note.
v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Waived ; p. pr. & vb. n. Waiving.]
	1.	To relinquish; to give up claim to; not to insist on or claim; to refuse; to forego. He waiveth milk, and flesh, and all. - Chaucer. We absolutely do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others. - Barrow.
	2.	To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.
	3.	(Law) To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses.
v. i.	1.	To turn aside; to recede. To waive from the word of Solomon. - Chaucer.

Verb	1.	waive - do without or cease to hold or adhere to; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" Synonyms: foreswear, forgo, dispense with, relinquish
	2.	waive - lose or lose the right to by some error, offense, or crime Synonyms: forfeit, give up, throw overboard, forgo

WAIVE. A term applied to a woman as outlaw is applied to a man. A man is an outlaw, a woman is a waive. T. L., Crabb's Tech. Dict. h.t.

TO WAIVE. To abandon or forsake a right.
     2. To waive signifies also to abandon without right; as "if the felon waives, that is, leaves any goods in his flight from those who either pursue him, or are apprehended by him so to do, he forfeits them, whether they be his own goods, or goods stolen by him." Bac. Ab. Forfeiture, B.

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