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waifs
1. Stolen goods waived or scattered by a thief in his flight in order to effect his escape.
2. Such goods by the English common law belong to the king. This prerogative has never been adopted here against the true owner, and never put in practice against the finder, though against him there would be better reason for adopting it.
Source : Bouvier 1856
Language : English