wager

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 common terms, a bet or gamble. As the synonymous words "wager" and "bet" are used in criminal statutes, they do not import the kind of agreement contemplated by the law of contracts under which there must be an actual meeting of the minds of the contracting parties in order to form an agreement. So to hold would allow the defendants to escape punishment in all cases in which feigned accomplices were employed to detect them and in which there is no evidence against the defendants except the testimony of feigned accomplices. People v Ghio, 82 Cal App 28, 255 P 205.

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  • wager — wa ger (w[=a] j[ e]r), n. [OE. wager, wajour, OF. wagiere, or wageure, F. gageure. See {Wage}, v. t.] [1913 Webster] 1. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • wager — [n] money or something gambled action, ante*, bet, challenge, chunk, fifty fifty*, fighting chance*, flyer*, gamble, handle, hazard, hedge, hunch, long shot*, odds on*, outside chance*, parlay, play, pledge, plunge, pot*, risk, stake, toss up,… …   New thesaurus

  • Wager — Wa ger, v. i. To make a bet; to lay a wager. [1913 Webster] T was merry when You wagered on your angling. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Wager — Wager, 1) große Bai an der nordwestlichen Küste der Hudsonsbai in Britisch Nordamerika; in sie ergießen sich einige Flüsse u. an ihr wohnen Eskimoer; sie ist reich an Wallfischen; 2) größter der hier mündenden Flüsse, ist ziemlich breit u. tief,… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • wager — [wā′jər] n. [ME < NormFr wageure < wagier: see WAGE] 1. BET1 (n. 1 & 2) 2. Archaic a pledge to do something or abide by an outcome: esp. in wager of battle, a challenge by a defendant to prove his innocence by personal combat vt., vi. BET …   English World dictionary

  • wager — wa ger, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {wagered} (w[=a] j[ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {wagering}.] To hazard on the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some eventuality; to lay; to stake; to bet. [1913 Webster] And wagered with… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wager — *bet, stake, pot, ante …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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