Waive
Waive , noun
[See Waive, transitive verb ]
1.
A waif; a castaway. [Obsolete] — Donne
2.
(O. Eng. Law) A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, transitive verb, 3 (b), and the Note.
Waive , transitive verb
[Old English waiven, weiven, to set aside, remove, Old French weyver, quesver, to waive, of Scand. origin; compare Icelandic veifa to wave, to vibrate, akin to Sanskrit vip to tremble. Compare Vibrate, Waif.]
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.
We absolutely do renounce or waive our own opinions, absolutely yielding to the direction of others.
2.
To throw away; to cast off; to reject; to desert.
3.
(a) (Law) To throw away; to relinquish voluntarily, as a right which one may enforce if he chooses.
(b)
(Law) To desert; to abandon. — Burrill
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. Burrill.
Waive , intransitive verb
To turn aside; to recede. [Obsolete]
To waive from the word of Solomon.