Law. Obs. [a. AF. waive, weyve; prob. to be read as weyvé (= weyvee), pa. pple. of weyver WAIVE v.1] See quots.
1544. trans. Littleton’s Tenures, xi. 43. A woman that is outlawed is called a wayue. [Fr. Sicome home que est vtlage est dit vtlage et feme que est vtlage est dit wayue.]
1579. Expos. Terms Law, 187. Waiue is a woman that is outlawed, and she is called waiue as left out or forsaken of the law, and not an vtlawe as a man is.
