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Old Sat Dec 09, 2006, 02:32pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Snaqwells
From http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/waived

waive:
6 [influenced by 1wave] : to dismiss with or as if with a wave of the hand
Yabut....

the connotations are generally that the person who owns the asset is the one doing the waiving, such as ".. I waive my right to a jury trial." When someone else is "waving it off" is it still "waiving"?
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