wic, wih (Old English)] A merchant settlement or town, probably originally unfortified and thus different from a burgus or civitas; apparently used in this sense (though also in others) in the North Sea trading area in the Dark Ages. (Reynolds, Susan. An Introduction to the History of English Medieval Towns, 201) Related terms: Vicus

The decision of the High Court of Australia on 23 December 1996, which states that the grant of a pastoral lease does not necessarily extinguish (remove) native title and that native title rights may coexist with the rights of some leaseholders. The Court said that where there is a conflict between native title rights and the rights of the leaseholder, the rights of the leaseholder prevail.