Vagabonds, early statutes against;
  and Idlers;
  punishment of rogues and sturdy beggars;
  severe statutes against under Elizabeth. 
Vessels (see Ships). 
Veterans, of the Spanish war, to be preferred in civil service in
  England under Cromwell;
  in the United States;
  preference legislation. 
Victuals, statute of (see Assize of Bread). 
Villeinage, finally abolished for money compensation;
  laws mentioned under Elizabeth. 
Villeins, in early England had no property;
  early condition of;
  made free when they seek refuge in towns;
  manumitted by Henry VIII. 
Vote, right of employees to, in modern statutes. 
Voters, qualifications of;
  property qualifications under Cromwell (see Suffrage).

Wages, early regulation of;
  highest in early England;
  fixed by the statute of laborers;
  must be at customary rate in early England;
  standard fixed;
  fixed semi-annually in England;
  repeated demands to fix by law and continued punishment of extortion;
  rates of fixed in New York;
  litigation caused by such legislation;
  rate of again fixed in 1388;
  attempt to regulate by law again abandoned, 1427;
  maximum price again fixed in 1444;
  again fixed, 1495;
  most elaborate fixing, 1514;
  in New Zealand and Austria;
  in England;
  in New York, Indiana, etc.;
  in public work;
  fixed by town vote;
  minimum wage in Hawaii;
  Nebraska and Nevada;
  forbidden by Louisiana Constitution;
  claims for preferred in insolvency, etc.;
  wage legislation in modern times;
  in towns by vote;
  of public labor;
  New York amendment;
  fixed by modern statutes in England, New Zealand, etc.;
  Plymouth case;
  effect of minimum wage laws;
  time and manner of payment, (see Minimum Wage). 
Wales, joined to England;
  statute of. 
War amendments and their effects. 
Warehouse receipts negotiable. 
Warrants, general, may not be employed (see Search, Right of). 
Watch, duties of. 
Water (see Municipal Socialism), public control of in arid
  States. 
Weavers, statute for relief of. 
Weights and measures, early laws regulating;
  standard required by statute of York A.D. 1392;
  American legislation. 
Welshmen banished from England. 
Were, meaning of. 
Were gild, prototype of modern lynching laws. 
Wessex, early laws of. 
Westminster I, first statute of. 
Westminster III, statute of quia emptores. 
Wharves, charges regulated in early times. 
Wheat, price of, regulated, Athens. 
Whistles, laws against. 
Whitaker, Dr. F.E., on Athenian corn laws. 
Wholesale and retail selling recognized as lawful, but not
  forestalling. 
Wight, Isle of, to be repeopled with English people. 
Wilgus, Horace L., on Federal incorporation.