William the conqueror, charter to the City of London. 
Wills, statute of. 
Winchester, statute of. 
Wine, or beer, use of never regulated by sumptuary legislation;
  sweet white wine not to be sold at retail;
  sweet wine (Spanish?) must be sold at the same price as the wine of
    the Rhine and Gascony. 
Witchcraft, first act against under Henry VIII;
  forbidden by statute of James I.
Witenagemot (see also Council), included originally all freemen
  in England;
  main function of judicial legislation;
  little known of in early times;
  functions of, as a court. 
Witnesses, number of, limited in criminal cases. 
Wolstonecraft, Mary, her book discussed. 
Women, may not practice law;
  forbidden to read New Testament;
  might be hanged in early England when men could plead benefit of
    clergy;
  suffrage movement, origin of;
  progress;
  laws limiting labor of;
  may not stand;
  not sell liquor;
  nor ply street trades;
  constitutional right to labor;
  sale of liquor to forbidden;
  industrial employment of;
  legislation to protect in industrial matters;
  their health may be protected by statute;
  may not work in factories shortly after childbirth;
  effort to forbid married women from working in factories at all;
  statutes on employment of in industry;
  teachers to be paid the same as men (see Married Women). 
Women’s suffrage (see Women), recent progress in;
  by property owners, etc.;
  results of discussed;
  tendency of movement to socialism;
  votes on matters of finance permitted in some States;
  constitutional amendments continually defeated;
  subsidence of agitation over;
  the right of property owners to vote in money elections. 
Women’s rights, discussed in chapter XVII;
  in all respects citizens except for voting, holding office, and
compulsory service on jury or in the army;
  may not serve liquor or engage in immoral occupations;
  may be subject to protective legislation even when over twenty-one;
  hours of labor may be regulated by law;
  in property matters same as men;
  with certain special privileges;
  political rights;
  to hold office;
  female juries;
  in educational matters;
  may practice law;
  may practice medicine;
  in jails, etc.;
  are not liable for husband’s debts;
  female labor in England and United States. 
Wool, early duties on;
  regulation of trade in;
  numerous statutes referring to;
  may not be carried out of England;
  no clothing made out of England to be worn;
  trade in made free again;
  again made a felony to export. 
Woolsey does not summon Parliament for seven years. 
Wrecks, definition of by statute of Westminster I;
  the law of;
  to be restored to their owners on payment of salvage.