, 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 expo