In English law. General acts of parliament, regulating settlement of corporate affairs on dissolution. … [Read more...]
WINDING UP
The process of dissolving a corporation or partnership by paying off its debts, settling accounts and collecting the remaining assets for distribution to the shareholders. … [Read more...]
WINCHESTER, STATUTE OF
A statute passed in the thirteenth year of the reign of Edward I., by which the old Saxon law of police was enforced, with many additional provisions. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 163} Crabb, Hist Eng. Law, 189. … [Read more...]
WINCHESTER MEASURE
The standard measure originally kept at Winchester, in England. … [Read more...]
WILLS ACT
In England (1) The staute 32 Hen. VIII. c 1, passed in 1540, by which persons seised in fee simple of lands holden in socage tenure were enabled to devise the same at their will and pleasure, except to bodies corporate; and those who held estates by the tenure of chivalry were enabled to devise two-third parts thereof. (2) The statute 7 Wm. IV. A 1 Vict c. 26, passed in 1837, … [Read more...]