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WILLS ACT

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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...]

WILD ANIMALS

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Animals in a state of nature; animals ferae naturae. Vide Animals; Ferae naturae. Animals of an untamable disposition. … [Read more...]

WILD LAND

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Land in a state of nature, as distinguished from improved or cultivated land. Clark v. Phelps, 4 Cow. (N. Y.) 203. … [Read more...]

WINCHESTER, STATUTE OF

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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...]

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