Vladimir, his espousal of the daughter of Raguald, 36. Votes, in Athenian recall, 82. W Wager of law, 196, 220. Wager of law, definition of, 196. Wager of law, origin of, 199. Wager of law, procedure in, 197, 198. Wager of law, in ancient Babylon, 197. Wager of law, under Mosaic code, 196. Wager of law, under Alfred, 197. Wager of law, under Wihtraed, 200. Wager of law, description of, by Bracton, 201, 202. Wager of law, compurgators in, 198. Wager of law, by oath-helpers, 205, 207. Wager of law, observations of Coke, on, 200. Wager of law, in cases of _Nil debit_, 197. Wager of law, kinds of, in criminal cases, 204. Wager of law, in debt and detinue (note), 207. Wager of law, trial of churchmen by, 210. Wager of law, case of Pope Pelagius I., in 6th century, 209. Wager of law, under Saxons, 197. Wager of law, under Glanville, 200. Wager of law, irrational nature of procedure in, 208. Wager of law, and assize of Clarendon, in 1166, 209. Wager of law, under Edward III., 202. Wager of law, under Henry VI., 206, 207, 212. Wager of law, under Henry VIII., in 1527 (note), 213. Wager of law, statute of Elizabeth on, 208. Wager of law, abolished in England, in 1833, 208. Wager of law, in United States, 219. Wager of law, case of Gregory of Tours, 209. Wager of law, trial of Alice Colynbourgh, by, in 1435, 211. Wager of law, Slade’s case, 213. Wager of law, case of Robert Welby, in 1492, 213. Wager of law, miscellaneous cases of, 203, 204. “Waking” witches, 59. Waldenses, persecution of the, 53. Warbois, witches of, 56. Washington, will of General, 327. Water, ordeal by, 143, 144, 149. Webster, Daniel, plea of law wager by, 219, 220. Welby, case of Robert, in law wager, in 1492, 213. Wenham, Jane’s’ trial for witchcraft, 61. Westminster, statute of, on _peine forte et dure_, 178. Weston, Sir Richard, case of, in 1615, 184. Wheel, punishment, by, 301. Wild beasts, punishment by exposure to, 279. Will, definition of, 307. William Rufus, ordeals under, 156. William the Conqueror, ordeals, under, 153. William the Conqueror, sanctuary, under, 252. William III., judges under, 94. William IV., abolished wager of law, in 1833, 208. Will, of Jacob, 309. Will, of Sennacherib, 310. Will, of Aristotle, 310. Will, of Plato, 310. Will, of Virgil, 311. Will, of Henry II., 315. Will, of John of Gaunt, 320. Will, of Katherine of Aragon, 321. Will, of Shakespeare, 324. Will, of Jeremy Bentham, 324. Will, of William Penn, 328. Will, of Benjamin Franklin, 326. Will, of Chief Justice Marshall, 327. Will, of General Washington, 327. Wills, quaint and curious (See quaint and curious wills), 307, 334. Wills, in ancient Egypt, 309. Wills, under Cnut, 312. Wills, in Anglo-Saxon, days, 312. Wills, during Glanville’s time, 313. Wills, under Edward IV., 317.