WINDING-UP OF COMPANY-continued.
agreement to obstruct illegal, 567.

preferential payment of wages in, 504.

set-off, whether contributory may set up, 693.

WITHDRAWAL,

from negotiation by either party at any time, 14. And see REVOCATION.
of election petition, 567.

of opposition to bill in Parliament, 572.

WITNESS,

conduct money paid to, action to recover, 60.

promise to pay, not enforceable, 30.

writing, when required in evidence, 105.

WORDS,

ambiguous, how to be construed, 96.

deleted, cannot be looked at, 113 (g).

general construction of, 90.

insensible, may be rejected, 97.

omitted by mistake, supply of, in construction, 86.

particular, construction of, 88, 89.

"acceptance" in Sale of Goods Act, 77. And see TERMS.

popular meaning of, to be adopted in construing contracts, 88.

WORK AND LABOUR, Ch. XIX., p. 481.

WORKMAN, Ch. XIX., sect. 8, p. 498.

employer's liability for injury to at common law, 500.

under Employers' Liability Act, 1880...500.

"contracting out of" this Act, Griffiths v. Dudley (Earl of), 500.
fining of, for breach of contract in supply of gas or water, 498.
Truck Act, payment of, in coin by, 499.

who is, within Truck Act, and Employers' and Workmen's Act, 498 (g).

WRIT,

renewing, to save Statute of Limitations, 690.

after twelve months from date of entry, 690.

time not extended, 690.

of execution, binds goods from delivery of writ, 350.

WRITING,

acknowledgment to revive statute-barred debt, 679.

construction of, when for the Court, when for the jury, 85.

not essential to simple contract, 74.

except where specially required, 74.

essential to a deed, 3.

copyright, sale of, required for, 74.

guarantee, required for, 74, 451.

land, sale of, required for, 76, 296.

marriage, contract in consideration of, 76, 478.

but not contract to marry, 473.

may be in pencil or ink, 83.

parol evidence to contradict, vary, or explain, 105 et seq. See PAROL

EVIDENCE.

simple contracts which are required to be in, by statute or custom, 74, 76.
Sale of Goods Act (107. value), requirement of, by, 340.

ships, sale of, required for, 74.

Statute of Frauds (land, guarantee, beyond year, &c.), 76.

WRONG,

waiver of, and action for money had and received instead, 53.

WRONG-DOERS,

no contribution between (Merryweather v. Nixan), 50.

WRONGFUL DISMISSAL,

of servant, action for, 508.

what damages recoverable, 508.

wages to be taken into account, 508.

YEAR,

Y.

contracts not to be performed within to be written and signed, 77.
text of s. 4 of Statute of Frauds, 76, 77.

contracts performable within year, not within it (Peter v.
Compton), 79.

though not in fact so performed, 79.

agreement between husband and wife for separation
(McGregor v. McGregor), 79.

to year, tenancy of, creation of, 313.

terminable by half-year's notice, 324.

expiring at end of tenancy (Right v. Darby), 321.

full year, if holding agricultural, 325.