1130 INDEX TO NOTES.

WATER COURSES—

transferable by parol, when, 704.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES—
in general, 23-26.

present law relating to, in Maryland, 23; in United States, 26.
National Bureau of Standards, act establishing, 26.

WIDOW—

See DOWER; JOINTURE; MARSHALLING OF ASSETS;

MORTGAGES; QUARANTINE; WILLS.
scope and operation of English statute making certain alienations

by widow void, 351-354.

power of, at common law, to avoid leases made by husband, 429.
statutory rights in husband's estate, 3.

WILLS—

nuncupative, Maryland statute relative to, 766.

birth of posthumous child as revocation of, 877.

whether English statute relating to attestation of, in force here,

1045.

rights of child en ventre sa mere under will, in general, 877-878.
child en ventre sa mere as a "living" child, 877.
construction of conditions in, 876.
validity of condition against re-marriage in devise to testator's

widow, 403.

validity of devise to infant en ventre sa mere, 875.
devise to unborn illegitimate child, 879.
validity of devise or legacy to attesting witness, 1045.
lapsing of legacies, 685.

contribution as between legatees and devisees, 807.
effect of renunciation of devise or bequest to widow, 402.
caveat

right of widow who accepted ante-nuptial settlement to file, 395.
does not affect sale previously made under power, 806.

WITNESSES—

binding over or committing, in criminal cases, 494-495.

on back of indictment, whether prosecutor must call, 234.

WOMEN—

competency of, for admission to the bar, 218.

WORDS AND PHRASES—

See SPECIFIC TITLES, SUCH AS "CHILDREN," ETC.

"beyond seas," in limitation statutes, defined, 625-626.

"dereign," defined, 420.

"goods," as including money, 331.

"in loco parentis," who regarded as, 878.

See Index to Statutes, page 1053.