Wolf's Head

In old English law. A terra applied to outlaws. They who were outlawed in old English law were said to carry a wolf's head; for, if caught alive, they were to be brought to the king, and if they defended themselves, they might be slain and their heads carried to the king, for they were no more to be accounted of than wolves. Termes de la Ley, "Woolforthfod."

See Caput Lupinum. by the district attorney was held to be cured by the court calling attention to the provi- WOMEN. All the females of the human sions of the statute; People v. Priori, 164 N. species. All such females who have arrived Y. 459, 58 N. E. 668. Though in another case at the age of puberty. Mulieris appellatione A woman by the fact of marriage invests herself with the nationality of her husband; 13 Op. Att Gen. 128; 14 id. 402; contra, 2 Knapp, P. C. 364. See Domicil. Single or unmarried women have all the civil rights of men; they may, therefore, enter into contracts or engagements; sue and be sued; be trustees or guardians; they may be witnesses, and may for that purpose attest all papers; but they were, generally, not possessed of any political power; and were not as citizens eligible to public office or entitled to vote; Minor v. Happersett, 21 Wall. (U. S.) 162, 22 L. Ed. 627. In Finland, Norway and Iceland all women have the full parliamentary vote on the same terms as men. In Sweden all women have the municipal or communal suffrage on the same terms as men, and in Denmark women who pay taxes or whose husbands have the municipal vote. In Australia, New Zealand and the Isle of Man women have full parliamentary suf- ( frage. England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales have given women municipal suffrage on the same terms as men. In eight provinces of Canada taxpaying widows and spinsters have the municipal franchise, and in Nova Scotia married women whose husbands are not voters are included. In the United States women, have the full suffrage in Wyoming since 1869, in Colorado since 1893, in Utah and Idaho since 1896, in Washington since 1910, in California since 1911, in Kansas, Oregon and Arizona since 1912, and in Alaska since 1913. The Illinois constitution permits the legislature to confer suffrage for any official whose election is not provided for in the constitution. An act passed thereunder which has been held constitutional confers it on women. School suffrage was granted to certain classes of women subject to various restrictions in Kentucky, 1838; Kansas, 1861; Michigan and Minnesota, 1875; Colorado, 1876; New Hampshire, 1878; Massachusetts, 1879; Vermont, New York and Mississippi, 1880; Nebraska, 1883; Montana, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Dakota and Arizona, 1887; Oklahoma, 1890; Connecticut, 1893; Ohio, 1894; Delaware, 1898; Wisconsin, 1900. Limited suffrage other than school is given to women taxpayers in Montana since 1897 on questions of special taxation and for school trustees; in Iowa, 1894, on issuing bonds or increasing the tax levy; in Minnesota, 1898, for library trustees (in addition to school officers sinde 1875). In New York, 1901, taxpaying women of towns and villages may vote upon propositions for special taxation, and in 1910 the law was amended to include the issuing of bonds. Women of towns and villages who have children of school age or who are assessed for over $50 may vote at chise by act of the legislature which was held unconstitutional. In 1908, through a new constitution, taxpaying women were given a vote on all questions of special taxation, and the granting of franchises. Kansas in 1861 came into the Union with school suffrage in her constitution; in 1887 she gave women municipal suffrage; in 1912 full suffrage. In 1869 Wyoming, then just organized as a territory, enfranchised women, and after twenty years a convention which met to form a constitution for statehood adopted as its first clause: “Equal political rights for all male and female citizens.” A woman was held not eligible as a candidate for admission to the bar; Bebb v. Law Society, 50 W. N. (Eng.) 355. They have never been admitted as solicitors in England, though the Solicitor’s Act does not prevent; Odgers, C. L. 1431. 9 Some American courts, even without positive statutory enactment have held women qualified to practice as attorneys; In re Leach, 134 Ind. 665, 34 N. E. 641, 21 L. R. A. 701; In re Thomas, 16 Colo. 441, 27 Pac. 707, 13