Index

Section headings, the boxes marked "Added by the editor" and the reading list at the end are not part of Blackstone's text. Everything else is Blackstone's, from the Oxford first edition, with the long s printed as a modern s.

The large numerals denote the volumes; the ciphers the pages of the commentaries; and the small numerals the pages of the appendix.

A.

Abatement of freehold. III. 168.

-------------------------- indietment. IV. 328.

-------------------------- nusance. III. 5.

-------------------------- writ, count, or suit. III. 302.

--------------------------, plea in. III. 301. IV. 328. abbey-lands. II. 32. IV. 115.

--------------------------, moletting their possessors. IV. 115.

Abbots. I. 155.

Abbreviations. III. 323.

Abdication. I. 211. IV. 78.

Abduction of child. III. 140.

-------------------------- heiress. IV. 208.

-------------------------- ward. III. 141.

-------------------------- wife. III. 139.

-------------------------- women. I. 443.

-------------------------- or kidnapping. IV. 219.

Abearance, good, security for. IV. 248. 253.

Abeyance. II. 107.

Abigei. IV. 239.

Abjuration, oath of. I. 368.

-------------------------- of the realm. IV. 56. 124. 326. 370.

Absolute power of the crown. I. 250.

-------------------------- property. II. 389.

-------------------------- rights and duties. I. 123.

Abstact of a fine. II. 351. xv.

Accedes ad curiam. III. 34.

Acceptance of bills. II. 468.

Accession, property by. II. 404.

Accessories. IV. 35.

-------------------------- after the fact IV. 37.

-------------------------- before the fact. IV. 36.

Accessories, when to be tried. IV. 318.

Accidents, where relieved against. III. 431.

Accomplices, discovery of. IV. 325.

Accord. III. 15.

Account books, when evidence. III. 368.

-------------------------- cognizable in equity. III. 437.

--------------------------, writ of. III. 462.

Accroaching royal power. IV. 76.

Ac etiam. III. 288. xviii.

Act of bankruptey. III. 477.

-------------------------- brace, how passed. 1 183, 184

-------------------------- when pleaded. IV. 389.

-------------------------- parliament. I. 85.

--------------------------, disobedience to. IV. 122.

--------------------------, how made, I. 180.

--------------------------, it's antient form. I. 181.

-------------------------- power, i. 185.

--------------------------, private. I. 86. II. 344.

--------------------------, public. I. 85.

--------------------------, when binding on the crown. I. 261.

Action at law. III. 116.

--------------------------,chose in. II. 397.

-------------------------- ex contractu. III. 117.

-------------------------- delicto. III. 117.

-------------------------- feodal. III. 117

-------------------------- mixed. III. 118.

-------------------------- personal. III. 117.

--------------------------, plea to. III. 303.

--------------------------, property in. II. 396.

-------------------------- real. III. 117.

Actual right of possession. II. 196.

Additions. I. 406. III. 302. IV. 301. 328.

Adherence to the king's enemies. IV. 82.

Adjoining county, trial in. III. 383.

Adjournment of parliament. I. 186. admeasurement of pasture. III. 238.

Administration. II. 489.

-------------------------- cum testamento annexo. II. 504.

-------------------------- de bonis none. II. 506.

-------------------------- durante absentia. II. 503.

-------------------------- minore aetate. II. 503.

-------------------------- limited or special. II. 506.

Administrator. II. 406. IV. 421.

Admiralty causes. III. 106.

--------------------------, court of. III. 69. IV. 265.

Admission of a clerk. 1. 390.

Admittance to copyholds. II. 370.

Admittendum clericum, writ ad. III. 250.

Ad quod damnum, writ of. II. 271.

Advertising for stolen goods. IV. 133.

Adultery. I. 441. III. 139. IV. 64. 65. 191.

Advocate. III. 26.

Advocatus sisti. III. 27.

Advowsons. II. 21. IV. 419.

Acquitas sequitur legem. II. 330. III. 441.

Affectum, challenge propter. III. 363. IV. 346.

Affecrors of amercements. IV. 373.

Affidavit. III. 304.

Affinity. I. 434.

Affirmance of judgments. III. 411.

Affray. IV. 145.

Age, action suspended by. III. 300.

-------------------------- of consent to marriage. I. 436.

-------------------------- persons. How reckoned. I. 463. IV. 22.

Aggregate corporation. I. 469.

-------------------------- fund. I. 328.

Agistment. II. 452.

Agnati. II. 234.

Agnus Dei, &c. IV. 115.

Agriculture, it's original. II. 7.

Aid-prayer. III. 299.

Aids, feodal. II. 63. 87. IV. 411.

--------------------------, parliamentary. I. 307.

Air, right to. II. 14.

Albinatus, jus. I. 372. 374.

Alderman. I. 116.

Alderney, island of. I. 106.

Alehouses. IV. 64. 168.

Alfred, his dome-book. I. 64. IV. 404.

Alias writ. III. 283. xv. IV. 314.

Alienation. II. 287.

--------------------------, fine for. II. 71. IV. 411.

--------------------------, forfeiture by. II. 268.

Alien-priories, i. 386. IV. 122.

Aliens. I. 366. 372. II. 249. 274. 293. IV. 111.

-------------------------- duty, I. 316. 372. 374.

Alimony. I. 441. III. 94.

Allegation. III. 100.

Allegiance. I. 366. IV. 74.

--------------------------, local. I. 370

--------------------------, natural. I. 369.

--------------------------, oath of. I. 367. IV. 270.

--------------------------, refusing it. IV. 116.

--------------------------, withdrawing from. IV. 87.

Allodial property. II. 47. 60.

Allodium. II. 105.

Allowance of franchise. III. 263.

-------------------------- pardons. IV. 394.

-------------------------- to bankrupts. II. 483.

Alluvion. II. 261.

Almanac, it's authority. III. 333.

Alteration of deeds. II. 308.

Amended bill in equity. III. 448.

Amendments at law. III. 406. IV. 432.

Amercement. II. xix. Iii. 376. III. v. vi. xxiv. Xxvi. IV. 372. 416.

--------------------------, action for. III. 159.

American colonies. I. 106.

Ancestor. II. 209.

Ancestors, how numerous. II. 203.

Ancestrol actions. III. 186.

Animals, lareiny of. IV. 235.

--------------------------, property in. II. 5.

Animus surandi. IV. 230. 232.

--------------------------revertendi. II. 392.

Annual parliaments. I. 153.

Annuities. II. 40.

Annulum et baculum, investiture per. I. 378.

Annus luctus. I. 457.

Answer in chancery. III. 446.

-------------------------- upon oath. III. 100.

Antient demesne. I. 286. II. 99.

Apostacy. IV. 43.

Apparel, excess in. IV. 171.

Apparent, heir. Ii. 208.

-------------------------- right of possession. II. 196.

Appeal by approvers. IV. 324.

-------------------------- how differing from writ of error. III. 55.

-------------------------- of arson. IV. 310.

-------------------------- death. IV. 310. 417.

-------------------------- felony. IV. 310.

-------------------------- larceny. IV. 310.

-------------------------- mayhem. IV. 310.

-------------------------- rape. IV. 310.

-------------------------- treason. IV. 310.

--------------------------, prosecution by. IV. 308. 417.

-------------------------- to parliament. III. 454.

-------------------------- Rome. IV. 114. 414.

Appearance to actions. III. 200.

Appellee on approvement. IV. 324.

Appendant, advowsons. II. 22. appendant, common, Ii. 33.

Appointment to charitable uses. II. 376.

Appraisement, commission of. III. 262.

Apprentices. I. 426. 427. IV. 160.

Apprenticii ad legem. III. 27.

Appropriations. I. 384.

Approvement in felony and treason. IV. 324.

-------------------------- of commons. II. 34. III. 240.

Approvers. IV. 324.

--------------------------, compelling prisoners to become. IV. 129.

Appurtenant, common. II. 33.

Arbitrary consecrations of tithes. I. 112. II. 26.

Arbitration. III. 16.

Archibishop. I. 155. 377.

Archdeacon. I. 383.

--------------------------, his court. III. 64.

Archdeaconry. I. 111.

Arches court. III. 64.

-------------------------- dean of. III. 65.

Arcopagus, court of. III. 354. IV. 169. 342.

Aristocracy. I. 49.

Armed, being unusually, IV. 148.

Armies. I. 262.

-------------------------- standing. I. 413. IV. 412. 432. 434.

Armorial ensigns. II. 428. III. 105.

Armour, &c. embezzling the king's. IV. 101.

--------------------------, statutes of. I. 410.

Arms and ammunition, exporting them. I. 263.

--------------------------, right of having. I. 143.

Arraignment. IV. 317. iii.

--------------------------, incidents to. IV. 319.

Array, challenge to. III. 359. IV. 346.

--------------------------, commission of. I. 410.

Arrest of judgment. III. 393. xi. IV. 368.

-------------------------- persons. III. 288. IV. 286.

-------------------------- seamen and soldiers. l. 421.

Arson. IV. 220. 366.

--------------------------, appeal of. IV. 310.

Artieles of the navy. I. 420.

-------------------------- war. I. 415.

Artificers. I. 406.

--------------------------, residing abroad. IV. 160.

--------------------------, transporting them. IV. 160.

As, Roman, divisions of. II. 462.

Ascendants excluded from inheriting. II. 210.

Asportation. IV. 231.

Assault. III. 120. IV. 145. 216.

--------------------------, costs in actions for. III. 400.

Assembly of estates. I. 147.

--------------------------, ritous or unlawsyul. IV. 146.

Assensu patris, dower ex. II. 132.

Assessments. I. 312.

Assets. II. 510.

-------------------------- by descent, or real. II. 244. 302.

-------------------------- personal. II. 510.

Assignees of bankrupt. II. 480.

Assignment of bankrupts effects. II. 485.

-------------------------- dower. II. 135.

-------------------------- errors. III. xv.

-------------------------- estate. II. 326.

Assigns. II. 289.

Asafe, commission of. III. 59. IV. 266. 417.

--------------------------, court of. III. 57.

--------------------------, general. I. 148.

--------------------------, grand. III. 341. 351. v. IV. 415.

--------------------------, justices of. III. 58.

--------------------------, killing them. IV. 84.

-------------------------- of arms. II. 66.

-------------------------- bread, breaking. IV. 157.

--------------------------, rent of. II. 42.

--------------------------, writ of. III. 184. IV. 415.

Assumpsit, express. III. a157.

--------------------------, implied. III. 161.

Assurances, common. II. 294.

--------------------------, covenant for farther. II. xi.

Attachment against witnesses. III. 369.

-------------------------- for contempts. IV. 280.

-------------------------- in chancery. III. 443. 444.

--------------------------, with proclamations. III. 444.

--------------------------, writ of. III. 280. xiii.

Attachments, court of. III. 71.

Attainder. II. 251. IV. 373.

--------------------------, act of. IV. 256.

Attaint. Grand. Jury in. III. 351.

--------------------------, writ of. III. 402. IV. 354.

Attainted persons. II. 290. IV 373.

Attempt to rob. IV. 242.

-------------------------- steal fish. IV. 235.

Attestation of deeds.II. 307. I. iii. xii. Xiii..

-------------------------- devises. II. 376.

Attorney at law. III. 25.

--------------------------, action against. III. 164.

Attorney-general. III. 27.

--------------------------, information by. III. 261. 427. IV. 304.

Attornment. II. 72. 288.

Aubaine, droit de. I. 372.

Audita quercla, writ of. III. 404.

Auditors in account. III. 163.

Averium. II. 424.

Averment. III. 308. 312. IV. 334.

Augnientation of vicarages and curacies. I. 388.

Aula regia, or regie. III. 37. IV. 409. 415. Aulnager. I. 275.

Avowry. III. 149.

Aurum reginae. I. 221.

Auter droit. II. 177.

Autersoits acquit. IV. 329.

-------------------------- attaint. IV. 330.

-------------------------- convict. IV. 330.

Auter vie, tenant pur. II. 120.

Authorities in law. I. 72.

Award. III. 16.

Ayle, writ of. III. 186.

B.

Bachelor, knight. I. 404.

Backing wafrants. IV. 288.

Bail above. III. 290.

-------------------------- below. III. 291.

--------------------------, common. III. 287.

-------------------------- excessive. I. 135. IV. 294.

-------------------------- in criminal cases. IV. 294.

-------------------------- error. III. 410.

--------------------------, refusing. IV. 294.

--------------------------, special. III. 287. xix.

--------------------------, taking insufficient. IV. 294.

-------------------------- to the action. III. 290.

-------------------------- sheriff. III. 290.

Bailable or not, who. IV. 294, 5, 6.

Bail-bond. III. 290. xix.

Bailiffs. I. 345. 427.

-------------------------- of hundreds. I. 115. 345.

Bailiwick. I. 344. II. 37.

Bailment. II. 394. 452.

Bail-piece. III. 291. xx.

Ballot for jurors. III. 358.

Balncarii. IV. 239.

Banishment. I. 137. IV. 370. 394.

Bank. I. 326.

Bankrupt. II. 471. IV. 424. 429.

Bankruptey. II. 285. 471.

--------------------------, cognizance of. III. 428.

--------------------------, fraudulent. IV. 156.

Banneret, knight. I. 404.

Banns. I. 439.

Bar of dower. II. 136.

--------------------------, plea in. III. 306. IV. 329. 389.

--------------------------, trial at. III. 352.

Bargain and sale of lands. II. 338. ii.

Baron. I. 399.

-------------------------- and feme. I. 433.

Baronet. I. 404.

Baronies II. 62. 91.

-------------------------- of bishops. I. 156.

Barretry. IV. 133.

Barristers. I. 23. III. 26.

Base fees. II. 109.

-------------------------- services. II. 61.

-------------------------- tenants. II. 148.

Bastard. I. 454.

--------------------------, administration to II. 505.

--------------------------, concealment of it's death. IV. 198. 352.

-------------------------- eigne. II. 248.

--------------------------, incapacity of. I _ 459.

--------------------------, maintenance of. I. 458.

--------------------------, punishment for having. IV. 65.

Bath, knight of the. I. 404.

Battle, trial by. III. 337. iii. IV. 340. 411. 414. 417.

Battery. III. 120. IV. 216.

--------------------------, inspection of. III. 333.

-------------------------- of a elergyman. IV. 217.

-------------------------- servant. III. 142.

Bawdy-houses. IV. 29. 64. 168.

Beaconage, fuit for. III. 108.

Beacons. I. 264.

Behaviour, good, security for. IV. 248. 251. 395.

Beheading IV. 92. 370.

Benefices. IV. 106.

Benefit of clergy. IV. 358. 406. 422. 434.

Benevolence, compulsive. I. 140. IV. 429.

Berwick. I. 98.

--------------------------, part of England. I. 99.

Besayle, writ of. III. 186.

Bigamy. IV. 163.

Bill for patents. &c. II. 347.

-------------------------- in equity. III. 442.

-------------------------- parliament. I. 181.

-------------------------- of exceptions. III. 372.

Exchange. II. 466.

-------------------------- indictment. IV. 299.

Middlesex. III. 285. xviii.

-------------------------- privilege. III. 289.

-------------------------- rights. I. 128. IV. 433.

-------------------------- or note, forging. IV. 246.

--------------------------,stealing. IV. 234.

Billa vera. IV. 301.

Bishop. I. 155. 377. 401.

--------------------------, certificate of. III. 335.

--------------------------, not electing or consecrating. IV. 115.

--------------------------, right of, to try or be tried, as a peer. IV. 261, 262.

Bishopricks, nomination to. I. 378. IV. 107. 408. 423.

Bissextile year. II. 141.

Black act. IV. 144. 208. 232. 244.

-------------------------- lead, stealing of. IV. 234. Black maile. II. 43. IV. 243.

Blanch rent. II. 42.

Blasphemy. IV. 59.

Blench-holding. II. 42.

Blood corrupted. II. 251. IV. 381.

-------------------------- inheritable. II. 246.

-------------------------- of the first purchasors. II. 220.

-------------------------- royal. I. 225.

-------------------------- whole and half. II. 227.

Body corporate. I. 467.

--------------------------, how protected. I. 134.

-------------------------- politic. I. 467.

Boiling to death. IV. 196.

Bona notabilia. II. 509.

-------------------------- vacantia. I. 298.

Bond. II. 340. xiii. III. xix. IV. 435.

-------------------------- of arbitration. III. 16.

-------------------------- tenants. II. 148.

Bona et malo, writ de. IV. 267.

Book of rates. I. 316.

Book-land. II. 90.

Books and papers, production of. III. 382.

--------------------------, popish, importing or selling them. IV. 115.

Borough. I. 114. Ii. 82.

-------------------------- courts. III. 80.

-------------------------- English. I. 75. Ii. 83.

Borrowing. II. 454.

Borsholder. I. 114. 356. IV. 406.

Botes. II. 35.

Bottomry. II. 458.

Bound bailiffs. I. 345.

Bounties on exportation. I. 315.

Bourdeaux, mayor of, his certificate. III. 334.

Bracton. I. 72. IV. 418.

Branding, in the hand or face. IV. 360. 370.

Breach of close. III. 209.

-------------------------- covenant. III. 155.

-------------------------- duty, action for. III. 163.

-------------------------- peace. IV. 142.

-------------------------- pound. III. 146.

-------------------------- prison. IV. 130.

Brehon law in Ireland. I. 100.

Brevia testata. II. 307.

Bribery in elections. I. 178.

-------------------------- magistrates. IV. 139.

Bridges. I. 357. IV. 417.

--------------------------, annoyances in. IV. 167.

British constitution. I. 50.

-------------------------- islands. I. 104.

Britous, antient, their laws. I. 65. IV. 401.

Britton. I. 72. III. 407. IV. 420.

Brothels, frequenting. IV. 64.

Brothels, keeping. IV 29. 64. 168.

Bubbles. IV. 117.

Buggery. IV. 215.

Bulles, papal. IV. 109. 110.

Burgage, tenure in. II. 82. IV. 412.

Burgesses in parliament, their election. I. 173.

Burglary. IV. 223.

Burial charges. II. 508.

-------------------------- of felo de se. IV. 190.

Burning in the hand. IV. 360. 370. iv.

--------------------------, malicious. IV. 243. 4, 5-

-------------------------- to death. IV. 93. 204. 216. 222. 370. 401.

Butlerage. I. 314.

By-laws. I. 475.

--------------------------, action on. III. 159.

C.

Calais, captain of, his certificate. III. 334.

Calendar of prisoners. IV. 396.

Calling the plaintiff. III. 376.

Cadelling deeds. II. 309.

-------------------------- wills. II. 502.

Canonical obedience. IV. 106. 112. 204.

-------------------------- purgation. III. 342. IV. 361.

Canon law. I. 14. 19. 79. 82, 83. IV. 414. 415.

Canons of a church. I. 383.

-------------------------- inheritance. II. 208.

-------------------------- 1603. i. 83.

Capacity of guilt. IV. 20.

-------------------------- to purchase of convey. II. 290.

Capias ad audiendum judicium. IV. 368.

-------------------------- respondendum. III. 281. xiv. IV. 314. 422. iii.

-------------------------- satisfaciendum. III. 414. xxvi.

-------------------------- in withernam. III. 129. 148. 413.

-------------------------- pro fine. III. 398.

--------------------------utlagatum. III. 284 xvii. IV. 315.

Capiatur, judgment quod. III. 398. xii.

Capita, distribution per. II. 517.

--------------------------, successions per. II. 218.

Capital punishment. IV. 9. 18. 237. 370. 406. 434.

Capite, tenants in. II. 60.

Captives. II. 402.

Captures at sea. II. 401.

Caput lupinum. IV. 315.

Carnal knowledge of infants. IV. 212.

Carrier, action against. III. 164.

Cart-bote. II. 35.

Case, action on. III. 51. 122. IV 435.

111 Case reserved at nisi prius. III. 378.

-------------------------- stated out of chancery. III. 453.

Castigatory for scolds. IV. 169.

Castration. IV. 206.

Casu consimili, writ in. III. 51.

-------------------------- proviso, writ of entry in. III. 183.

Casual ejector. III. 202. vii.

Cattle, malicious killing or maiming. IV. 243, 4.

--------------------------, owner answerable for, III. 153. 211. IV. 197.

Coveat. III. 98. 246.

Causes of demurrer. III. 315. xxiv.

Centenaries. I. 115.

Cetumviri. III. 315.

Cepi corpus. III. 288. xv. Xviii. Xix.

Certificate for costs. III. 214.

-------------------------- into chancery. III. 453.

-------------------------- of bankrupt. II. 482.

-------------------------- poor. I. 364.

--------------------------, trial by. III. 333.

Certiorari facias. IV. 259. 262. 269. 315.

Cessavit, writ of. III. 232.

Cessie bonoram. II. 473. 483.

Cession of a benefree. I. 392.

Cesiuy que trust. II. 328.

-------------------------- vie. II. 123.

-------------------------- sue. II. 328.

Chains, hanging in. IV. 202.

Challenge of jury. III. 359. IV. 346.

-------------------------- to fight. IV. 149.

Champerty. IV. 134.

Champions in trial by battle. III. 339. iv.

Chance. IV. 26.

Chancellor, his name and office. III. 47.

--------------------------, killing him. IV. 84.

--------------------------, lord. III. 46.

-------------------------- of a diocese. I. 382.

-------------------------- the duchy of Lancaster. III. 78.

-------------------------- exchequer. III. 44.

-------------------------- university, his court. III. 83.

Chance-medley. IV. 184.

Chancery, court of. III. 46. IV. 429.

Chapters. I. 382.

Charge to grand jury. IV. 300.

Charitable uses. II. 273. 376.

--------------------------, commission of. III. 428.

Charities, cognizance of. III. 427.

--------------------------, informations for. III. 427.

Charter. II. 195.

Charter of the king. II. 346.

Charter-governments in America. I. 108.

Charter-land. Ii. 90.

Chase. II. 38. 416. IV. 408.

--------------------------, beasts of. II. 38. 415.

Chastity, homicide in defence of. IV. 181.

Chattels. II. 385.

-------------------------- personal. II. 387.

-------------------------- real. II. 386.

Chaud- medley. IV. 184.

Cheat, action against. III. 164.

Cheating. IV. 157.

-------------------------- at play. IV. 173.

Chester, county palatine of. I. 116.

--------------------------, courts of. III. 78.

Chevisance. II. 474.

Chichele, Archbishop, vindicated. IV. 113.

Chief baron of the exchequer. III. 44.

-------------------------- justices. III. 40, 41.

-------------------------- justiciary, or England. III. 38. IV. 409.

-------------------------- rents. II. 42.

--------------------------, tenants in. II. 60.

Children, their duties. I. 453.

Chirograph. II. 206.

-------------------------- of a fine. II. xv.

Chivalry, court of. III. 68. IV. 264.

--------------------------, it's jurisdiction. III. 103. IV. 264.

--------------------------, guardian in. i. 462.

--------------------------, tenure in. II. 62.

Chose in action. II. 397.

--------------------------, how assigned. II. 442. IV. 434.

-------------------------- possession. II. 389.

Christian, courts. III. 64.

Christianity. Offences against. IV. 44.

-------------------------- part of the law of England. IV. 59.

Church, marriage in. i. 439.

--------------------------, offences against. IV. 50.

--------------------------, or churchyard, affrays irr. IV. 145.

-------------------------- rate. I. 395. III. 92.

--------------------------, repairs of. III. 92.

Churchwardens. I. 394.

Cinque ports, courts of. III. 79.

Circuits. III. 58. IV. 415. 417.

Circumstantial evidence. III. 371.

Citation. III. 100.

Citizens in parliament, their electors. I. 173.

City. I. 114.

Civil corporations. I. 470.

-------------------------- death. II. 121.

-------------------------- injuries. III. 2.

-------------------------- law. I. 14. 19. 79. 81. 83. IV. 414. 415. Civil law, it's study forbidden. I. 19.

-------------------------- liberty. I. 6. 125. 251.

-------------------------- list. I 330. IV. 433.

-------------------------- state. I. 396.

-------------------------- subjection. IV. 28.

Clarendon, constitutions of. IV. 415.

Clausum fregit. III. 209.

Clearing contempts in chancery. III. 445.

Clementine constitutions. I. 82.

Clergy. I. 376.

-------------------------- averse to the common law. I. 19, 20.

--------------------------, benefit. Of. IV. 358. 406. 422. 434.

--------------------------, plea of. IV. 327.

--------------------------; prayer of. IV. iv.

clergymen, beating them. IV. 217.

Cherical habit and tonsure. IV. 360.

Clerico admittendo, writ de. III. 413.

Clerk in office i. 17.

-------------------------- orders. I. 388.

-------------------------- of the market, his court. IV 272.

Clients. III. 28.

Clipping the coin. IV. 90.

Cloaths, malicious destroying of. IV. 244.

Coat-armour. II. 306. III. 105.

Code of Justinian. I. 81.

Codieil. II. 500.

Cognati. II. 234.

Cognizance, claim of. III. 300. IV. 275.

-------------------------- de aroit, come ceo, &c, fine jur. II. 352.

--------------------------, tantum, fine fur. II 353.

-------------------------- in replevin. III. 149.

-------------------------- of pleas. II. 37.

-------------------------- wrongs. III. 86.

Cognizee of a fine. II. 351.

-------------------------- recognizance. II. 341.

Cognizor of a fine. II. 350.

-------------------------- recognizance. II. 341.

Cognovit actionem. III. 304. 397.

Coin, falsifying, &c IV. 84. 88. 90. 98. 120.

-------------------------- felonies and misdemesnors relating to. IV. 98.

-------------------------- treasons relating to. IV. 84. 88. 90.

Coinage, instruments of, treason relative to. IV. 90.

--------------------------, right of. I. 277.

Coke, sir Edward. I. 72, 73.

Collateral consanguinity. II. 204.

-------------------------- descent. II. 220.

-------------------------- issue. IV. 389. v.

collateral warranty. II. 301.

Collatio honorum. II. 517.

Collation to a benefice. I. 391.

Collative advowsons. II. 22.

Collecting the goods of teh deceases. II. 510.

Colleges. I. 471.

--------------------------, their visitor. I. 482.

Collegia in the civil law. 1. 469.

Colligendum bona defuncti, letters ad. II. 505.

Colonies. I. 106. II. 7.

Colour in pleading. III. 309.

Combinations. IV. 159.

Combustio domorum. IV. 366.

Commenda. I. 393. IV. 107.

Commerce, king the arbiter of. I. 273.

Commission of bankrupt. II. 480.

-------------------------- lunacy. I. 305.

-------------------------- the peace. I. 351.

-------------------------- to examine witnesses. III. 438. 449.

-------------------------- take answers in equity. III. 447.

Commitment of bankrupt. II. 481.

-------------------------- persons accused. IV. 293.

Committee of council. I. 231.

-------------------------- parliament. I. 182.

-------------------------- lunatic. I. 305.

Common appendant. II. 33.

-------------------------- appurtenant. II. 33.

-------------------------- bail. III. 287.

-------------------------- barretor. IV. 133.

-------------------------- because of vicinage. II. 33.

-------------------------- bench. Court of. III. 37.

--------------------------, justices of, killing them. IV. 84.

--------------------------, disturbance of. III. 237.

--------------------------, estate in. II. 191. 390.

-------------------------- farrier, &c, action against. III. 164.

-------------------------- form, proof of will in II. 508.

-------------------------- in gross. II. 34.

-------------------------- informer. III. 160.

-------------------------- jury. III. 358.

-------------------------- law. I. 63. 67. IV. 404. 405.

--------------------------, corporation by. I. 472.

--------------------------, dower by. II. 132.

--------------------------, guardian by. I. 401.

-------------------------- nusance. IV. 167.

-------------------------- of estovers. II. 35.

-------------------------- paflure. II. 32.

-------------------------- pifeary. II. 34.

-------------------------- turbary. II. 34.

-------------------------- pleas. III. 40.

--------------------------, court of. III. 37.

111 2 Common pleas, court of, fixed at Westminster. I. 22. 23. IV. 417.

-------------------------- prayer book, reviling of. IV. 50.

-------------------------- recovery. III. 182. 193. IV. 422.

-------------------------- right of. II. 32.

-------------------------- fans nombre. III. 239.

-------------------------- scold. IV. 169.

-------------------------- seal. I. 475.

--------------------------, surcharge of. III. 237.

--------------------------, tenant in, of lands. II. 191. vi.

-------------------------- chattels personal. II. 399.

-------------------------- vouchee II. 359. xviii, xix.

-------------------------- ways. II. 35.

-------------------------- without stint. II. 34.

Commonalty. I. 403.

Commons, house of. I. 158.

Commonwealth, offences against. IV. 127.

Commorancy. IV. 270.

Communem legem, writ of entry ad. III. 183.

Communion of goods. II. 3.

Commutation of penance. IV. 105. 217. 273.

Compact. I. 45.

Compassing the death of the king, &c. IV. 76.

Compensatie. III. 305.

Competent witnesses. III. 370.

Composition real for tithes. II. 28.

-------------------------- with creditors. II. 484.

Compound larceny. IV. 240.

Compounding felony. IV. 133.

-------------------------- other prosecutions. IV. 135.

Compulsion. IV. 27.

Compurgators. III. 342. 343. IV. 361. 407.

Concealment from the crown. IV. 429.

-------------------------- of bastard's death. IV. 198. 352.

Concessit, fine fur. II. 353.

Conclusion of deeds. II. 304. i. iii. xii.

-------------------------- pleas. III. 303.

Concord in a fine. II. 350. xiv.

Condition. II. 293. viii.

--------------------------, breach of. II. 281.

--------------------------, estate on. II. 152.

-------------------------- in deed. II. 155.

-------------------------- law. II. 154. 155.

-------------------------- of a bond. II. 340. xiii. III. xx.

Conditional fees. II. 110.

-------------------------- pardon. IV. 394.

Confess and avoid. III. 309.

Confession of action. III. 302. 397.

Confession of indictment. IV. 324.

Confesso, bill taken pro. III. 444. 445.

Confinement to the realm. I. 265.

Confirmation of bishops. I. 378. 380. IV. 115.

-------------------------- lands. II. 325.

Confiscation. I. 299. IV. 370.

Confusion, property by. II 405.

Conge d'eslire. I. 379. 382. IV. 414.

Conjugal rights, restitution of. III. 94.

--------------------------, subtraction of. III. 94.

Conjuration. IV. 60. 429.

Conquest, Norman. I. 199. IV. 407, 408.

-------------------------- or acquisition. II. 48. 242.

-------------------------- victory. I. 103. 107.

Consanguineus frater. II. 232.

Consanguinity. I. 434. II. 202.

--------------------------, table of. II. 203.

Conscience, courts of. III. 81. IV. 434.

Consecration of bishops. I. 380. IV. 115.

Consequential damages, action for. III. 153.

Conservators of the peace. I. 350. IV. 406. 424.

-------------------------- truce and safe-conducts. IV. 69.

Consideration of contracts. II. 443.

-------------------------- deeds. II. 296. ii. iv.

consideratum est per curiam. III. 396.

Consilium, or imparlance. IV. 349.

Consimili casu, writ of entry in. III. 183.

Consistory court. III. 64.

Consort, queen. I. 219.

Conspiracy. IV. 136.

--------------------------, action of. III. 126.

Constable. I. 355. IV. 289.

--------------------------, high. I. 115.

--------------------------, lord high. I. 355. IV. 265.

--------------------------, his court. III. 68. IV. 264.

Construction of deeds and wills. II. 379.

-------------------------- statutes. I. 87.

Constructive treason. IV. 75. 85.

Consuctudinibus et servitiis, writ de. III. 232.

Consultation, writ of. III. 114.

Consummate, tenant by curtesy. II. 128.

Contempt against the king. IV. 121.

-------------------------- in courts of equity. III. 443.

-------------------------- law. IV. 280.

Contentious jurisdiction. III. 66.

Contestatio litis. III. 297.

Contingent legacy. II. 513.

-------------------------- remainder. II. 169.

--------------------------, trustees to support. II. 171. v.

-------------------------- uses. II. 334.

Continual claim. II. 316. III. 175.

Continuances. III. 316. iv. xi. xxii. xxiv. xxv. Continuande in trespass. III. 212.

Contract. II. 442.

--------------------------, action on. III. 117.

--------------------------, express. III. 153.

--------------------------, implied. III. 158.

-------------------------- of marriage. I. 439.

--------------------------, suit for. III. 93.

--------------------------, original, between king and people. I. 233.

-------------------------- simple. II. 465.

-------------------------- special. II. 465.

Contractu, action ex. III. 117.

Convention of estates. I. 151, 152.

-------------------------- parliament. I. 152.

Conventional estates for life. II. 120.

Conversion. III. 152.

Conveyances. II. 9. 293. 309. IV. 423.

Conviction. IV. 355.

-------------------------- summary. IV. 277.

Convocation. I. 279.

--------------------------, court of bishops in. III.67.

coparceners. II. 187.

Copper coin, counterfeiting. IV. 100.

Copy of indictment. IV. 345.

-------------------------- record of indictment. III. 126.

Copyhold. II. 95. 147. IV. 432.

-------------------------- for life. II. 97.

-------------------------- not liable to elegit. III. 419.

-------------------------- of frank tenure. II. 100. 149.

-------------------------- inheritance. II. 97.

Copyrights. II. 407.

Corn rents. II. 322.

Cornage, tenure by. II. 74.

Corody. I. 283. II. 40.

Coronation oath, antient. I. 236.

--------------------------, modern. I. 235.

Coronatore eligendo, writ de. I. 347.

-------------------------- exonerando, writ de. I. 348.

Coroner. I. 346. IV. 289. 406.

--------------------------, his court. IV. 271.

Corporate counties. I. 119.

-------------------------- name. I. 474.

Corporation. I. 467. II. 430.

-------------------------- act. IV. 57. 432.

--------------------------, courts of. III. 80.

--------------------------, it's dissolution. I. 484.

-------------------------- duties. I. 479.

-------------------------- incidents and powers. I. 477.

-------------------------- lands, if dissolves. II. 256.

-------------------------- privileges and disabilities. I. 476.

Corporeal hereditaments. II. 17.

Corpse, stealing of. II. 429. IV. 236.

Corpus juris cononici. I. 82.

Corpus juris civilis. I. 81.

Correction, house of. IV. 370.

-------------------------- of apprentices. I. 428.

-------------------------- children. I.452, 453. IV. 182.

-------------------------- scholars. I. 453. IV. 182.

-------------------------- servants. I. 428. IV. 182.

-------------------------- wife. I. 444.

Corruption of blood. II. 251. IV. 381. 406. 431. 433.

Corsepresent. II. 425.

Corsned, trial by. IV. 339. 407

Cofinage, writ of. III. 186.

Costs. II. 439. III. 399. xii. Xxvi.

-------------------------- in equity. III. 451.

--------------------------, no more than damages. III. 400.

-------------------------- on not going to trial. III. 357.

Cottages. IV. 168.

Covenant. III. 155.

-------------------------- in a deed. II. 304. viii. x.

-------------------------- real. III. 156.

-------------------------- to stand seised to uses. II. 338.

--------------------------, writ of. II. 350. xiv. III. 156.

Covert-baron. I. 442.

Coverture. I. 442.

Councils of the king. I. 227.

Counsel. III. 26.

--------------------------, action against. III. 164.

-------------------------- for prisoners. IV. 349.

--------------------------, king's. III. 27.

--------------------------, when silenced. III. 29.

Count. I. 116. 398.

-------------------------- in declaration. III. 293. 295.

Counterfeiting the king's coin. IV. 84. 88.

-------------------------- seals. IV. 83. 89.

Counterpart. II. 296.

Country, trial by the. III. 349. IV. 342.

County. I. 166. IV. 404.

-------------------------- court. I. 377. III. 35. IV. 404. 407. 409. 413. 415. 417. 434.

-------------------------- of Middlesex. III. 82.

Palatine. I. 166. IV. 424.

Court. I. 267. III. 23. IV. 255. 407.

-------------------------- baron. II. 91. III. 33. IV. 404.

-------------------------- christian. III. 64.

-------------------------- hand. III. 323.

-------------------------- leet. IV. 270. 404. 417.

-------------------------- martial. I. 414.

--------------------------, power to erect. I. 267. III. 24.

Courts, profits of. I. 289.

Craven. III. 340. IV. 342.

Credible witness. III. 370.

Crimes. IV. 1, 2. 5.

Criminal conversation. III. 139.

-------------------------- law. IV. 2.

Cross bill. III. 448. Cross causes. III. 451.

-------------------------- remainder. II. 381.

--------------------------, sign of, in deeds. II. 305.

Crown, descent of the. I. 191. IV. 406.

-------------------------- office. IV. 262. 304.

-------------------------- pleas of the. IV. 2.

Cucking-stool. IV. 169.

Cui ante divortium, writ of. III. 183.

Cui in vita, writ of. III. 183.

Cul. Prit. IV. 333.

Curate. I. 393.

--------------------------, his salary. III. 90.

Curator of infants, &c. i. 460.

Curators viarum. I. 358.

Curseu. IV. 412. 413.

Curialitas. II. 126.

Cursing. IV. 59.

Curtesy, tenant by. II. 126.

Custody of idiots and lunatics. I. 303. III. 427.

-------------------------- temporalties. I. 282. IV. 414.

Custom. II. 263. 422.

-------------------------- assurances by. II. 365.

-------------------------- dower by. II. 132.

--------------------------, general. I. 68. 73.

--------------------------, heriot. II. 422.

-------------------------- of London, how tried. III. 334.

--------------------------, particular. I. 74.

--------------------------, how allowed. I. 78.

--------------------------, when legal. I. 76.

Customary freehold. II. 100. 149.

-------------------------- tenant. II. 147.

Customs on merchandize. I. 313.

Custos rotulorum. I. 349. IV. 269.

Cutpurses. IV. 241.

D.

Damage to things personal. III. 152.

Damage-feasant. III. 6.

Damages. II. 438.

Dane-lage. I. 65. IV. 405.

Darrein prejentment, assise of. III. 245.

Date of a deed. II. 304. i. iii. xii. Xiii.

Day in bank. III. 277.

-------------------------- court. III. 316.

-------------------------- of grace. III. 278.

De bene esse. III. 383.

De la plus belle, dower. II. 132.

Deacon. I. 388.

Dead man's part. II. 518.

Deadly feud. IV. 243.

Deaf, dumb, and blind. I. 304. II. 497.

Dean and chapter. I. 382.

Dean, rural. I. 383.

Deanry, rural. I. 111.

Death, appeal of. IV. 310.

--------------------------, civil. I. 132.

--------------------------, judgment of. IV. iv.

dehet et detinet, action in. III. 155.

Debt. II. 464. III. 153.

--------------------------, action of. III. 154. xiii.

--------------------------, on amercement. III. 159.

-------------------------- by-law. III. 159.

-------------------------- judgment. III. 158, 159. 421.

-------------------------- penal statutes. III. 159.

--------------------------, information of. III. 261.

--------------------------, public. I. 325. IV. 434.

Debtec executor,. III. 18.

Debtor, refusing to discover his effects. IV. 156.

Debts. Priority of. II. 511.

Deceit, action of. III. 165.

-------------------------- on the case, in nature of. III. 166.

Deceunary. I. 114. IV. 249.

Deception of the king in his grants. I. 246.

Decisive oath. III. 342.

Declaration. III. 293. vii. x. xxi.

Declaratory part of a law. I. 54.

-------------------------- statute. I. 86.

Declinatory plea. IV. 327. 359.

Decrec in equity. III. 451.

Decretals. I. 82.

Decretum Gratiani. I. 82.

Dedimus potest item. II. 351. III. 447.

Deed. II. 295.

Deed-poll. II. 296.

Deeds, stealing of. IV. 234.

Deerstealing. IV. 235.

-------------------------- in disguise. IV. 144.

Default, judgment by. III. 296. 395.

Defeazance, deed of. II. 327. 342.

Defectum, challenge propter. III. 362. IV. 346.

Defence. II. xviii. III. 296. iii. v. x. xxii.

Defendant. III. 25.

Defensive allegation. III. 100.

Deforeement. III. 172.

Deforcaint. II. 350. xv. Xvi. III. 174.

Definitive sentence. III. 101.

Degradation of peers. I. 403.

Degrees, conferred by the archbishop. I. 381.

-------------------------- in writs of entry. III. 181.

-------------------------- of consanguinity. II. 206.

--------------------------, how reckoned. II. 206, 207. 224.

-------------------------- of guilt. IV. 34. Dehors, matter. III. 387. IV. 383.

Delay of the law. III. 423.

Delegates, court of. III. 66. 69.

--------------------------, in academicals causes. III. 85.

Delictum, challenge propter. III. 363. IV. 346.

Delivery of a deed. II. 306. iii. xii. xiii.

Demand of lands. II. xviii.

Demandant and tenant. II. xviii.

Demesne lands. II. 90.

Demesnes of the crown. I. 286.

Demi-mark, tender of. III. v.

Demise of the crown. I. 188. 249.

Demi-vills. I. 114.

Democracy. I. 49.

Demurrer. III. 314. xxiii.

-------------------------- book, III. 317.

-------------------------- in equity. III. 446.

-------------------------- to evidence. III. 373.

-------------------------- indictment. IV. 327.

Denial of rent. III. 170.

Denizen. I. 374. II. 240.

Deodand. I. 300.

Departure in pleading. III. 310.

Depopulation agrorum. IV. 366.

Depositions. III. 383.

-------------------------- in chancery. III. 449.

-------------------------- ecclesiastical courts. III. 100.

Deprivation. I. 393.

Derelict lands. II. 261.

Dereliction of property. II. 9.

Derivative conveyances. II. 324.

Descender, writ of formedon in. III. 192.

Descent of lands. II. 201. IV. 406. 414.

-------------------------- the crown. I. 193. IV. 406.

--------------------------, collateral. I. 194.

--------------------------, lineal. I. 193.

--------------------------, rules of. II. 208.

--------------------------, table of. II. 240.

Desertion. IV. 101.

Derainer, forcible III. 179. IV. 147.

--------------------------, unlawful. III. 150.

Determinable freehold. II. 121.

Determination of will. II. 146.

Detinue, action of. III. 151.

Devastation. II. 508.

Devise. II. 373. IV. 423.

Devisee, liable to debts of devisor. II. 278.

Die, eat fine. III. 316. 399.

Diet, excess in. IV. 171.

Diets. I. 147.

Digests. I. 81.

Dignity of the king. I. 241.

Dignities. II. 37.

Dilapidations. III. 91.

Dilatory pleas. III. 301.

Diminishing the coin. IV. 90.

Diminution of record. IV. 383.

Diocese. I. 110.

Direct prerogatives. I. 239.

Directory part of a law. I. 55.

Disabilities. IV. 370.

Disability, plea to. III. 301.

Disabling a man's limbs or members. IV. 205, 6, 7.

-------------------------- statutes of leases. II. 275.

Discontinuance of action. III. 296.

-------------------------- estate. III. 171.

Discovery by bankrupt. II. 483.

-------------------------- of accomplices. IV. 325.

-------------------------- on oath. III. 382. 437,.

Disfiguring. IV. 207.

Disguise IV. 144.

Dismembring, punishment yb. IV. 370.

Dismission of bill in equity. III. 451.

Disorderly houses. IV. 168.

-------------------------- persons. IV. 170.

Disparagement. II. 70.

Dispensation from the king. II. 70.

-------------------------- pope. IV. 114.

Dispensing power of the king. I. 142. 185. 342. IV. 429. 433.

Dispossession. III. 167. 198.

Dissection of murderers. IV. 202. 370. iv.

Disseisin. II. 195. 169.

-------------------------- at the party's election. III. 170, 171.

--------------------------, warranty commencing by. II. 302.

--------------------------, writ of entry fur. II. 183.

Dissenters, protestant. IV. 53.

Dissolution of parliament. I. 187.

Disterfs. III. 6, 7.

-------------------------- excessive. III. 12.

-------------------------- illegal, for crown debts. IV. 416.

-------------------------- infinite. III. 231. 280. IV. 313.

--------------------------, sale of. III. 14.

--------------------------, second. III. 12.

Distribution of intestate's effects. II. 515. IV. 401. 417. 432.

Distringas in chancery. III. 445.

-------------------------- detinue. III. 413.

-------------------------- juratores. III. 354.

-------------------------- to compel appearance. III. 280. xiv.

Disturbance. III. 236.

-------------------------- of common. III. 237.

-------------------------- franchises. III. 236.

-------------------------- patronage. III. 242. Disturbance of tenure. III. 242.

-------------------------- ways. III. 241.

Disturber. II. 278.

Diversity of person, plea of. IV. 389.

Dividend of bankrupts effects. II. 487.

Divine law. I. 42.

-------------------------- right of kings. I. 191. IV. 429.

-------------------------- tithes. II. 25.

-------------------------- service, tenure by. II. 102.

Divorce. I. 440. III. 94.

De, ut des. II. 444.

-------------------------- facias. II. 445.

Docket of judgment. II. 511.

Doctrines illegal, asserting or publishing. I. 160. 208. 217. IV. 91. 116. 123.

Dog, carrying. IV. 123.

Dogs. &c, owner answereable for. III. 153.

Domebook of Alfred. I. 64. IV. 404.

Domesday-book. II. 49. 99. III. 331.

Dominion. II. 1.

Domitae naturae, animals. II. 390.

Donatio mortis causa. II. 514.

Donative advowsons. II. 23.

Dene, grant, et render, fine fur. II. 353.

Donis, statute de. II. 112.

Double fine. II. 353.

-------------------------- p; ea. III. 308.

-------------------------- voucher. II. xvii.

Dowager, princess. IV. 81.

--------------------------, queen. I. 224. IV. 81.

Dower. II. 129. IV. 417.

-------------------------- ad ostium ecclesiae. II. 132.

-------------------------- assignment of. II. 135.

-------------------------- bar of. II. 136.

-------------------------- by common law. II. 132.

-------------------------- custom. II. 132.

-------------------------- de la plus belle. II. 132.

-------------------------- ex assensu patris. II. 133.

--------------------------, unde nihil habet, writ of. III. 183.

--------------------------, writ of right of. III. 183. 194.

Draught fro money. II. 467.

Drawbacks. I. 315.

Drawing to the gallows. IV. 92. 370.

Droit droit. II. 199.

Druids, their customs. I. 63. IV. 401.

Drunkenness. IV. 25. 64.

Duchy court of Lancaster. III. 78.

Ducking-stool. IV. 109. 370.

Duel IV. 145. 185. 199.

Dues, ecclesiastical, non-payment of. III. 89.

Dukes. I. 397. 408.

Dum fuit intra actatem, writ of. III. 183.

-------------------------- non compos mentis, writ of. III. 183.

Duodecium manus. III. 343.

Duplex querela. III 247.

Duplicatio. III. 310.

Duplicity in pleading. III. 308. 311.

Durante absentia, administration. II. 503.

-------------------------- minore aetate, administration. II. 503.

Duress. II. 292.

-------------------------- of imprisonment. I. 131. 136.

-------------------------- per minas. I. 131. IV. 30.

Durham, county palatine of. I. 116.

--------------------------, courts of. III. 78.

Duties of persons. I. 123.

-------------------------- the king. I. 233.

Dwelling-house. IV. 224.

E.

Ealdormen. I. 398.

Ear, loss of. IV. 146. 160. 206, 207. 245, 246. 370.

Ear. I. 116. 398.

Earl marshall, his court. III. 68. IV. 264.

Earnest. II. 447.

Eat sine die. III. 316. 399.

Eaves-dreppers. IV. 169.

Ecclestastical corporations. I. 470.

-------------------------- courts. III. 61.

--------------------------, their cognizance. III. 87. IV. 418.

--------------------------, when separated from the civil III. 62. IV. 408. 414.

Education of children. I. 450.

Edgar, king, his laws. I. 66. IV. 405.

Edward the confessor, his laws. I. 66. IV. 405. 413.

Egyptians. IV. 165.

Ejectione firmae, writ of. III. 199.

Ejectment, action of. III. 199. vii. IV. 434.

Election of bishops. I. 37. IV. 115. 414.

-------------------------- magistrates. I. 340. IV. 406. 420.

-------------------------- members of parliament. I. 170. 176.

-------------------------- Scots peers. I. 168. IV. 116.

Elective monarchy. I. 192. IV. 406.

Eleemosynary corporations. I. 471.

Elegit, estate by. II. 161.

--------------------------, writ of. III. 418. IV. 419.

Elisors. III. 355.

Eloignment. III. 129. 148.

Elopement. I. 442.

Ely, courts of. III. 78.

--------------------------, isle of. I. 118.

Embargo. I. 270.

Embassadors. I. 253.

--------------------------, killing them. IV. 65. Embassadors, violation of their privileges. IV. 70. 434.

Emblements. II. 122. 145. 403.

Emboweling alive. IV. 92. 370.

Embracery. IV. 140.

Emperor, his authority. I. 242.

Empbytersis. III. 232.

Enabling statute of leases. II. 319.

Enclosure, disseisin by. III. 170.

Endowment of vicarages. I. 387.

.-------------------------- widows. II. 135.

Enemies. I. 257. IV. 83.

-------------------------- goods. II. 401.

England. I. 110.

Englescherie. IV. 195.

English, law proceedings in, III. 322. IV. 434.

Engrossing. IV. 158.

Enlarger l'estate. II. 324.

Enlarging statute. I. 87.

Enquiry. Writ of. III. 398.

Enseint. II. 169.

Entails. II. 112. IV. 420. 424.

Entries, books of. III. 272.

Entry. III. 5. 174.

-------------------------- forcible. III. 179. IV. 147.

-------------------------- onlands. II. 312.

--------------------------, tolled by descent. III. 176, 177.

--------------------------, writ of. III. 180. II. xvii.

Equity. I. 61. 91. III. 49. 429.

-------------------------- and law, courts of, how distinguished. III. 429. 436. IV. 435.

-------------------------- courts, history of. III. 49. IV. 423.

.--------------------------, practice of. III. 442.

-------------------------- of redemption. II. 159.

-------------------------- statutes. III. 431.

-------------------------- reserved. III. 453.

-------------------------- side of the chancery. III. 49.

-------------------------- exchequer. III. 44.

Eriach. IV. 309.

Error, costs in. III. 399. 410.

--------------------------, writ of. III. 405. xxi. IV. 384.

--------------------------, where prosecuted. III. 410, 411. IV. 384.

Escape. III. 290. 415. IV. 150.

--------------------------, action for. II. 163.

--------------------------, assisting in. IV. 131 escheat. I. 302. II. 11. 72. 89. 244. IV. 406. 411.

--------------------------, writ of. III. 194.

Escrow. II. 307.

Eseuage, II. 74. IV. 415.

Esplees. II. xviii. III. iii.

Esquire. I. 405.

Effoign. III. 278.

-------------------------- day of the term. III. 278.

Estate in lands. II. 103.

Estates of the kingdom. I. 156.

Estopped. II. 295. 308.

Estoveriis babendis, writ de. I. 441.

Estovers of a wife. I. 441.

-------------------------- common of. II. 35.

Estrays. I. 297. II. 14.

Estreat of recognizance, &c. IV. 250.

Estrepement, writ of. III. 225.

Evidence. III. 367. IV. 350.

Ex officio informations. IV. 304.

Ex post facto laws. I. 46.

Examination in chancery. III. 449.

-------------------------- of bankrupt. II. 481.

-------------------------- prisoners. IV. 293.

-------------------------- witnesses. III. 372.

--------------------------, trial by. III. 331.

Exceptio. III. 310.

Exceptions, bill of. II. 372.

-------------------------- to answer in chancery. III. 448.

Exchange, bill of. II. 466.

--------------------------, deed of. II. 323.

-------------------------- of goods and chattels. II. 446.

-------------------------- lands. II. 322.

Exchequer chamber, court of. III. 55.

--------------------------, court of. III. 43.

--------------------------, receipt of. III. 44.

Excise. I. 318.

--------------------------, hereditary. I. 288.

--------------------------, offences against, how tried. IV. 278.

Exclusion bill. I. 210.

Excommunication. III. 101.

Excommunicato capiendo, writ de. III. 102.

-------------------------- deliberando, writ de. III. 102.

Excusable homicide. IV. 182.

Executed contract. II. 443.

-------------------------- estate. II. 163.

-------------------------- fine. II. 353.

-------------------------- remainder. II. 168.

Execution, civil. III. 412. xxvi.

--------------------------, criminal. IV. 396.

--------------------------, award of. IV. vi.

--------------------------, plea in bar of. IV. 389.

--------------------------, precept of. IV. 396.

--------------------------, role for. IV. 397.

--------------------------, varying from judgment. IV. 179. 397.

--------------------------, warrant of. IV. 397. vi.

--------------------------, wirt of. IV. 396. vii.

-------------------------- of devises. II. 376.

-------------------------- uses. II. 333.

--------------------------, process of. III. 279. 412.

Executive power. I. 190.

Executor. II. 503.

-------------------------- de son tort. II. 507. Executor of executor. II. 506.

-------------------------- his own wrong. II. 507.

Executory contract. II. 443.

-------------------------- devise. II. 173. 334.

-------------------------- estate. II. 163.

-------------------------- remainder. II. 169.

Exemplification. II. xvii.

Exemptions from tithes. II. 28.

Exigent, writ of. III. 283. IV. 314.

Exigi facias, writ of. III. 283. xvi. IV. 314.

Exile. I. 137. IV. 370.

Expectancy, estates in. II. 163.

Expenses of prosecution. IV. 355.

-------------------------- witnesses. III. 369. IV. 355.

Exportation of wool, &c, IV. 154. 421.

Express condition. II. 154.

-------------------------- contract. II. 443. III. 155.

-------------------------- malice. IV. 199.

-------------------------- warranty. II. 301.

Extendi facias. III. 420.

Extent, writ of. III. 420.

Extinguishment of estates. II. 325.

Extortion. IV. 141.

Extraparochial places. I. 113.

-------------------------- tithes. I. 284.

Extravagants. I. 82.

Eye, putting out. IV. 206, 207.

Eyre, chief justice in. III. 72.

--------------------------, justices in. III. 57. IV. 415, 416.

--------------------------, killing them. IV. 84.

F.

Facio, ut des. II. 445.

-------------------------- facias. II. 444.

Facto, king de. I. 204. 370. IV. 77.

Factor. I. 427.

Factorship, cognizable in equity. III. 437.

Fair. I. 274. III. 218.

False imprisoment. III. 127. IV. 218.

--------------------------, action of. III. 138.

-------------------------- judgment, writ of. III. 34. 405.

-------------------------- news. IV. 149.

-------------------------- return, action for. III. 111. 163.

-------------------------- verdict. III. 402. IV. 140.

-------------------------- weights and measures. IV. 157.

Falsi, cirmen. IV. 88. 134. 156. 245.

Falsifying attainder. IV. 383.

-------------------------- coin. IV. 84. 88. 90. 98.

-------------------------- judgment. IV. 383.

Fame, good or ill. IV. 253.

Farm. II. 318.

Favour, challenge to. III. 363.

Fealty. I. 367.

Fealty, oath of. II 45. 53. 86.

Fear, putting in. IV. 242.

Fee. II. 45. 104. 106.

-------------------------- after a fee. II. 334.

--------------------------, ecclesiastical. III. 90.

-------------------------- farm rent. II. 43.

-------------------------- simple. II. 104. i. vi.

-------------------------- tail. II. 112. vi.

fees to counsel. III. 28.

Feigned issue. III. 452.

Felo de se. II. 499. IV. 189.

Felon. II. 499.

Felonious homicide. IV. 188.

Felony. II. 284. IV. 94.

--------------------------, appeal of. IV. 310.

--------------------------, compounding of. IV. 133.

--------------------------, mosprision of. IV. 121.

--------------------------, punishment of. IV. 98. 216. 222.

Feme-covert. I. 442. II. 292. 497.

Feodal actions. III. 117.

-------------------------- tenures. II. 44. 425. 431.

-------------------------- among the Saxons. IV. 406.

--------------------------, when receives in England. II. 48. IV. 406. 411.

Feoffment. II. 310. i.

Feorm. II. 318.

Ferae naturac, animals. II. 390.

Fetters. IV. 297. 317.

Feud. II. 45.

Feudatory. II. 53.

Feudum antiquum. II. 212. 221.

-------------------------- apertum. II. 245.

-------------------------- honorarium. II. 56. 215.

-------------------------- improprium. II. 58.

-------------------------- individuum. II. 215.

-------------------------- maternum. II. 212. 243.

-------------------------- novzm. II. 212. 221.

--------------------------, held ut antiquum. II. 212. 222.

-------------------------- paternum. II. 243.

-------------------------- proprium. II. 58.

Fiction in law. III. 43. 107.

Fictitious plaintiff. IV. 134.

Fidei-commissum. II. 327.

Fidejussors. III. 108. 291.

Fief. II. 45.

-------------------------- d'bauvert. II. 62.

Fieri facias, writ of. III. 417. xxvii.

-------------------------- feci. III. xxvii.

Fifteenths. I. 308.

Filial portion. II. 519.

Final decree. III. 452.

-------------------------- judgment. III. 398.

Finding of indictments. IV. 301.

-------------------------- things personal. II. 9.

Fine for alienation. II. 71. 89. Fine for endowment. II. 135.

-------------------------- misdemesnors. IV. 370, 371.

-------------------------- in copyhold. II. 98.

-------------------------- of lands. II. 118. 348. III. 156. IV. 419. 422.

-------------------------- executed. II. 353.

-------------------------- fur done, grant, et render. II. 353.

-------------------------- cognizance de droit, come cape, &c. II. 352. xiv.

-------------------------- tantum. II. 353.

-------------------------- concessit. II. 353.

Fines and forfeitures, when grantable. III. 259. IV. 372.

Finger, disabling. IV. 206.

Fire, negligence of. I. 431. IV. 222.

Fire-bote. II. 35.

Fire-ordeal. IV. 336.

Fire-works. IV. 168.

First-fruits. I. 284. II. 67. IV. 106.

Fish, royal. I. 290.

--------------------------, stealing, in disguise. IV. 144. 235.

--------------------------, or attempting to steal. IV. 235.

Fishery, common of. II. 34.

--------------------------, free. II. 39. 417. IV. 417.

--------------------------, several. II. 39.

Fishpond, destroying. IV. 244.

Fitzherbert. I. 72. III. 183.

Flects. I. 262. IV. 412.

Fleta. I.72. ov. 320.

Flight. IV. 380.

Flotsam. I. 292. III. 106.

Focnus nauticum. II. 459.

Folk land. II. 91, 92.

Foot of a fine. II. 351. xv.

Force, injuries with and without. III. 118.

--------------------------, when repellable by death. IV. 181.

Forcible abduction and marriage. IV. 208.

-------------------------- entry and detainer. III. 179. IV. 147.

Foreelosure. II. 159.

Foreign bill of exchange. II. 467.

-------------------------- coin, forging it. IV. 89. 99. 120.

-------------------------- dominions. I. 109.

-------------------------- prince, pension from. IV. 122.

-------------------------- service. IV. 100.

Forest. I. 289. II. 14. 38. 414.

-------------------------- courts. III. 71.

-------------------------- laws. II. 416. III. 73. IV. 408. 413. 414. 416. 425. 430.

Foresta, carta de. IV. 416. 418.

Forestaller, disseisin by. II. 170.

Forestalling. IV. 158.

Foretooth, striking out. IV. 206.

Forfeiture. I. 299. II. 153. 267.

.-------------------------- for crimes. IV. 370. 374. 416. 417.

Forfeiture of copyholds. II. 284.

-------------------------- goods and chattels. II. 420. IV. 379.

-------------------------- lands. II. 267. IV. 374.

Forgery. IV. 245.

Forgiveness by the prosecutor. IV. 357.

Forma pauperis. III. 400.

Formedon, writ of. III. 191.

Forms of law, unalterable. I. 142.

Fornication. IV. 64.

Forts and castles. I. 263.

Fortune-tellers. IV. 61.

Forty days court. III. 71.

Founder of a corporation. I. 480.

Foundling hospitals. I. 132.

Franchise. II. 37.

--------------------------, allowance of. III. 263.

--------------------------, disturbance of. III. 236.

-------------------------- royal. I. 302.

Frankalmoign. II. 101.

Franked letters. I. 322.

Frankmarriage. II. 115.

Frankpledge. I. 113. IV. 249.

--------------------------, view of. IV. 270.

Frank-tenement. II. 104.

-------------------------- tenure. II. 61.

Frater consanguineus. II. 232.

-------------------------- uterinus. II. 232.

Fraud, civil, where cognizable. III. 431. 437 439.

--------------------------, criminal. IV. 158.

Frauds and perjuries, statute of. III. 157. IV. 432.

Fraudulent devises. II. 378.

Fraunk-ferme. II. 80.

Free-bench. II. 122.

-------------------------- fishery. II. 39. 417.

-------------------------- services. II. 60.

-------------------------- socage. II. 79.

-------------------------- watten. II. 38. 417. IV. 408.

Freehold. II. 104.

-------------------------- leases. II. 120. 318.

Fresh suit. I. 297.

Fruit, stealing of. IV. 233.

Full age. I. 463.

Fumage. I. 323.

Funds, public. I. 328.

Funeral expenses. II. 508.

Furandi, animus. IV. 230. 232.

Future, freehold in. II. 144. 165.

G.

Gage. III. 280. iv.

--------------------------, estates in. II. 257. Game. II. 14. 403. 410. IV. 408.

--------------------------, destroying of. IV. 174.

-------------------------- laws. IV. 174. 409.

--------------------------, selling of. IV. 175.

Gaming. IV. 171.

Gaminghouses. IV. 168. 171.

Gaol-delivery. IV. 267. iii.

Gaolers. I. 346. IV. 297.

--------------------------, compelling prisoners to be approvers, &c. IV. 129.

Gardens, robbing of. IV. 233.

Garter, knight of. I. 404.

Gavelkind. I. 74. II. 84. IV. 401. 406.

General demurrer. III. 315.

-------------------------- fund. I. 328.

-------------------------- issue. III. 305. IV. 332.

-------------------------- legacy. II. 512.

-------------------------- occupancy. II. 258.

-------------------------- sessions. IV. 269.

-------------------------- statute. I. 85.

-------------------------- tail. II. 113. vi.

-------------------------- verdict. III. 378. IV. 354.

-------------------------- warrant. IV. 288.

Gentlemen. I. 405.

Gift of chattels personal. II. 441.

-------------------------- real. II. 440

-------------------------- lands and tenements. II. 316.

Gilda mercatoria. I. 473.

Glanvil. I. 72. IV. 414.

Gleaning. III. 212.

God and religion, offences against. IV. 43.

Good behaviour, security for. IV. 248. 253.

-------------------------- consideration. II. 297.

Government, contempts against. IV. 123.

--------------------------, it's original. I. 48.

Grand assise. III. 341. 351. v. IV. 415.

-------------------------- coustumier of Normandy. I. 106.

-------------------------- juror, difelosing evidence. IV. 126.

-------------------------- jury. IV. 299. II.

-------------------------- in attaint. III. 351. 403.

-------------------------- larceny. IV. 229.

-------------------------- serjeanty. II. 73.

Grants. II. 9.

-------------------------- of chattels personal. II 441.

-------------------------- real. II. 440.

-------------------------- lands and tenements. II. 317.

-------------------------- the king. II. 346.

Great council. I. 147.

-------------------------- seal of the king. II. 346. III. 47.

--------------------------, counterfeiting it. IV. 83.

-------------------------- tithes. I. 388.

Gregorian code. I. 81.

Gross, advowsons in. II. 22.

--------------------------, common in II. 34.

Gross, villein in. II. 93.

Guardian administration litem. III. 427.

-------------------------- and ward. I. 460.

-------------------------- at common law. I. 461.

-------------------------- by custom. I. 462.

-------------------------- nature. I. 461.

-------------------------- statute. I. 462.

-------------------------- for narture. I. 461.

-------------------------- in chivalry. I. 462. II. 67.

-------------------------- socage. II. 88.

-------------------------- testamentary. I. 462.

Guernsey, island of. I. 106.

Gunpowder, hindering it's importation. IV. 116.

Gypsies. IV. 165.

H.

Habeas corpora juratorum. III. 354.

-------------------------- corpus. I. 135.

-------------------------- act. I. 128. III. 135. IV. 431.

-------------------------- administration deliberandum. III. 130.

-------------------------- faciendum et recipiendum. III. 130.

-------------------------- prosequencum. III. 130.

-------------------------- respondendum. III. 129.

-------------------------- satisfaciendum. III. 130.

-------------------------- subju\iciendum. III. 131.

-------------------------- testificandum. III. 130.

-------------------------- cum causa. III. 77.

Habendum of a deed. II. 298. i. ii. v.

Habere facias possessionem. III. 412.

-------------------------- seisinam. III. 412.

Habitation, offences against. IV. 220.

--------------------------, property in. II. 4.

Hackney coaches and chairs. I. 324.

Haereditas jacens. II. 259.

Haeretice comburendo, writ de. IV. 46. 432.

Half blood. I. 194. II. 227.

Hame-seeken. IV. 223.

Hamlet. I. 114.

Hanaper office. III. 49.

Hand, disabling. IV. 206.

--------------------------, holding up. IV. 318.

--------------------------, loss of. IV. 125. 154. 273. 370.

-------------------------- sale. II. 448.

Writing, similitude. Of. IV. 351.

Hanging. IV. 370.

Hanover. I. 109.

Havens. I. 264.

Hawks, stealing of. IV. 235.

Hay-bote. II. 35.

Head of the church. I. 278. IV. 423.

Headborough. I. 114. Health. I. 124.

--------------------------, injuries to. III. 122.

--------------------------, offences against public. IV. 161.

Hearing in equity. III. 451.

Hearsay evidence. III. 368.

Hearth-money. I. 324.

Hedge-bote. II. 35.

Hedge-stealing. IV. 233.

Heir. II. 201.

-------------------------- apparent and presumptive. II. 208.

Heiress, stealing of. IV. 208.

Heir-looms. II. 427.

Helping to stolen goods for reward. IV. 132.

Hengham. III. 408. IV. 420.

Henry I, his laws. IV. 413.

Heptarchy, Saxon. IV. 403.

Heraldry. III. 105.

Heralds. III. 105.

-------------------------- books. III. 105.

Hereditaments. II. 17.

Hereditary right. I. 191.

Heresy. IV. 44.

Heretable jurisdictions. II. 77.

Heretochs. I. 397. 408. IV. 406.

Heriots. II. 97. 422.

--------------------------, seising of. III. 15.

Hermogenian code. I. 81.

High commission court. III. 67. IV. 42. 426. 430.

-------------------------- constable. I. 355.

-------------------------- of England. I. 355. IV. 265.

--------------------------, his court. III. 68. IV. 264.

-------------------------- misdemesnors. IV. 121.

-------------------------- steward of Great Britain, his court. IV. 258.

--------------------------, in parliament. IV. 257. 260.

-------------------------- Oxford, his court. IV. 274.

-------------------------- treason. IV. 75.

--------------------------, trials in. IV. 345. 433.

Highways. I. 357. II. 35.

--------------------------, annoyances in. IV. 167.

--------------------------, robbery in or near. IV. 243.

Hiring. II. 454.

History of the law. IV. 400.

Hogs, keeping them in towns. IV. 167.

Holding over. II. 151. 210. 211.

Homage. II. 53.

-------------------------- auncestrel. II. 300.

-------------------------- by bishops. I. 379. IV. 414.

-------------------------- liege. I. 367.

-------------------------- of a court baron. II. 91.

-------------------------- simple. I. 367.

Homicide. IV. 177.

Homine replegiando, writ de. III. 120.

Honorary feuds. II. 56. 215.

Honoris respectum, challenge propter. III. 261. IV. 346.

Honour, court of. III. 104.

-------------------------- of a peer. I. 402.

--------------------------, or dignity. I. 271.

-------------------------- feignory. II. 91.

Hop-binds, destroying. IV. 245.

Horse-races. IV. 173.

Horses, sale of. II. 450.

Hospitals. I. 471. 474.

--------------------------, their visitors. I. 482.

Hotehpot. II. 190. 517.

House, immunities of. IV. 223.

--------------------------, larceny from. IV. 240.

House-bote. II. 35.

House. Tax. I. 323.

Hue and cry. IV. 200.

Hundred. I. 115. IV. 404.

--------------------------, action against, for robbery, &C. III. 160. IV. 244. 290.

Hundred-court. III. 34. IV. 404.

Hundredors, challenge for defect of. III. 359. IV. 346.

Hunger. IV. 31.

Hunting. III. 213.

-------------------------- by inferior tradesmen. III. 215. 401.

-------------------------- night or in disguise. IV. 144.

Hurdle. IV. 92. 370.

Husband and wife. I. 433. IV. 28.

--------------------------, injuries to. III. 139.

Hustings, court of, in London. III. 80.

Hydage. I. 310.

Hypotbeca. II. 159.

J. I.

Jactitation of marriage. III. 93.

Identity of person. IV. 389.

Idiot. I. 302. II. 291. IV. 24.

--------------------------, cognizance of. III. 427.

--------------------------, inspection of. III. 332.

--------------------------, marriage of. I. 438.

Idiota inquirendo, writ de. I. 103.

Idleness. IV. 169.

Fcosails, III. 406. IV. 369. IV. 432.

Jersey, island of i. 106.

Jews. I. 375. IV. 365.

--------------------------, children of. I.449.

ignominious punishments. IV. 370.

Ignoramus. IV. 301. Ignorance. IV. 27.

Illegal conditions. II. 156.

Imagining the king's death. IV. 76.

Imbezzling king's armour or stores. IV. 101.

-------------------------- public money. IV. 121.

-------------------------- records. IV. 128.

Immediate descent. II. 226.

Ftates of the empire. II. 60.

Imparlance. II. xix. III. 298. xxii.

Impeachment in parliament. IV. 256.

-------------------------- of waste. II. 283. v.

imperial chamber. III. 39.

-------------------------- constitutions. I. 80.

-------------------------- crown and dignity. I. 242.

Impediments of marriage. I. 434.

Implication. II. 381.

Implied condition. II. 152.

-------------------------- contract. II. 443. III. 158.

-------------------------- malice. IV. 200.

-------------------------- warranty. II. 300.

Importing agnus dei, crosses. &c. IV. 115.

-------------------------- counterfeit money. IV. 84. 89.

Impossible condition. II. 156.

Impostures, religious. IV. 61.

Impotency. I. 434.

Impotentiae, property ratione. II. 394.

Impressing seamen. I. 418.

Imprisonment. I. 134. 136. IV. 370. 429.

-------------------------- beyond sea. I. 137. IV. 116.

-------------------------- false. III. 127. IV. 218.

Improper feuds. II. 58.

Impropriations. I. 386.

Incapacities. IV. 370.

Incendiaries. IV. 220.

Incest. IV. 64.

Inchantment. IV. 60.

Incidental prerogatives. I. 240.

Incomplete judgments. III. 397.

Incorporation, power of. I. 472. 474.

Incorporeal hereditaments. II. 20.

Imcorrigible roguery. IV. 170.

Incumbent. I. 392.

Incumbrances covenant against. II. x.

Indevitatus assumpsit. III. 154.

Indefeasible right to the throne. I. 195.

Indentures. II. 295.

-------------------------- of a fine. II. 351. xv.

Inditavit, writ of. III. 91.

Indictable, what. IV. 218.

Indictment. IV. 299. ii.

--------------------------,copy of. III. 126. IV. 345.

Individuals, offences against. IV. 176.

Indorsement of bill and notes. II. 468. IV. 434.

Induction to a benefice. I. 391. II. 312. IV. 106.

Industriam, property sper. II. 391.

Infamous witness. III. 370.

Infant. I. 463. II. 292. 497. IV. 22.

--------------------------, carnal knowledge of. III. 427.

--------------------------, evidence by. IV. 214.

--------------------------, inspection of. III. 332.

--------------------------, in ventre sa mere. I. 129. 130.

--------------------------, privileges and disabilities of. I. 464.

Infeodations of tithes. II. 27.

Influence on elections to parliament. I. 178.

Information, compounding of. IV. 135.

-------------------------- criminal. IV. 303. 422. 429.

-------------------------- ex officio. III. 427. IV. 304.

-------------------------- for charities. III. 427.

-------------------------- in crown office. IV. 304.

-------------------------- ecclesiastical courts. III. 101.

-------------------------- exchequer. III. 261.

-------------------------- nature of quo warranto. IV. 304. 434.

-------------------------- re. III. 262.

-------------------------- of superstitious uses. III. 428.

Informer, common II. 437. III. 160. IV. 304.

Infortunium, homicide per. IV. 192.

Inheritable blood. II. 246.

Inheritance. II. 11. 201.

--------------------------, canons of. II. 208.

--------------------------, estates of. II. 104.

Initiate, tenant by curtesy. II. 127.

Injunction in equity. III. 443.

Injuries, civil. III. 2.

-------------------------- with and without force. III. 118.

Inland bill of exchange. II. 467.

Inmates. IV. 168.

Inn of court and chancery. I. 23. 25.

Innkeeper, action against. III. 164.

Inns, disorderly. IV. 168.

Innuendo. III. 126.

Inofficious testament. I. 448. II. 502.

Inquest of office. III. 258. IV. 298. 417.

Inquisitio post mortem. II. 68. III. 258.

Insidiatio viarum. IV. 366.

Infimul computassent. III. 126.

Insolbenry, act of. II. 484.

Insolvent debtors. II. 484. III. 416.

Inspection, trial by. III. 331.

Installment. II. 312.

Instanter, trial. IV. 389. v.

Institutes of Justinian. I. 81.

Institution to a benefice. I. 390. II. 23. IV. 106.

Insurance. II. 460. III. 74. IV. 434. Interdictum. III. 442.

Interesse termini. II. 134.

Interest of money. II. 455.

-------------------------- on bankrupt's debts. II. 488.

-------------------------- legacies. II. 514.

-------------------------- or no interest, infarance. II. 461.

Interested witness. III. 370.

Interlineations in a deed. II. 308.

Interlocutory decree in ecclesustical courts. III. 101.

-------------------------- chancery. III. 452.

-------------------------- judgment. III. 448.

Interpleader, bill of. III. 448.

Interpretation of laws. I. 58.

Interregnum. I. 196. 249.

Interrogatories, examination on. III. 383. 438. IV. 283.

-------------------------- in chancery. IV. 449.

Intestacy. II. 494.

Intestates, their debts and effects. IV. 418. 421.

Intrusion, information of. III. 261.

-------------------------- on freehold. III. 169.

--------------------------, writ of. III 183.

Inventory of deceased's effects. II. 510.

Investiture, II. 209.

-------------------------- of benefices. II. 23.

-------------------------- feuds. II. 53.

-------------------------- lands. II. 311.

Involuntary manstaughter. IV. 192.

John, king, his refrgnation of the crown to the pope. IV. 107. 111.

Joinder in demurrer. III. 315. xxiv.

-------------------------- of battle. III. IV.

-------------------------- issue. III. 315. x. IV. 334. iii.

Joint-tenancy in lands. II. 180.

-------------------------- things personal II. 399.

Joint-tenant, king cannot be. II. 409.

Jointure. II. 137. 180. v.

Ireland. I. 99.

Iron, stealing. IV. 233.

Irons to secure prisoners. IV. 297. 317.

Islands. II. 261.

Issuable terms. III. 353.

Issue at law. III. 313, 314.

--------------------------, collateral. IV. 389. v.

-------------------------- feigned. III. 452.

-------------------------- in criminal cases. IV. 333. iii. v.

-------------------------- equity. III. 448.

--------------------------, joinder of. III. 315. x. IV. 334. iii.

--------------------------, tender of. III. 312 itinerant courts. IV. 404. 415.

-------------------------- justices. III. 57. IV. 415.

Judges. I. 267. III. 25. ov. 433.

--------------------------, assaulting them. IV. 125.

Judges, how counsel for prisoners. IV. 349.

--------------------------, killing them. IV. 84.

--------------------------, their commissions. I. 267.

--------------------------, threatening or reproaching them. IV. 126.

Judgment. II. xix. III. 395. v. vi. xii. xxiv. xxvi.

--------------------------, action on. III. 158. 159. 421.

-------------------------- in criminal cases. IV. 368. IV.

--------------------------, property by, II. 436.

--------------------------, relieved against in equity. III. 437.

Judices ordinarii. III. 315.

Judical power. I. 267. 269.

-------------------------- writs. III. 282.

Judicium Dei. IV. 336.

-------------------------- parium. III. 350.

Jure divino right to the trone. I. 191.

-------------------------- tithes. II. 25.

Jure, king de. I. 204. IV. 77.

Juris utrum, writ of. III. 252.

Jurisdiction, encroachment of. III. 111.

-------------------------- of courts, settled by Edw. I. IV. 418. 419.

--------------------------, plea to. III. 301. IV. 327.

Jurors, fining or imprisoning. IV. 354.

Jury, trial by. III. 349. IV. 342. 407. 434.

Jus accrescendi. II. 184. v.

-------------------------- administration rem. II. 312.

-------------------------- duplicatum. II. 199.

-------------------------- fiduciarium. II. 328.

-------------------------- in re. II. 312.

-------------------------- legitimum. II. 328.

-------------------------- patronatus. III. 246.

-------------------------- precarium. II. 328.

Justice, free course of. I. 141.

--------------------------, homicide in advancement of. IV. 179.

--------------------------, king the fountain of. I. 266.

--------------------------, neglect or refusal of. III. 109.

--------------------------, offences against. IV. 128.

Justice-seat, court of. III. 72.

Justicies, writ of. III. 36.

Justifiable homicide. IV. 178.

Justification, special. III. 306.

Justifying bail. III. 291.

K.

Keeper, lord. III. 47.

Kidnapping. IV. 219.

Kindred, how numerous. II. 205.

King. I. 190.

-------------------------- can do no wrong. I. 246. III. 254. IV. 32. King, compassing or imagining his death. IV. 76.

--------------------------, his councils. I. 227.

-------------------------- counsel. III. 27.

-------------------------- courts, contempts against. IV. 124.

-------------------------- dignity. I. 241.

-------------------------- duties. I. 266.

-------------------------- enemies, adhering to. IV. 82.

-------------------------- government, contempts against. Ov. 123.

-------------------------- grants. II. 346.

-------------------------- money, counterfeiting. IV. 84.

-------------------------- palaces, contempts against. IV. 124.

-------------------------- perfection. I. 246.

-------------------------- perpetuity. I. 249.

-------------------------- person, contempts against, IV. 123.

-------------------------- pleasure, how understood. IV. 121.

-------------------------- power. I. 250.

-------------------------- prerogative. I. 237.

--------------------------, contempts against. IV. 122.

--------------------------, felonies against. IV. 98.

-------------------------- in debts, judgments, and executions. III. 420.

-------------------------- revenue, extraordinary. I. 306.

--------------------------, ordinary. I. 281.

-------------------------- royal family. I. 219.

-------------------------- seals. II. 346, 347. III. 47.

--------------------------, counterfeiting. IV. 83. 89.

-------------------------- silver. II. 350.

-------------------------- sovereignty. I. 241.

-------------------------- title. I. 190.

--------------------------, contempts against. IV. 123.

-------------------------- ubiquity. I. 270.

--------------------------, injuries to or by. III. 254.

--------------------------, levying war against. IV. 81.

--------------------------, refusal to advise or assist him. IV. 122.

King's bench, court of. III. 41. IV. 262.

--------------------------, justices of, killing them. IV. 84.

Knight bachelor. I 404.

-------------------------- banneret. I. 401.

-------------------------- of the bath. I. 404.

-------------------------- garter. I. 140.

-------------------------- shire, his electors. I. 172.

-------------------------- to be returned on a lord's jury. III. 359.

Knight's-fee. I. 405. 409. II. 62.

Knighthood. II. 69. IV. 432.

Knight-service. II. 62.

L.

Labour, foundation of property. II. 5.

--------------------------, hard. IV. 370.

Labourers. I. 406. 426.

Laches. I. 247.

-------------------------- of infant. I. 465.

Laesae majestatis, crimen. IV. 75. 89.

Laesione fidei, fuit pro. III. 52.

Laity. I. 396.

Lancaster, county palatine of. I. 116.

--------------------------, it's courts. III. 78.

--------------------------, duchy of, its courts. III. 78.

Lands. II. 16. 17.

--------------------------, property in. II. 7.

Land-tax. I. 308. IV. 416.

Lapse. II. 276. IV. 106.

Lapsed legacy. II. 513.

Larceny. IV. 229.

--------------------------, appeal of. IV. 310.

--------------------------, compound. IV. 240.

-------------------------- from the house. IV. 240.

-------------------------- person. IV. 241.

--------------------------, grand. IV. 229.

--------------------------, mixed. IV. 240.

--------------------------, only of things personal. IV. 232.

--------------------------, petit. IV. 229.

--------------------------, simple. IV. 230.

Lathes. I. 116.

Latitat, writ of. III. 286. xviii.

Law. I. 38.

--------------------------, amendment of, statute for. IV. 434.

-------------------------- and equity, courts of, how distinguished. III. 429.

--------------------------, canon. I. 14. 19. 79. 82. 83.

--------------------------, civil. I. 80.

-------------------------- and canon, authority of. I. 14. 79. 83. IV. 414. 415.

--------------------------, rejected by the English nobility. I. 19.

--------------------------, common. I. 63. 67.

--------------------------, divine or revealed. I. 42.

-------------------------- offences against. IV. 43.

--------------------------, feodal. II. 44. IV. 411.

--------------------------, French. III. 317. IV. 409. 421.

--------------------------, greek. III. 321.

--------------------------, history of. IV. 400.

--------------------------, latin. III. 319. IV. 421.

--------------------------, martial. I. 412. IV. 429.

--------------------------, merchant. I. 273. IV. 67. Law, municipal. I. 44.

-------------------------- of nations. I. 43.

--------------------------, offences against. IV. 66.

-------------------------- nature. I. 39.

-------------------------- parliament. I. 163.

-------------------------- side of the chancery. III. 47.

-------------------------- exchequer. III. 45.

--------------------------, statute. I. 85.

--------------------------, unwritten. I. 63. IV. 401.

--------------------------, wager of. III. 341. IV. 407. 417.

--------------------------, written. I. 85.

Lawing of mastiffs. III. 72.

Lay corporations. I. 470.

-------------------------- invessiture of bishops. I. 378.

Lazarets, escaping from. IV. 162.

Lead, stealing. IV. 233.

Leading interrogatories. III. 449.

Leap-year. II. 141.

Lease. II. 317. II.

-------------------------- and release. II. 339. II.

--------------------------, entry, and ouster, rule to consef. III. 204. ix.

Leet. IV. 270. 404. 417.

Legacies. II. 512.

--------------------------, subtraction of. III. 98.

Legal estates for life. II. 124. 126. 129.

Legatine constitutions. I. 82.

Legitlative power. I. 147.

Legitlature, how far controllable. I. 161.

Legitimate child. I. 446.

Lending. II. 454.

Letter, demanding money, &c, IV. 144.

-------------------------- missive, for electing a bishop. I. 379.

--------------------------, in chancery. III. 445.

--------------------------,threatening. IV. 144.

Letters patent. II. 346.

Levant and couchant. III. 9. 239.

Levari facias, writ of. III. 417.

Levitical degrees. I. 435.

Levying money without consent of parliament. I. 140.

-------------------------- war against the king. IV. 81.

Lewdness. IV. 64.

Lex manfesta. III. 344.

-------------------------- talionis. IV. 12.

Lebel, immoral or illegal. IV. 150.

--------------------------, in ecclesiastical courts. III. 100.

--------------------------, malicious. III. 125. IV. 150.

Leberam legem, losing. III. 340. IV. 342.

Liberties of franchises. II. 37.

Liberty, civil. I. 6. 125.

--------------------------, natural. I. 125.

-------------------------- of the press. IV. 151.

--------------------------, personal. I. 134.

--------------------------, crimes against. IV. 218.

Liberty, personal, injuries to. III. 127.

--------------------------, political. I. 125.

Licence for marriage. I. 439.

-------------------------- from the pope. IV. 144.

-------------------------- of alienation. II. 72.

-------------------------- mortmain. II. 269.

-------------------------- to agree, in a fine. II. 350. xiv.

Licensed curate. I. 394.

Licensing of books. IV. 152. 432.

Licentia concordandi. II. 350. xiv.

-------------------------- loquendi,. III. 298.

Liege. I. 367.

Lieutenant, lord. I. 410.

Life. I. 129.

--------------------------, crimes against. IV. 177.

--------------------------, estate for. II. 120. v.

ligan. I. 292. III. 106.

Legeance. I. 366.

Light. II. 14.

-------------------------- houses. I. 264.

-------------------------- presumption. III. 372.

Limbs. I. 130.

Limitation of entries and actions. III. 178. 188. 192. 196. 250. IV. 429.

-------------------------- estate. II. 155.

--------------------------, statutes of. III. 306.

Limited administration. II. 506.

-------------------------- fee. II. 109.

-------------------------- property. II. 391.

Lineal consanguinity. II. 203.

-------------------------- descent. II. 210.

-------------------------- of the crown. I. 194.

-------------------------- warranty. II. 301.

Lip, cutting of. IV. 207.

Literary property. II. 405.

Litigious church. III. 244. 246.

Littleton. I. 73.

Liturgy, reviling of. IV. 50.

Livery in chivalry. II. 68.

-------------------------- deed. II. 315.

-------------------------- law. II. 316.

-------------------------- of seisin. II. 311. i.

Loans compulsive. I. 140. IV. 429.

Local actions. III. 294.

Locality of trial. III. 384.

Locks on rivers, destruying. IV. 144.

Logic, it's effects upon law and theology, i. 33. II. 58. IV. 410.

Lollanly. IV. 47.

London, courts of. III. 80.

--------------------------, customs of. I. 75, 76. II. 517.

--------------------------, franchises of, not forfeitable. III. 264. IV. 417.

--------------------------, mayor and aldermen of, their cersificate. III. 334. Lord and vasal. II. 53.

--------------------------, feodal. II. 53.

Lords committees for courts of justice. III. 57.

--------------------------, house of, it's attendants. I. 167.

-------------------------- may kill the king's deer. I. 167.

-------------------------- spiritual. I. 155.

-------------------------- temporal. I. 157.

-------------------------- triors. IV. 259., 260. 433.

Lotteries. IV. 168.

Lunatics. I. 304. II. 291. IV. 24. 388.

--------------------------, cognizance of. III. 427.

--------------------------, marriage of. I. 439.

Luxury. IV. 170.

M.

Madder roots, stealing them. IV. 233.

Magistrates. I. 146.

--------------------------, opperssion of. IV. 140.

--------------------------, subordinate. I. 338.

--------------------------, supreme. I. 338.

Magna assisa eligenda, writ de. III. 351.

-------------------------- carta. I. 127. IV. 416. 418.

--------------------------, it's contents. IV. 416. 417.

Mainour. III. 71. IV. 303.

Mainpernors. III. 128.

Mainprize, writ of. III. 128.

Maintenance of bastards. I. 458.

-------------------------- children. I. 447.

-------------------------- parents. I. 454.

-------------------------- suits. I. 428. IV. 134.

-------------------------- wife. I. 442.

Making law. III. 343.

Mala in se. I. 54.

-------------------------- prohibita. I. 57.

Mal-administration of government. IV. 121.

Male preferred to female in descents. I. 194. II. 212.

-------------------------- line preferred to female. I. 194.

-------------------------- stock preferred to female. II. 234.

Malice express. IV. 199.

-------------------------- implied. IV. 200.

Prepense. IV. 198. 206.

Malicious mischief. IV. 243.

-------------------------- prosecution. III. 126.

Malt-tax. I. 313.

Man, island of. I. 105.

Mandamus, writ of. III. 110. 264. IV. 434.

Mandates royal to the judges in private causes. I. 142. IV. 419.

Manhood. II. 54.

Manor. II. 90.

Mansion-house. IV. 224.

Manslaughter. IV. 191.

--------------------------, conviction of. IV. iv.

manstealing. IV. 219.

Manufacturers, seducing them abroad. IV. 160.

Manufactures, encouragement of. IV. 421.

Manumission of villains. II. 94.

Marchers, lords. I. 398.

Marches. I. 398.

Mariners, wandring. IV. 165.

Maritime causes. III. 106.

-------------------------- courts. III. 69.

-------------------------- state. I. 417.

Mark, subseribed to deeds. II. 305.

Market. I. 274. III. 218.

--------------------------, clerk of his court. IV. 272.

-------------------------- overt. II. 449.

-------------------------- towns. I. 114.

Marque and reprisal. I. 258.

Marquesses. I. 397.

Marriage. I. 433.

--------------------------, clandestine or irregular. I. 439. IV. 163.

-------------------------- contract, fuit for. III. 93.

--------------------------, forcible. IV. 208.

-------------------------- in chivalry. II. 70. IV. 411. 413. 414.

-------------------------- socage. II. 89.

-------------------------- licences and registers, forging or destroying. IV. 163. 246.

--------------------------, property by. II. 433.

-------------------------- settlement. II. 364.

--------------------------, it's antiquity. II. 138.

Marriages, when good. I. 440.

Marshall of the king's bench. III. 42.

--------------------------, custody of. III. 285.

-------------------------- host, certificate of. III. 334.

Marshalses, court. of. III. 76. IV. 273.

Martial, courts. I. 414.

-------------------------- law. I. 412. IV. 429.

Mass books. IV. 115.

Master and servant. I. 423.

-------------------------- in chancery. III. 442.

--------------------------, injuries to. III. 141.

-------------------------- of the rolls. III. 442.

--------------------------, his judical authority. III. 450.

Material prima. III. 322.

Maternal maternis. II. 235.

Matrimonial causes. III. 92.

Matrons, jury of. III. 362. IV. 388.

Maxims. I. 68.

Mayhem, i. 130. III. 121. IV. 205. Mayhem, appeal of. IV. 310.

--------------------------, inspection of. III. 332.

Mayors. IV. 406.

Measures. I. 274. IV. 272. 417.

--------------------------, false. IV. 157.

Mediate states of the empire. II. 60.

Medietate linguae. Jury de. III. 360. IV. 166. 346.

Mediterranean passes, counterfeiting of. IV. 246.

Members of parliament. I. 153.

Memory, time of. II. 31.

Menaces. III. 120.

Menial servants. I. 423.

Mensa et thora, divorce a. I. 440. III. 94.

Merten-lage. I. 65. IV. 405.

Merchants, custom of. i. 75.

--------------------------, foreign. I. 260. IV. 417.

Mercheta. II. 83.

Mere right. II. 197.

--------------------------, not assignable. II. 290.

Merger. II. 177.

Mesne lords. II. 59.

-------------------------- process. III. 297. 415.

--------------------------, writ of. III. 234.

Metaphysics, their effects upon law and theology. II. 58. IV. 410.

Michel-gemote. I. 147.

Michel-jynoth. I. 147.

Middlesex, bill of. III. 285. xviii.

Migration. II. 7.

Military causes. III. 103.

-------------------------- courts. III. 68.

-------------------------- feuds. II. 56.

-------------------------- offences. I. 414. IV. 101.

-------------------------- power of the crown. I. 262.

-------------------------- state. I. 407.

-------------------------- tenures. I. 287.

-------------------------- testament. I. 416.

Mines. I. 294.

--------------------------, stealin ore out of. IV. 234.

Minority, none in the king. I. 248.

Minors not to sit in parliament. I. 162.

Minstrells. II. 96.

Mif-adventure, homicide by. IV. 182.

Mischief, malicious. IV. 243.

Misdemesnor. IV. 1. 5.

Mise. III. v.

Misfortune. IV. 26.

Misnosmer. III. 302. IV. 328.

Mif-pleading, when cured by verdict. III. 394.

Misprision. IV. 119.

-------------------------- of felony. IV. 121.

-------------------------- treason. IV. 120.

Mistake. IV. 27.

Mif-user. II. 153.

Mitter le droit. II. 325.

-------------------------- l'estate. II. 324.

Mittimus. IV. 297.

Mixed actions. II. 118.

-------------------------- larceny. IV. 240.

-------------------------- tithes. II. 24.

Modus decimandi. II. 29.

Moerda. IV. 194.

Molliter manus imposuit. III. 121.

Monarchy. I. 40.

Money. I. 276.

-------------------------- bills. I. 170. 183. 184.

-------------------------- counterfeiting. IV. 84. 88.

-------------------------- received to another's use, action for. III. 162.

Monk. I. 132.

Monopolies. IV. 159. 429.

--------------------------, stay of suits therein. IV. 115.

Monsters. II. 246.

Monstrans de droit. III. 256.

Mont. II. 141.

Monuments. II. 428.

Mort d'ancestor, asuse of. III. 185.

Mortgage. II. 157. IV. 435.

--------------------------, how considered in equity. III. 435.

Mortmain. I.479. II. 268. IV. 108. 417. 419. 434.

Mortuaries. II. 425.

Mortuo vadio, estate in. II. 157.

Mother-church. I. 112.

Motion in court. III. 304.

Moveables. II. 384.

--------------------------, property in. II. 5.

Mount, or bank. I. 326.

Mountebanks. IV. 168.

Mulier puisne. II. 248.

Multiplieity of laws, its original. III. 325.

Municipal law. I. 44.

Murder. IV. 194.

--------------------------, by perjury, IV. 138. 196.

--------------------------, conviction of. IV. i.

.--------------------------, indictment of. IV. II.

--------------------------, when pardonable. IV. 194. 393.

Murdrum. III. 321. IV. 195.

Muta canum. II. 427.

Mute, standing. IV. 319.

--------------------------, advising it. IV. 126.

Mutilation. I. 130. III. 121. IV. 207.

--------------------------, punishment by. IV. 370.

Mutiny-act. I. 414.

Mutual debts. III. 305. N.

National debt. I. 325. IV. 433.

Nations, law of. i. 43. IV. 66.

Nativi. II. 94.

Natural liberty. I. 125.

-------------------------- life. I. 133. II. 121.

-------------------------- persons. I. 123.

Natural born subjects. I. 366. 371.

Naturalization. I. 374. II. 250.

Nature, crime against. IV. 215.

--------------------------, guardian by. I. 401.

--------------------------, law of. i. 39.

Navigation acts. I. 417. IV. 432.

Navy, articles of. I. 420.

Ne admittas, writ of. III. 248.

-------------------------- exeat regnum. I. 137. 266. IV. 122.

-------------------------- injustice vexes, writ of. III. 234.

Necessity. IV. 27.

--------------------------, homicide by. IV. 178.

Negative in corporations. I. 478.

-------------------------- of the king. I. 154.

Neglect of duty, action for. III. 163.

Negligence of officers. IV. 140.

Negligent escape. III. 415. IV. 130.

Negro. I. 127. 425. II. 402.

Neise. II. 94.

Nembda. III. 350.

New assignment. III. 311.

-------------------------- trial. III. 387. IV. 355. 431.

News, false. IV. 149.

Next of kin. II. 224x

Night, in burglary, what. IV. 224.

Nightwalkers. IV. 289.

Nihil dicit, judgment by. III. 296. 397.

--------------------------, return of, to writs. III. 282. xiv.

Nil debet, plea of. III. 305.

Nisi prius, courts of. III. 57.

--------------------------, justices of. III. 59. IV. 266.

--------------------------, trial at. III. 353.

--------------------------, writ of. III. 354. x.

Nobility. I. 396.

--------------------------, it's uses. I. 157.

Noeturnal crimes, how prevented or resisted. IV. 180.

Non assumpsit. III. 305.

-------------------------- infra sex annos. III. 308.

-------------------------- compos mentis. I. 304. II. 497. IV. 24. 3888.

-------------------------- cul. IV. 333.

-------------------------- culpabilis, plea of. III. 305. IV. 333.

-------------------------- decimaxdo, prescription de. II. 31.

-------------------------- est factum, plea of. III. 305.

-------------------------- est inventus, return of. III. 283. xiv. xv. xviii.

Non obstante. I. 342. IV. 394.

-------------------------- prosequitur. III. 296.

-------------------------- sum informatus, judgment by. III. 397.

Non-claim in fines. II. 354.

-------------------------- of infants. I. 465.

Nonconformity. IV. 51. 425.

Nonjuror. IV. 124.

Non-payment of ecclesiastical dues. III. 89.

Non-residence. II. 322.

Nonsuit. III. 296. 316. 376. v.

--------------------------, judgment as in case of. III. 357.

Non-user. II. 153.

Northern borders, rapine on. IV. 243.

Northern ***quest. I. 99. IV. 407. 408.

-------------------------- isles. I. 106.

Nose, cutting off or slitting. IV. 207. 245.

Nostrils, slitting. Punishment by. IV. 370.

Not guilty, plea of. III. 305. x. IV. 322. III.

Note of a fine. II. 351. xv.

-------------------------- hand. II. 467.

Notice in ejectment. III. 203. viii.

-------------------------- of trial. III. 357.

Novel disseisin, assise of. III. 187.

Novels, in the civil law. I. 81.

Nudum pactum. II. 445.

Nul disseisin, plea of. III. 305. II. xviii.

-------------------------- tiel record. III. 331.

-------------------------- tort, plea of. III. 305.

Nuncupative wills. II. 500.

Nurture, guardian for. I. 461.

Nusance, abatement of. III. 5.

--------------------------, assise of. III. 220.

--------------------------, common. IV. 167.

--------------------------, private. III. 216.

O.

Oath ex offico. III. 101. 447.

-------------------------- of the party. III. 382. 437.

Oaths to the government, refusal or neglect to take them. I. 368. IV. 115. 116. 123.

--------------------------, voluntary and extrajudicial. IV. 137.

Obedience to parents. I. 452.

Objects of the laws of England. I. 121.

Obligation of human laws. I. 57.

--------------------------, or bond. II. 340. xiii. III. xix.

Obstructing of process. IV. 129.

Occupancy. II. 3. 8. 258. 400.

Odhal right. II. 45.

Odie et atia, writ de. III. 128.

Oeconomy, public, offences against. IV. 162. Office found. III. 259.

--------------------------, inquest of. III. 258.

Officers, arrests by. IV. 289.

--------------------------, killing them in executing their office. IV. 200.

-------------------------- of courts, their certificates. III. 336.

--------------------------, refusal to admit. III. 264.

--------------------------, removal of. III. 264.

Offices. I. 272. II. 36.

-------------------------- and pensions, duty on. I. 325.

Officio, oath ex. III. 101. 447.

Oleron, laws of. i. 417. IV. 416.

Opening counsel. III. 366.

Oppressions of crown la** remedied. I. 243.

-------------------------- magistrate. IV. 140.

Option of the archbishop. I. 381.

Optional writs. III. 274.

Orchards, robbing of. IV. 233.

Ordeal, trial by. IV. 336. 407. 418.

Order of sessions. IV. 269.

Orders, holy. I. 388.

Original contract of king and people. I. 233.

-------------------------- society. I. 47.

-------------------------- conveyances. II. 310.

-------------------------- of a deed. II. 296.

-------------------------- process. III. 279.

-------------------------- writ. III. 272. vii. xiii.

Orphanage. II. 519.

Ostium erclesiae, dower administration. II. 132.

Overseers of the poor. I. 359.

Overt act of treason. IV. 79. 86. 350.

--------------------------, market. II. 449.

--------------------------, pound. III. 12.

Ouster of chattels real. III. 198.

-------------------------- freehold. III. 167.

Ousterlemain. II. 68.

Outlawry. I. 142. III. 284. xvi. IV. 314.

Owling. IV. 154.

Oyer. III. 299. xxii.

-------------------------- and terminer, commission of. IV. 266. i.

--------------------------, justices of, killing them. IV. 84.

Oyex. IV. 334.

P.

Pains and penalties, act to inflict. IV. 256.

Pais, matter in. II. 294.

--------------------------, trial per. III. 349. IV. 342.

Palace court. III. 76.

Palatine counties. I. 116. IV. 424.

--------------------------, their courts. III. 78.

Pandects. I. 811.

-------------------------- discovered. I. 17, 81.

Panel of jurors. III. 354. IV. 299. 344.

Papal encroachments. IV. 114.

Paper book. III. 317.

-------------------------- credit. II. 466. IV. 434.

Papirian code. I. 81.

Papists, children of. i. 449. 451.

--------------------------, incapacities of II. 257. 293.

--------------------------, laws against. II. 54. 87. 425.

Paramount, lord. II. 59. 91.

Paraphernalia. II. 435.

Paravail, tenant. II. 60.

Parcels in a conveyance. II. i. ii. iv.

Parceners. II. 187.

Parco facto, writ de. III. 146.

Pardon. IV. 331. 369. 389.

-------------------------- not pleadable to impeachment. I. 333. IV. 258. 392. 433.

Pardoning, prerogative of. I. 269. IV. 390.

Parents, &c, their consent to marriage. I. 437.

Pares curtis. II. 54.

--------------------------, trial per. III. 350.

Parish. I. 111.

Parish-clerk. I. 395.

Park. II. 38. 416.

Parliament. I. 141. 147. IV. 405. 418. 421.

--------------------------, court of the king in. IV. 256. 260.

--------------------------, disuse of. IV. 430.

-------------------------- of France. I. 147.

--------------------------, power of. I. 160.

--------------------------, summons of. I. 176.

Parliamentum indoctum. I. 176.

Parol conveyances. II. 297.

--------------------------, demur of. III. 300.

-------------------------- evidence. III. 369.

-------------------------- or pleadings. III. 293.

Parricide. IV. 202.

Parson. I. 384.

-------------------------- imparsonee. I. 391.

Particular estate. II. 165.

-------------------------- tenants, alienation by. II. 274.

Parties to a deed. II. 298. ii. iii.

-------------------------- fine. II. 355.

Partition. II. 189.

--------------------------, deed of. II. 323.

--------------------------, writ of. II. 189.

Partnership, cognizable in equity. III. 437. Pass-ports. I. 260.

--------------------------, violation of. IV. 68.

Pasture, common of. II. 32.

Patents. II. 346.

-------------------------- for new inventions. IV. 159.

-------------------------- of peerage. I. 400.

-------------------------- prededence. III. 28.

Patent-rolls. II. 346.

-------------------------- writs. II. 346.

Paterna paternis. II. 235.

Patriam, trial per. III. 349. IV. 342.

Patronage. II. 21.

--------------------------, disturbance of. III. 242.

Pauper-causes. III. 400.

Pawns. II. 452.

Payment of deecased's debts. II. 511.

-------------------------- money into court. III. 304.

Peace and war, right of making. I. 257.

--------------------------, breach of. IV. 142.

--------------------------, commission of. I. 351. IV. 267.

--------------------------, ocnservation of. I. 349.

--------------------------, justices of. I. 349. IV. 267. 279. 289. 421.

--------------------------, conviction by. IV. 278.

--------------------------, offences against. IV. 142.

--------------------------, security for. IV. 248. 251.

--------------------------, the king's. I. 117. 268. 350.

Peculatus. IV. 122.

Peculiars, court of. III. 65.

Pecuniary causes, in ecclesiastical courts. III. 88.

-------------------------- legacies. II. 512.

Peerage, benefit of, in offences. IV. 360.

Peeresses. I. 402.

Peers, great council of. I. 227. 228.

--------------------------, hereditary counsellors of the crown. I. 227.

--------------------------, house of. III. 53.

--------------------------, pedigrees of. III. 106.

--------------------------, privileges of. I. 401. III. 359. IV. 250. 360.

--------------------------, protests. of. I. 168.

--------------------------, proxies of. I. 168.

--------------------------, trial by. I. 401. IV. 257. 432.

Peine forte et dure. IV. 320.

Penal statutes. I. 88. IV. 422.

Penalty of a bond. III. 435.

Penance, commutation of. IV. 105. 217. 273.

-------------------------- for standing mute. IV. 320.

-------------------------- in ecclesiastical courts. IV. 105. 272. 361.

Pendente lite, administration. II. 503.

Pension, ecclesiastical. I. 281. II. 40.

-------------------------- from the crown. I. 175.

Pension from foreign princes. IV. 122.

Pensioners excluded from the house of commons. I. 175.

People. I. 366.

Per et eui, writ of entry in. III. 181.

-------------------------- my et per tout, seisin. II. 182.

-------------------------- quod. III. 124.

--------------------------, writ of entry in. III. 181.

Peremptory challenge. IV. 346. 389.

-------------------------- mandamus. III. 111. 265.

-------------------------- writ. III. 274.

Perfection of the king. I. 246.

Perjury. IV. 136.

-------------------------- in capital cases. IV. 138. 196.

Permissive waite. II. 28.

Pernancy of profits. II. 163.

Perpetual curate. I. 393.

Perpetuating the testimony of witnesses. III. 450.

Perpetuity of the king. I. 249.

Persecution, religious. IV. 46. 421. 425.

Person, injuries to. III. 119.

--------------------------, larceny from IV. 241.

--------------------------, offences against. IV. 177.

Personal actions. III. 117.

--------------------------, where they die with the person. III. 302.

-------------------------- assets. II. 510.

-------------------------- chattels. II. 387.

-------------------------- security. I. 129.

-------------------------- things. II. 384.

-------------------------- tithes. II. 24.

Personating others in courts, &c. IV. 128.

-------------------------- proprietors of stock. IV. 246.

Persons artificial. I. 123. 467.

-------------------------- natural. I. 123.

--------------------------, rights of. I. 122.

Peter-pence. I.v 106.

Petit jury. III. 351.

-------------------------- larceny. IV. 229.

-------------------------- serjeanty. II. 81.

-------------------------- session. IV. 269.

-------------------------- treason. IV. 75. 203.

Petition of appeal. III. 454.

-------------------------- bankruptey. II. 480.

-------------------------- right. I. 128. III. 256. IV. 430.

Petitioning, right of. I. 143. IV. 147.

--------------------------, tumultuous. I. 143. IV. 147.

Petty bag office. III. 49.

-------------------------- constables. I. 355.

Pews. II. 428.

Physicians, &c. III. 122. IV. 197.

Piepoudre, court of. III. 32.

Pignus. II. 159.

Pillory. IV. 370. Piracy. IV. 71.

Piscary, common of. II. 34. 39.

Placemen, excluded from the house of commons. I. 175. IV. 433.

Plagiarii. IV. 219.

Plague, irregularity during. IV. 161.

Plaint. III. 25.

Plantations. I. 106.

--------------------------, destroying of IV. 245.

Plants, stealing of. IV. 233.

Plea, at law. II. xvii. III. 301. x. xxii.

-------------------------- in bar of execution. IV. 389. v.

-------------------------- equity. III. 446.

-------------------------- to indietment. IV. 326. iii.

Pleadings. III. 293. IV. 420.

Pleas of the crown. III. 40. IV. 2. 417.

Pleasure of the king, how understood. IV. 121.

Plebiscita. I. 80.

Pledge. II. 452.

--------------------------, estates in. II. 157.

Pledges of appearance. III. 280. vii. xiii.

-------------------------- battle. III. iv.

-------------------------- prosecution. II. xiv. xvii. III. 275. III. i. iii. vii. viii. xiii.

Plegii de prosequende in replevin. III. 147.

-------------------------- retorne habendo. III. 147.

-------------------------- retorne habendo. III. 147.

Plena probation. III. 371.

Plenarty. III. 243.

Plenum dominium. II. 312.

Plough-bote. II. 35.

Pluries babcas corpus. III. 135.

-------------------------- writ. III. 283. xv. IV. 314.

Pocket-sheriffs. I. 342.

Poisoning. IV. 196.

Police, offences against. IV. 162.

Policies of insurance. II. 460. IV. 434.

--------------------------, court of. III. 74.

Political liberty. I. 125.

Poll, deed. II. 296.

Polls, challenge to. III. 361. IV. 346.

Polygamy. I. 436. IV. 163.

Pone, writ of. III. 34. 195. 280. ii. xiii.

Poor. I. 359.

Poor-laws. I. 131. 359. IV. 425.

Poors-settlements. I. 362.

Pope, his authority, how demolished. IV. 104. 414. 421. 423.

-------------------------- encroachments. IV. 104. 412. 417. 418.

-------------------------- jurisdiction, defending it. IV. 87. 115.

--------------------------, reconciliation to. IV. 87.

Popery. IV. 54.

Popish books, importing or selling. IV. 115.

-------------------------- priests. IV. 56. 87. 115.

-------------------------- recusants. IV. 55. 124.

-------------------------- seminaries, education in. I. 451. IV. 55. 115.

--------------------------, maintaining. IV. 115.

Popular actions. II. 437. III. 160.

Portions, method of raising. II. vii.

Port-reeve. IV. 406.

Ports and havens. I. 264.

Positive proof. III. 371.

Posse comitatus. I. 343.

--------------------------, neglecting to join. IV. 122.

Possession, actual right of. III. 180.

--------------------------, apparent right of. III. 177. 179.

-------------------------- estates in. II. 163.

--------------------------, naked. II. 195. III. 177.

--------------------------, property in. II. 389.

--------------------------, right of. II. 196.

--------------------------, writ of. III. 202. 412. xii.

possessory action. II. 198. III. 180.

Possibilities not assignable. II. 290.

Post, writ of entry in. III. 182.

Post-desseisin, writ of. III. 188.

Postea. III. 286. xi.

Post-fine. II. 350.

Posthumous children. II. 169.

Post-man, in the exchequer. III. 28.

Post-office. I. 321.

--------------------------, misbehaviour of it's officers. IV. 234.

Pound. III. 12.

Poundage. I. 315. IV. 430.

Pound-breach. III. 146.

Pow-dike, cutting. IV. 243.

Power of the crown. I. 250.

-------------------------- parent. I. 452.

Poyning's law. I. 102, 103.

Praccipe, writ of. III. 274.

-------------------------- in capite, writ of. III. 195.

-------------------------- common recoveries. II. 358. xvii.

-------------------------- fines. II. 350. xiv.

--------------------------, tenant to. III. 182.

Praemunire. IV. 102. 421.

Practor's edicts. I. 80.

Pre-audience. III. 28.

Prebendary. I. 383.

Precedence. II. 225. 272. III. 105.

--------------------------, patent of. III. 28.

Precedent conditions. II. 154.

Precept of election to parliament. I. 177.

Pre-contract. I. 434.

Predial tithes. II. 24.

Pre-emption. I. 287. IV. 116. 417. 432.

Pregnancy, plea of. IV. 387. Pregnancy, trial of. I. 456. IV. 388.

Premier serjeant. III. 28.

Premises of a deed. II. 298. i. ii. iii.

Prerogative. I. 141. 237. 252. IV. 424. 425.

--------------------------, causes of it's increase and decline. IV. 426.

--------------------------, comparative review of. I. 333. IV. 433.

--------------------------, contempts against. IV. 122.

-------------------------- copyrights. II. 410.

-------------------------- court. II. 509. III. 65.

--------------------------, felonies against. IV. 98.

--------------------------, property by. II. 408.

Prescription. II. 263.

--------------------------, corporations by. I. 472.

--------------------------, time of. II. 31.

Presentation to benefices. I. 389. II. 23.

Presentative advowsons. II. 22.

Prelentment of copyhold surrenders. II. 369.

-------------------------- offences. IV. 298.

President of the council. I. 230.

Press, liberty of. IV. 151.

Pressing of seamen. I. 418.

-------------------------- to death. IV. 323.

Presumptions. III. 371.

Presumptive evidence of felony. IV. 352.

-------------------------- heir. II. 208.

Pretended titles, selling or buying. IV. 135.

Pretended and his sons, treasons relating to. IV. 91.

Prevention of crimes. IV. 248.

--------------------------, homicide for. IV. 180.

Price. II. 446. 454.

Priest. I. 388.

Primae preces. I.381.

Primary conveyances. II. 310.

Primer fine. II. 350.

-------------------------- selfin. II. 66. 88. IV. 411.

Primogeniture. I. 194. II. 214. IV. 414.

Prince of Wales. I. 225.

Princes of the blood royal. I. 225.

Princess of Wales, violating her. IV. 81.

-------------------------- royal i. 225.

--------------------------, violating her. IV. 81.

Principal and accessory. IV. 34.

-------------------------- challenge. III. 363.

Prior. I. 155.

Priority of debts. II. 511.

Prisage. I. 314.

Prison, breach of. IV. 130.

Prit. IV. 333.

Private act of parliament. I. 86. II. 344.

-------------------------- nusance. III. 216.

-------------------------- persons, arrest by. IV. 289.

-------------------------- wrongs. III. 2.

Privately stealing from the person. IV. 141.

Privies to a fine. II. 355.

Privilege. I. 272.

--------------------------, bill of. III. 289.

-------------------------- from arrests. III. 289.

-------------------------- of parliament. I. 163.

--------------------------, writ of. I. 166.

Privileged places. IV. 129.

-------------------------- villenage. II. 98.

Privilegia. I. 46.

Privilegium clericale. IV. 358.

--------------------------, property proptr. II. 394.

Privy council. I. 229.

-------------------------- counsellor, killing or attempt to kill. I. 232. IV. 100.

-------------------------- seal. II. 347.

-------------------------- signet. II. 347.

--------------------------, forging them. IV. 89.

-------------------------- tithes. I. 388.

--------------------------, commission of. III. 69.

Probable presumption. III. 372.

Probate of will. II. 508.

Procedendo, writ of. I. 353. III. 109.

Process, civi. III. 279. xiii.

--------------------------, criminal. IV. 313.

--------------------------, obstructing it's execution. IV. 129.

Prochein amy. I. 404.

Proclamations by the king. I. 270. IV. 424.

-------------------------- of a fine. II. 352. xvi.

-------------------------- on attachment in chancery, III. 444.

-------------------------- exigent. III. 284. xvi. IV. 314.

-------------------------- the riot-act. IV. 143.

--------------------------, writ of. III. 284. xvi.

Proctor. III. 25.

Procuration-money. IV. 157.

Prodigals. I. 305.

Profanenss. IV. 59.

Prosert in curia. III. xxii.

Prossession religious. I. 133.

Professor of the laws, his duty. I. 35.

Profits of courts. I. 289.

Progress, royal. IV. 404.

Prohibition, declaration in. III. 113.

--------------------------, writ of. III. 112.

Promises. III. 157.

Promissory note. II. 467.

Promulgation of laws. I. 45.

Proofs. III. 368.

-------------------------- in ecclesiastical courts. III. 100.

Proper feuds. II. 58.

Property. I. 138. II. 1, 2. Property, crimes against. IV. 229.

--------------------------, injuries to personal. III. 144.

-------------------------- real. III. 167.

--------------------------, right of. II. 197. III. 190.

Prophecies, pretended. IV. 149.

Proprietary governments in America. I. 108.

Proprietate probanda, writ de. III. 148.

Prorogation of parliament. I. 186.

Prosecution by the king. I. 268.

--------------------------, expenses of. IV. 355.

--------------------------, malicious. III. 126.

--------------------------, of offenders. IV. 298.

Protection of children. I. 450.

-------------------------- embassadors. I. 254.

--------------------------, writ of. III. 289.

Protector. I. 248.

Protest of bills and notes. II. 468, 469.

-------------------------- lords in parliament.. i. 168.

Protestant dissenters. IV. 53.

-------------------------- successions. I. 216.

--------------------------, treason against. IV. 90.

Protestation. III. 311. xxiii.

Province. I. 110.

Provincial constitutions. I. 82.

-------------------------- governments in America. I. 108.

Proving will in chancery. III. 450.

Provisions, papal. I. 60. IV. 107.

--------------------------, selling unwholsome. IV. 162.

Proviso, trial by. III. 357.

Provisors, statutes against. IV. 110, &c.

Proxies in the house of lords. I. 168.

Puberty, age of. IV. 22.

Public act of parliament. I. 85.

-------------------------- verdict. III. 377. IV. 354.

-------------------------- wrongs. IV. 1.

Publication of depositions. III. 450.

Pueritia. IV. 22.

Puis darrein continuance, plea. III. 316.

Puisne barons of the exchequer. III. 44.

-------------------------- justices. III. 40, 41.

Pulling down churches, houses, &c. IV. 143.

Pulsation. III. 120.

Punishment. IV. 7.

--------------------------, capital. IV. 9. 18. 237. 434.

--------------------------, certainty of. IV. 371.

--------------------------, end of. IV. 11. 249.

--------------------------, infliction of. IV. 255.

--------------------------, measure of. IV. 12.

--------------------------, power of. IV. 7.

--------------------------, severity of. IV. 16.

Pur auter vie, tenant. II. 120.

Purchase. I. 215. II. 241.

-------------------------- of writs. III. 273, 274.

Purchasors, first. II. 220.

Pure villenage. II. 90.

Purgation vulgaris. IV. 336.

Purgation, canonical. III. 342. IV. 361.

--------------------------, oath of. III. 100. 447.

Purpresture. IV. 167.

Pursuit of remedies. III. 270.

Purveyance. I. 287. IV. 116. 417. 432.

Putting in fear. IV. 242.

Q.

Quadruplicatio. III. 310

Qualification for killing game. II. 417. IV. 175.

-------------------------- of electors to parliament. I. 171.

-------------------------- jurors. III. 362.

-------------------------- justices of the peace. I. 352.

-------------------------- members of parliament. I. 175.

Qualified fees. II. 109.

-------------------------- property. II. 391.

Quantum meruit. III. 161.

-------------------------- valebat. III. 161.

Quare calusum fregit. III. 281.

-------------------------- ejecit infra terminum, writ of. III. 206.

-------------------------- impedit. III. 246.

-------------------------- incumbravit. III. 248.

-------------------------- non admisit, writ of. III. 250.

Quarentine. II. 135.

-------------------------- irregularity in. IV. 162.

Quarrelling in church or church-yard. IV. 145.

Quartering of soldiers. I. 412. 414.

-------------------------- traitors. IV. 92. 370.

Quarter-sessions, court of. IV. 268.

Quarto die post. III. 278.

Quashing. III. 303. IV. 315.

Quays. I. 264.

Que estate. II. 264.

Queen. I. 219.

-------------------------- Anne's bounty. I. 286.

--------------------------, compassing or imagining her death. IV. 76.

-------------------------- consort. I. 219.

-------------------------- dowager. I. 224.

-------------------------- gold. I. 221.

--------------------------, her attorney and folleitor. I. 220. III. 28.

-------------------------- revenue. I. 220, 221.

-------------------------- regnant. I. 219.

--------------------------, her husband. I. 224. Queen, violating her. IV. 81.

Question, or torture. IV. 320.

Qui tam actions. III. 160. IV. 303.

Quia dominus remisit curiam, writ of right. III. 195.

Quia emptores, statute of. II. 91. IV. 419.

Quick with child. IV. 388.

Quiet enjoyment, covenant for. II. x.

Quinto exactus. III. 283. xvi. IV. 314.

Quit-claim. II. xv.

Quit-rents. II. 42.

Quo minus, writ of. III. 45. 286. xix.

Quo warranto, information in nature of. I. 485. III. 263. IV. 307. 434.

--------------------------,writ of. III. 262.

Quod ei deforciat, writ of. III. 193.

-------------------------- permittat, writ of. III. 240.

-------------------------- prosternere, writ of. III. 221.

Quorum clause, in commif sions. I. 351.

R.

Rack. IV. 320.

Rack-rent. II. 43.

Rank modus. II. 30.

Ransom. IV. 372.

Rape, appeal of. IV. 310.

-------------------------- in counties. I. 116.

-------------------------- of women. IV. 210.

Rapina. IV. 241.

Rasure in a deed. II. 308.

Rationabilis parte bonorum, writ de. II. 492.

--------------------------, writ of right de. III. 194.

Rationabilis dos. II. 134.

Ravishment of children. III. 141.

-------------------------- ward. III. 141.

-------------------------- wife. III. 139.

Reading of deeds. II. 304.

--------------------------, on claim of clergy. IV. 360. 434.

Real actions. III. 117.

--------------------------, assets. II. 244. 302.

--------------------------, chattels. II. 386.

Composition for tithes. II. 28.

--------------------------, things. II. 16.

Reason of the law. I. 70.

Reasonable part. II. 492. 516. IV. 401. 417.

Rebellion, commission of. III. 444.

Rebutter. III. 310.

Recal of subjects from abroad. I. 266. IV. 122. 160.

Recaption. III. 4. IV. 356.

--------------------------, writ of. III. 150.

Receiving stolen goods. IV. 132.

Recitals in a deed. II. 298. iv.

Reclaimed animals. II. 391.

Recognizance. II. 341.

-------------------------- for the peace or good behaviour. IV. 249.

-------------------------- in nature of statute staple. II. 160. 342. IV. 424.

-------------------------- of bail. II. 391. xv.

-------------------------- fine. II. xv. xvi.

Recompense in value. II. 358.

Reconciliation to the pope, &c, IV. 87.

Record. I. 69. III. 24. IV. 419.

--------------------------, assurance by. II. 344.

--------------------------, court of. III. 24.

--------------------------, debt of. II. 464.

--------------------------, imbezzling of. IV. 128.

-------------------------- of actions. II. xviii. III. 317. iii. ix. xxi.

-------------------------- forcible entry or detainer. IV. 148.

-------------------------- riot. IV. 146.

--------------------------, trial by. III. 330.

--------------------------, vacating of. IV. 128.

Recordari facias loquelam. III. 34. 195.

Recovery, common. II. 116. 271. 357. xvii. IV. 422.

-------------------------- in value. II. 358. xvii.

Recreant. III. 340. IV. 342.

Rector of a church. I. 384. rectorial tithes. I. 388.

Recusants, popish. IV. 55. 124.

Recusatio judicis. III. 361.

Reddendum of a deed. II. 299. i. iii.

Re-desseisin, writ of. III. 188.

Redress of injuries. III. 2.

Reference to masters in chancery. III. 453.

Reformation of religion. IV. 423.

Refusal of a clerk. I. 389.

Regalia, majora et minora. I. 241.

Regard, court of. III. 72.

Regardant, villains. II. 93.

Regent. I. 240.

Register of deeds. II. 343.

-------------------------- marriages. IV. 163.

-------------------------- seamen. I. 419.

Registrum omnium brevium. III. 183.

Regnant, queen. I. 219.

Regrating. IV. 158.

Rejoinder. III. 310.

-------------------------- in error. III. xxv.

Rehearing. III. 453.

Relation back in bankruptey. II. 486.

-------------------------- forfeiture. IV. 375. 379.

-------------------------- judgments. III. 420, 421. Relations private. I. 422.

-------------------------- public. I. 146.

Relative rights and duties. I. 123. 146.

Relator, in informations. III. 264. 427. IV. 304.

Release of lands. II. 324. iii.

Relief. II. 56. 65. 87. IV. 411. 413, 414.

Religion, offences against. IV. 43.

Religious impostures. IV. 61.

Rem, information in. III. 262.

Remainder in chattels personal. II. 398.

-------------------------- of lands. II. 164.

--------------------------, writ of formedon in. III. 192.

Remedial part of laws. I. 55.

-------------------------- statute. I. 86.

Remise. II. xv.

Remitter. III. 19. 189.

Removal of poor. 1. 364.

Rent. II. 41. 57. 299.

-------------------------- charge. II. 42.

--------------------------, remedy for. III. 6. 206. 231. IV. 434.

-------------------------- feck. II. 42.

-------------------------- service. II. 41.

--------------------------, subtraction of. III. 230.

Repleader. III. 395.

Replevin. III. 13. 170.

--------------------------, action of. III. 145.

Replicatio. III. 310.

Replication at law. III. 309. iv. xxiii.

-------------------------- in criminal cases. IV. 333. v.

-------------------------- equity. III. 448.

Reports by the master in chancery. III. 453.

-------------------------- of adjudged cases. I. 71.

Representation in descents. II. 217.

-------------------------- of the crown. I. 194. 202.

-------------------------- distribution. II. 517.

-------------------------- parliament. I. 159.

Reprieve. IV. 387.

Reprisal of goods. III. 4.

Reprisals on foreigners. I. 258.

Republication of will. II. 379. 501.

Repugnant conditions. II. 156.

Reputation. I. 134.

--------------------------, injuries to. III. 123.

Requests, court of. I. 230. III. 50.

--------------------------, for small debts. II. 18.

Rere-fiefs. II. 57.

Rescripts of the emperor. I. 58.

Refocus, writ of. III. 146.

Rescue. III. 12. 170. IV. 125. 131.

Residence. I. 390. 392.

Residunm of intestates effects. II. 514.

Resignation. I. 382. 393.

Resistance. I. 251. IV. 429. 433.

Respite of jury. III. 354. x.

Respondeat ouster. III. 303. 396. IV. 332.

Respondentia. II. 459.

Responsa prudentum. I. 80.

Restitution in blood, &c. IV. 385.

-------------------------- of conjugal rights. III. 94.

-------------------------- stolen goods. IV. 355.

-------------------------- temporalties. I. 380. IV. 414.

--------------------------, writ of. IV. 188. 356.

Restoration, A. D. 1660. I. 210. IV. 431.

Restraining statute. I. 87.

-------------------------- of leases. II. 320. IV. 425.

Resulting use. II. 335.

Retainer of debts. II. 511. III. 18.

-------------------------- servant by another. III. 142.

Retaliation. IV. 12.

Retorno habendo, plegii de. III. 147.

--------------------------, writ de. III. 150. 413.

Retraxit. III. 296. 395.

Return, false or double. I. 180.

--------------------------, action for. III. 111. 372.

-------------------------- of writs. III. 273.

-------------------------, form of. II. xiv. xvii. xix. III. iii. v. vii. xii. xiii. xiv. xv. xvi. xvii. xix. xxi. xxv. xxvii.

Return-day of writs. III. 275.

Returns of the term. III. 277.

Revealed law. I. 42.

Revenue causes, cognizance of. III. 428.

--------------------------, extraordinary. I. 306.

--------------------------, ordinary. I. 281.

Reversal de attainder. IV. 383.

-------------------------- judgment. III. 411. xxvi. IV. 383.

-------------------------- outlawry. III. 284. IV. 315. 384.

Reversion. II. 175.

--------------------------, it's incidents. II. 176.

Revertendi animus. II. 392.

Reverter, writ of formedon in. III. 192. review, bill of. III. 454.

--------------------------, commission of. III. 67.

Reviling church ordinances. IV. 50.

Revival of persons hanged. IV. 399.

Reviver, bill of. III. 448.

Revocation of devises. II. 376.

-------------------------- uses. II. 335. 339. xi.

-------------------------- will. II. 502.

Revolution, A. D. 1688. I. 211. IV. 433.

Rewards for apprehending offenders. IV. 325.

Ridings. I. 116.

Right close, writ of. II. 99. III. 195.

--------------------------, sccundum conssuetudinem mancrit, writ of. III. 195. Right de Rationabilis parte, writ of. III. 194.

--------------------------, mere writ of. III. 193.

-------------------------- of advowsons, writ of. III. 243. 250.

-------------------------- dower, writ III. 183.

-------------------------- possession. II. 197.

-------------------------- ward, writ of. III. 141.

-------------------------- patent, writ of. III. 141. i.

--------------------------, petition of. I. 128. III. 256. IV. 430.

--------------------------, quia dominus remisit curiam, writ of. III. 195. ii. iii.

-------------------------- fur disclaimer, writ of. III. 233.

Rights. I. 122.

--------------------------, bill of. I. 128. IV. 433.

-------------------------- of persons. I. 122.

-------------------------- things. II. 1.

Riot. IV. 125. 142. 146.

Riot-act. IV. 142. 143. 433.

Riotous assemblies, felonious. IV. 142.

Rivers, annoyances in. IV. 167.

--------------------------, bands of, destroying. IV. 245.

--------------------------, sluices on, destroying. IV. 144.

Robbery. IV. 241.

Roberds-men. IV. 244.

Roguery, incorrigible. IV. 170.

Rogues. IV. 170.

Romney-marsh, laws of. III. 74.

Roots, destroying of. IV. 245.

--------------------------, stealing of. IV. 233.

Rope-dancers. IV. 168.

Routs. IV. 146.

Royal assent. I. 154. 183.

-------------------------- family. I. 219.

Rule of court. III. 304. ix.

Rural dean. I. 383.

-------------------------- deanry. I. 111.

Ryder to a bill. I. 182.

S.

Sabbath-breaking. IV. 60.

Saccularii. IV. 241.

Sacrament, reviling of. IV. 50.

Sacramentum decisionis. III. 342.

Safe-conducts. I. 259.

--------------------------, violation of. IV. 68.

Saint Martin le grand, court of. III. 80.

Sale. II. 9. 446.

-------------------------- of distress. III. 14.

Salt-duty. I. 321.

Salvage. I. 293.

Sanction of laws. I. 56.

Sanctuary. IV. 326. 358. 429.

Saek, island of. I. 106.

Satisdatio. III. 291.

Satisfaction, entry of. on record. IV. 421.

Saxon Laws. IV. 403. 405.

Scale of crimes and punishments. IV. 18.

Scandal or impertinence in bills in equity. III. 442.

Scandalum magnature. I. 402. III. 123.

Schire-men. I. 398.

Schism. IV. 52.

Schoolmaster. I. 453.

Sciences auxiliary to the study of the law. I. 33.

Scire facias against bail. III. 416.

-------------------------- in detinue. III. 413.

-------------------------- to hear errors. III. xxv.

-------------------------- remove an usurper's clerk. III. 248.

-------------------------- repeal letters patent. III. 261.

-------------------------- revive a judgment. III. 421.

-------------------------- feci. III. xxv.

Scold, common. IV. 169.

Scotland. I. 95. IV. 420.

Scots, or assessments. III. 74.

-------------------------- peers, their election. I. 168. IV. 116.

Scripture, scoffing at. IV. 59.

Scutage. I. 309. II. 74.

Se defendendo, homicide. I. 130. IV. 185.

Sea banks, destroying. IV, 245.

Seal, counterfeiting the king's. IV. 83. 89.

--------------------------, great. II. 346. III. 47.

-------------------------- of a corporation. I. 475.

--------------------------, privy. II. 347.

Sealing of deeds. II. 305. iii. xii. xiii.

Seals, their antiquity. II. 305.

Sea-marks. I 264.

--------------------------, destroying. I. 294.

Seamen. I. 418.

Seamens' wages. III. 107.

Second surcharge, writ of. III. 239.

Secondary conveyances. II. 324.

-------------------------- use. II. 335.

Secretaries of state. I. 338

Secta. III. 295. 344.

-------------------------- administration molendinum, &c, writ de. III. 235.

Secunda superoneratione, writ de. III. 239.

Securities for money, their true construction. III. 439.

Security for good behaviour. IV. 248. 253.

-------------------------- peace. IV. 248. 251.

-------------------------- of person. I. 129.

Seduction of women-children. IV. 209.

Seisin. II. 209.

-------------------------- for an instant. II. 131.

--------------------------, livery of. II. 311. i.

--------------------------, writ of. III. 412. II. 359. xix. Seising of heriots, &c. III. 15.

Selecti judices. III. 366.

Self-defence. III. 3.

--------------------------, homicide in. i. 130. IV. 183.

Self-murder. IV. 189.

Semi-plena probation. III. 371.

Senatus-consulta. I. 80. 86.

Senatus-decreta. I. 86.

Sepetennial elections. I. 189. 433.

Sequestration in chancery III. 444.

-------------------------- of a benefice. III. 418.

Serjeant, antient. III. 28.

-------------------------- at arms, in chancery. III. 444.

-------------------------- law. I. 24. III. 27.

--------------------------, premier. III. 28.

Serjeanty, grand. II. 73.

-------------------------- petit. II. 81.

Servants. I. 423.

--------------------------, battery of. III. 142.

-------------------------- embezzling their master's goods. IV. 230. 231.

--------------------------, firing houses by negligence. I. 431. IV. 222.

--------------------------, larceny by. IV. 230.

--------------------------, master when answerable for. III. 153.

--------------------------, retainer of. I. 425.

Service, feodal. II. 54.

--------------------------, heriot. II. 422.

Session, great, of Wales. III. 77.

-------------------------- of gaol-delivery. IV. iii.

-------------------------- oyer and terminer. IV. i.

-------------------------- parliament. I. 186, 187.

--------------------------,quarter. IV. 268.

Set-off. III. 304. IV. 435.

Settlement, act of. I. 28. 217. IV. 433.

Settlements of the poor. I. 362.

Several fishery. II. 39.

Severalty, estates in. II. 179.

Severance of jointure. II. 185.

Severity of punishment. IV. 16.

Sewers, commissioners of. III. 73.

Sextons. I. 395.

Shepway, court of. III. 79.

Sheriff. I. 116. 339. IV. 289. 406. 421.

Sheriff's court, in London. III. 80.

-------------------------- tourn. IV. 270. 404. 417.

Shafting use. II. 335.

Shipmoney. IV. 430.

Ships in distress, plandering them. I. 294. IV. 234.

--------------------------, maliciously destroying. I. 293. IV. 244.

Shire. I. 116.

Shooting at another. IV. 208.

Shop-books. III. 368, 369.

Shrubs, destroying of. IV. 245.

--------------------------, stealing of. IV. 233.

Shrowd, stealing of. II. 429. IV. 236.

Si fecerit te securum. III. 274. vii.

Signet, privy. II. 347.

Significavit, writ of. III. 102.

Signing of deeds. II. 305. iii. xii. xiii.

Sign-manual. II. 347.

--------------------------, forging it. IV. 89.

Simllitude of handwriting. IV. 351.

Simony. I. 389. 393. II. 278. IV. 62.

Simple contract, debt by. II. 465.

-------------------------- larceny. IV. 230.

Sine-cure. I. 386.

Single bond. II. 340.

-------------------------- voucher. II. xvii.

sinking-fund. I. 329.

Six clerks in chancery. III. 443.

Slander. III. 123.

Slavery. I. 423.

Slaves. I. 127.

Sledge. IV. 92. 370.

Sluices on rivers, destroying. IV. 144.

Small debts. Courts for. III. 81. IV. 434.

-------------------------- tithes. I. 388.

Smuggling. I. 317. IV. 155.

Socage. II. 79. IV. 412.

--------------------------, free and common. II. 79.

--------------------------, guardian in. i. 461.

--------------------------, villein. II. 98.

Society, it's nature. I. 47.

Sodomy. IV. 215.

Sodor and Man, bishopric of. I. 106. 111.

Sokemans. II. 100.

Soldiers. I. 407.

-------------------------- wandering. IV. 163.

Sole corporations. I. 469.

Solicitor. III. 26.

-------------------------- general. III. 27.

Son assault demesne. III. 120. 306.

Sophia, princess, heirs of her body. I. 216.

Sorcery. IV. 60.

Sovereignty. I. 49.

-------------------------- of the king. I. 241.

Soulfeot. II. 425.

South-sea fund. I. 328.

Speaker of each house of parliament. I. 180.

Speaking with prosecutor. IV. 357.

Special administration. II. 506.

-------------------------- bail. III. 287. xix.

-------------------------- bailiff. I. 345.

-------------------------- bastardy. I. 454.

-------------------------- case. III. 378. Special demurrer. III. 315.

-------------------------- jury. III. 357.

-------------------------- matter in evidence. III. 306.

-------------------------- occupant. II. 259.

-------------------------- plea. III. 305.

-------------------------- property. II. 391.

-------------------------- session. IV. 269.

-------------------------- statute. I. 86.

-------------------------- tail. II. 113.

-------------------------- verdict. III. 377. IV. 354.

-------------------------- warrant. IV. 288.

Specialty, debt by. II. 465.

Specific legacies. II. 512.

-------------------------- relief in equity. III. 438.

Spiriting away men and children. IV. 219.

Spiritual corporations. I. 470.

-------------------------- courts. III. 61.

Spiritualties, guardian of. 380.

Spoliation. III. 91.

Sponsio judicialis. III. 452.

Springing uses. II. 334.

Squibs. IV. 168.

Stabbing. IV. 193.

Stage-plays. IV. 168.

Stake driven through the body. IV. 190.

Stamp duties. I. 323.

Stamping of deeds. II. 297. III. xii. xiii.

Stamps, forging of. IV. 246.

Standard of weights and measures. I. 274. 275. IV. 272.

Stannary courts. III. 80.

Staple commodities. I. 314.

Starchamber, court of. I. 230. IV. 263. 422. 426. 430.

Starrs. II. 342. IV. 263.

Stated damages. III. 435.

Statute. I. 85.

--------------------------, guardian by. I. 462.

--------------------------, merchant. II. 160. IV. 421.

--------------------------, recognizance in nature of. II. 160. 342. IV. 424.

Statutes of a corporation. I. 475.

Stealing an heiress. IV. 208.

Sterling. I. 278.

Steward. I. 427.

--------------------------, high, his court, IV. 258.

--------------------------, in parliament. IV. 257. 260.

-------------------------- of the houshold, his court. III. 76. ivm 273.

-------------------------- university, his court. IV. 274.

Stint, common without. II. 34. III. 239.

Stipulatio. III. 291.

Stipulation in the admiralty court. III. 108.

Stirpes, distribution per. II. 517.

--------------------------, successions in. II. 217.

Stocks for punishment. IV. 379.

--------------------------, of descent, male and female. II. 234.

Stolen goods, receiving, &c. IV. 132.

-------------------------- marriages. IV. 209.

Stoppage. III. 305.

Stores, imbezzling the king's. IV. 101.

Strangers to a fine. II. 356.

Striking in the king's palace, or courts of justice. IV. 125. 273.

Study of the law, it's discouragements. I. 31.

-------------------------- uses. I. 6.

--------------------------, restrained in London. I. 24.

--------------------------, why neglected in the universities. I. 16.

Stultifying one's self. II. 291.

Subjection, civil. IV. 28.

Subinfeudation. II. 91.

Subornation of perjury. IV. 137.

Subpoena ad testificandum. III. 369.

-------------------------- duces tecum. III. 382.

-------------------------- in equity. III. 445.

--------------------------, it's original. III. 51.

Subscription of witnesses. II. 378.

Subscriptions, unlawful. IV. 117.

Subsequent conditions. II. 154.

-------------------------- evidence. III. 403. 454, 455.

Subsidies, ecclesiastical. I. 311.

--------------------------, lay. I. 307. 310. IV. 416.

--------------------------, on exports and imports. I. 315.

Subtraction of conjugal rights. III. 94.

-------------------------- legacies. III. 98.

-------------------------- rents and services. III. 230.

-------------------------- tithes. II. 88. 102.

Succession ab intestato. II. 516.

-------------------------- to goods and chattels. II. 430.

-------------------------- the crown. I. 197. IV. 433.

Susscrance, estate at. II. 150.

Suffrage, who intitled to. II. 171.

Suggestion for prohibition. III. 113.

--------------------------, prosecution by. IV. 305.

Suicide. IV. 189.

Suit and service. II. 54.

-------------------------- at law. III. 116.

-------------------------- in equity. III. 442.

--------------------------, or witnesses. III. 295. II. xviii.

Summary convictions. IV. 277.

Summoners. III. 279. II. xiv. xvii. III. iii. xiii.

Summons. III. 279. v.

-------------------------- before conviction. IV. 279.

-------------------------- to parliament. I. 149, 150. Sumptuary law. IV. 170.

Sunday, no juridical day. III. 278. 290.

Supersedeas, writ of. I. 353.

Superseding commissions of bankrupt. II. 488.

Superstitious uses, information of III. 428.

Supplemental bill in equity. III. 448.

Suppletory oath. III. 371.

Sajpplicavit. IV. 250.

Supplies. I. 307.

Supremacy. IV. 423.

--------------------------, oath of. I. 368.

-------------------------- refusing it. IV. 115.

Supreme magistrates. I. 146.

-------------------------- power. I. 49. 146.

Surcharge of common. III. 237.

Surplus of intestates' effects. II. 514.

Sur-rebutter. III. 310.

Sur-rejoinder. III. 310.

Surrender, deed of. II. 326.

-------------------------- of bankrupt. II. 481.

-------------------------- copyholds. II. 365. 368.

Surveyors of highways. I. 357.

Survivorship. II. 183. vii.

-------------------------- of things personal. II. 399.

Suspension of habeas corpus act. I. 136.

Sus. Per coll. IV. 396.

Swans, stealing of. IV. 235.

Swearing, profane. IV. 59.

-------------------------- the peace. IV. 252.

Sweinmote, court of. III. 72.

Sycophants. IV. 237.

Syngrapha. II. 296.

Synods. I. 279.

T.

Tail after possibility of issue extinct. II. 124.

-------------------------- female. II. 114.

-------------------------- general. II. 113. vi.

-------------------------- male. II. 114.

-------------------------- special. II. 113.

--------------------------, tenant in. II. 112.

Taking, felonious. IV. 230. 232.

--------------------------, unlawful. III. 445.

Tale, or count. III. 293.

Tales de circumstantibus. III. 365. xi. IV. 348.

--------------------------, writ of. III. 364.

Talionis lex. IV. 12.

Talliage. I. 310. IV. 412. 419.

Tariff. I. 313.

Taxation by the house of commons. I. 169.

Taxes. I. 139. 307. IV. 419. 432.

--------------------------, their annual amount. I. 331.

Technical words in indictments. IV. 302.

Temporalties of bishops, their custody. I. 282. IV. 414.

-------------------------- restitution. I. 380. IV. 414.

Tenant. II. 59.

-------------------------- to the praccipe. II. 359. 461.

Tender of amends. III. 16.

-------------------------- issue. III. 312.

-------------------------- money. III. 303.

-------------------------- oaths. I. 368. IV. 124.

--------------------------, plea of. III. 303.

Tenement. II. 16. 59.

-------------------------- entailable. II. 113.

Tenemental lands. II. 90.

Tenendum of a deed. II. 298. i.

Tenths, ecclesiastical. I. 284. IV. 106.

--------------------------, temporal. I. 308.

Tenure, disturbancd of. III. 242.

Tenures, antient. II. 59.

--------------------------, modern. II. 78.

Term in law, effoign day of. III. 278.

--------------------------, first day of. III. 278.

--------------------------, original of. III. 275.

--------------------------, returns of. III. 277.

-------------------------- of years. II. 143. iii. vi. IV. 423.

Terminum qui practeriit, writ of entry ad. III. 183.

Tremor. II. 142.

Terre-tenant. II. 91. 328.

Test-act. IV. 57. 432.

Testament. II. 10. 12. 373. 489. 499. IV. 417. 423.

Testamentry causes. III. 95.

-------------------------- guardian. I. 462. II. 88.

-------------------------- jurisdiction in equity. III. 437.

-------------------------- spiritualcourts. III. 97. IV. 414.

Testamento annexo, administration cum. II. 504.

Testatum capias. III. 283. xiv.

Teste of writs. III. 274. append. Passim. Testes, proof of will per. II. 508.

--------------------------, trial per. III. 336.

Theft. IV. 229.

--------------------------, it's punishment. IV. 237. 413.

Theft- bote. IV. 133.

Theodosian code. I. 81.

Things personal. II. 384.

-------------------------- real. II. 16.

--------------------------, right of. II. 1.

Threatening letters. IV. 144. Threats. III. 120.

-------------------------- of accusation, to extort money. IV. 136.

Timber. II. 281.

-------------------------- trees, stealing. IV. 233.

Tippling. IV. 64.

Tithes. I. 388. II. 24.

-------------------------- cognizable in equity. III. 437.

-------------------------- of forest land. III. 48.

--------------------------, original distribution of. I. 384.

--------------------------, subtraction of. III. 88. 102.

Tithing. I. 113. IV. 404.

Tithingman. I. 114. 406.

Title of acts of parliament. I. 182.

-------------------------- to lands. II. 195.

--------------------------, pretended, selling or buying. IV. 135.

-------------------------- the crown. I. 190.

-------------------------- things personal. II. 400.

Toleration. IV. 52. 53. 433.

Tolt, writ of. III. 34. 195. i.

Tongun, cutting out or disabling. IV. 206, 7.

Tonnage. I. 315. IV. 430.

Tonsura clericalis. IV. 360.

Torts, actions on. III. 117.

Torture. I. 133. IV. 320.

Tourn of the sheriff. IV. 270. 404. 417.

Tout temps prist. III. 303.

Town. I. 114.

Trade, it's progress in England. IV. 412. 417. 421. 424. 427. 432.

--------------------------, offences against. IV. 154.

--------------------------, offensive. IV. 167.

--------------------------, unlawful exercise of. I. 427. IV. 160.

Tradesmen. I. 406.

--------------------------, actions against. III. 164.

Traitors. II. 499. IV. 75.

Transitory actions. III. 294.

Transportation. I. 137. IV. 364. 370. 394.

--------------------------, returning from. IV. 131.

Traverse of indictment. IV. 345.

-------------------------- offices. III. 260.

-------------------------- plea. III. 312.

Treason, appeal of. IV. 310.

--------------------------, high. IV. 75. 421.

--------------------------, misprision of. IV. 120

--------------------------, petit. IV. 75. 203.

--------------------------, trials in. IV. 345. IV. 433.

Treasurer, lord high. III. 44. 56.

--------------------------, killing him. IV. 84.

Treasure-trove. I. 295.

--------------------------, concealment of. I. 296. IV. 121.

Treaties, leagues, and alliances. I. 257.

Trebucker. IV. 169.

Trees, destroying. IV. 244, 245.

--------------------------, stealing. IV. 233.

Tresayle. III. 186.

Trespass, costs in. III. 401.

-------------------------- on lands. III. 208, 209.

-------------------------- the case, action of. III. 122.

-------------------------- vi et armit, action of. III. 120, 121. 123.

Trespassers ab initio. III. 15.

Trial. III. 330. IV. 336. 407.

--------------------------, new. III. 387. IV. 355. 431.

Triennial elections. I. 189. 433.

-------------------------- parliaments. I. 153. 430. 432.

Trinity, denial of. IV. 50.

Trinoda necessitas. I. 263. 357. II. 102.

Triors, lords. IV. 259, 260.

-------------------------- of jurors. III. 263.

Triplicatio. III. 310.

Trithing. I. 116.

Triverbial days. III. 424.

Trover and conversion, acting at III. 151. IV. 356.

Truce, breakers of. IV. 68.

--------------------------, conservators of. IV. 69.

Trusts. II. 356. v. vi.

--------------------------, where cognizable. III. 431. 439.

Tub-man, in the exchequer. III. 28.

Tumultuous petitioning. I. 143. IV. 147.

Turbary, common of. II. 34.

Turnips. Ftealing. IV. 233.

Turnpikes, destroying of. IV. 144.

Tutor. I. 453. 460.

Twelve tables, laws of. I. 80.

Two witnesses, when necessary. III. 370. IV. 350.

Tyranny. I. 126. 133.

V. U.

Vacancy of the throne. I. 211.

Vacarius, Roger. I. 18.

Vacating records. IV. 128.

Vacations. III. 276.

Vadium mortuum. II. 157.

-------------------------- vivum. II. 157.

Vagabonds. IV. 170.

Vagrants. IV. 170.

--------------------------, harbouring them. IV. 170.

Valor beneficiorum. I. 284.

-------------------------- maritagii. II. 70.

Valuable consideration. II. 297.

Valvasors. I. 403.

Vasal. II. 53. Ubiquity of the king. I. 270.

Udal right. II. 45.

Venary, beasts of. II. 415.

Venire facias, writ of. III. 352. vi. x. IV. 313. 344. iii.

Ventre inspiciendo, writ de. I. 456.

Venue. III. 294.

--------------------------, when changed. III. 294. 384.

Verberation. III. 120.

Verderors. III. 71, 72.

Verdict. III. 377. vi. xi. IV. 354. iii. v.

--------------------------, false. III. 402. IV. 140.

Verge of the court. III. 76.

Vert, benison, and covert, injuries to. III. 71.

Vested legacy. II. 513.

-------------------------- remainder. II. 168.

Vetitum namium. III. 148.

Vicar. I. 387.

Vicarages, when established. I. 387. IV. 421.

Vicarial tithes. I. 388.

Vice-admiralty courts. III. 69.

Vicinage, common because of. II. 33.

Vicineto, jury de. III. 383.

Vicontiel writs. III. 238.

Vidames. I. 403.

View by jurors. III. 298. 358.

-------------------------- of frankpledge. IV. 270.

Vill. I. 114.

Villein. II. 92. IV. 413.

-------------------------- in gross. II. 93.

-------------------------- regardant. II. 93.

-------------------------- services. II. 61.

-------------------------- socage. II. 98.

Villenage. II. 90. 92.

--------------------------, privileged. II. 98.

--------------------------, pure. II. 90.

Villenous judgment. IV. 136.

Vinculo matrimonii, divorce a. III. 94.

Viner, Mr, his institution. I. 27.

Violating the queen, &c. IV. 81.

Violent presumption. III. 371.

Virge, tenant by. II. 148.

Virgin Mary, a civilian and canonist. I. 21.

Viscount. I. 399.

Visitation books of heralds. III. 105.

Visitor. I. 479.

-------------------------- of civil corporations. I. 481.

-------------------------- colleges. I. 482.

Visne. III. 294. IV. 344.

Vivo vadio, estate in. II. 157.

Umpire. III. 16.

Unanimity of juries. III. 376. IV. 407.

Uncertainty of the law. III. 325.

Uncore prist. III. 303.

Undersheriff. I. 345.

Underwood, stealing. II. 233.

Union, articles of. I. 96.

-------------------------- of Great Britain. I. 93. IV. 420. 433.

Unities of joint estates. II. 180.

Universitates. I. 469.

University. I. 471.

--------------------------, burgesses of. I. 174.

--------------------------, chancellor of, his certificate. III. 335.

--------------------------, courts of. III. 83. IV. 274.

--------------------------, right of, to popish advowsons. III. 251.

--------------------------, study of the law in. i. 26.

Unknown persons, larceny from. IV. 236.

Voir dire, oath of. III. 332.

Voluntary escape. III. 415. IV. 130.

-------------------------- jurisdiction. III. 66.

-------------------------- manslaughter. IV. 191.

-------------------------- oaths. IV. 137.

-------------------------- waste. II. 281.

Vouchee, in recoveries. II. 358. xviii.

Voucher. III. 299.

-------------------------- in recoveries. II. 358. xviii.

Uses. II. 137. 271. 327. IV. 420. 422. 423.

--------------------------, covenant to stand seised to. II. 338.

--------------------------, deeds to lead or declare. II. 339. 363. ix. x.

--------------------------, statute of. II. 332. IV. 423.

Usurpation of advowsons. III. 243.

-------------------------- franchises or offices. III. 262.

Usura maritime. II. 459.

Usury. II. 455. IV. 115. 156.

Usus-fructus. II. 327.

Uterinus frater. II. 232.

Uttering false money. IV. 89. 99.

Vulgaris purgation. IV. 336.

W.

Wager of battel. III. 337. 339. III. IV. 340. 411. 414. 417.

-------------------------- law. III. 341. IV. 407. 417.

Wagering policies. II. 461.

Wages of members of parliament. I. 174.

-------------------------- servants. I. 428.

Waifs. I. 296.

Wales. I. 93. IV. 420. 424.

--------------------------, courts of. III. 77.

--------------------------, part of England. I. 99.

--------------------------, prince of. I. 225.

--------------------------, compassing and imagining his death. IV. 76. Wales, princess of. I. 225.

--------------------------, violating her. IV. 81.

Wandering soldiers and mariners. IV. 165.

Want. IV. 31.

Wapentakes. I. 115.

War and peace, right of makint. I. 257.

--------------------------, articles of. I. 415.

--------------------------, levying, against the king. IV. 81.

Ward by constables, &c. I. 356. IV. 419.

Wards and liveries, court of. III. 258.

Wardship in chivalry. II. 67. IV. 411. 413. 414.

-------------------------- copyholds. II. 97.

-------------------------- socage. II. 88.

Warrant. I. 137. IV. 287.

Warrantia chartae. III. 229.

Warranty of chattels personal. II. 452.

-------------------------- goods sold. III. 165.

-------------------------- lands. II. 14. 91.

--------------------------, writ of. III. 227.

Watch. I. 356. IV. 289. 419.

Water. II. 14. 18.

Water-ordeal. IV. 336.

Ways. II. 35.

-------------------------- and means, committee of. I. 307.

--------------------------, disturbance of. III. 241.

Weights and measures. I. 274. IV. 272. 417.

-------------------------- false. IV. 157.

Weregild. IV. 188. 308. 406.

Wells, property in. II. 5.

West-Saxon-lage. I. 65. IV. 405.

Whales, property of. I. 223.

Wharfs i. 264.

Whipping. IV. 370.

White rents. II. 42.

Whole blood. II. 227.

Widow's chamber. II. 518.

Wife. I. 433.

--------------------------, battery of. III. 140.

Will, defect of. IV. 20.

--------------------------, estates at. II. 145.

--------------------------, of the lord. II. 95. 147.

--------------------------, vitious. IV. 21.

Wills and testaments. II. 10. 12. 373. 489. 499. IV. 417. 423.

Winchester measure. I. 274.

Window tax. I. 323.

Wine, adulteration of. IV. 162.

-------------------------- licences. I. 288.

Witchcraft. IV. 60. 429.

Withdrawing form allegiance. IV. 87.

Withernam. III. 129. 148. 413.

Witnesses. III. 369.

-------------------------- for prisoners. IV. 352. 434.

--------------------------, tampering with. IV. 126.

--------------------------, their expenses. III. 369. IV. 355.

--------------------------, to deeds. II. 307.

-------------------------- wills. II. 501.

--------------------------, trial by. III. 336.

-------------------------- two, where necessary. III. 370. IV. 350.

Wittena-gemote. I. 148. IV. 405.

Women, appeals by. IV. 417.

-------------------------- children, stealing or seduction of. IV. 209.

--------------------------, guilty of clergyable felonies. IV. 362.

--------------------------, jury of. III. 362. IV. 388.

Woodmote, court of. III. 71.

Wood-stealing. IV. 233.

Wool, &c, transporting. IV. 154. 421.

Words, action for. III. 400.

--------------------------, costs in actions for. III. 400.

--------------------------, treasonable. IV. 79.

Worthiest of blood. II. 213.

Wounding. III. 121. IV. 216.

Wreck. I. 290. II. 14. III. 106.

Writ. III. 273.

-------------------------- close. II. 346.

-------------------------- of election to parliament. I. 177.

-------------------------- peerage. I. 400.

-------------------------- patent. II. 346.

Writs, forms of. III. 51. 183. 273. IV. 420.

Writing of a deed. II. 297.

--------------------------, treason by. IV. 80.

Writings, stealing of. IV. 234.

Written conveyances. II. 297.

-------------------------- evidence. III. 368.

Wrongs. I. 122.

--------------------------, private. III. 2.

--------------------------, public. IV. 1.

Y.

Year. II. 140.

-------------------------- and day, in appeals of death. IV. 311. 329. Year and day, in continual claim. III. 175.

-------------------------- copyhold forfeiture. II. 284.

-------------------------- estrays. I. 297.

-------------------------- fines. II. 354.

-------------------------- murder. IV. 197.

Year and day, in wrecks. I. 292.

Year, day, and waste. II. 252. IV. 378.

Yearbooks. I. 72.

Years, estate for. II. 140.

Yeomen. I. 406.

York, custom of. II. 517

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