for alienation in mortmain, ii, 268.
for alienation to an alien, ii, 274.
by tortious alienation, ii, 274.
by disclaimer, ii, 275.

on lapse of presentation, ii, 276.
by simony, ii, 278.

by breach of condition, ii, 281.
for waste, ii, 281.

of copyholds by breach of custom, íi, 84.
by bankruptcy, ii, 285.

relief from, in equity, iii, 435.
equity will not aid, ii, 157, n.
Forfeitures are debts, iii, 159.
Forgery, what is, iv, 247.

what instruments the subjects of, iv, 248,
249, 250 and n.

of parish registers, iv, 163.

forged indorsement of bill, ii, 450, n.
Forgiveness by prosecutor, iv, 364.
Forma pauperis, suit in, iii, 400.
Formedon, action of, iii, 191.

Forms of law, unalterable except by parlia-

ment, i, 142.

of action, iii, 116.
Fornication, iv, 64.

Forts and castles, i, 263.

Fortune tellers, iv, 62.

Forty days' court, iii. 71.

Founder of a corporation, who is, i, 480.
Foundling hospitals, i, 131.
Fraction of a day, ii, 141, n.

Frames, breaking of, &c., iv, 247.
Franchise, royal, i, 302.
Franchises, ii, 37, 40, n.

disturbance of, iii, 236.
usurpation of, iii, 262.
allowance of, iii, 263.

(See Corporation.")
Frankalmoign, ii, 77, 101.
Franking letters, i, 323, n.
Frankmarriage, ii, 115, 190.
Frank-pledge, i, 114; iv, 252.
view of, iv, 273.

Frank tenement, ii, 61, 104.

(See "Tenures.")

Fraud, jurisdiction in case of, iii, 431, 437,
439, 442.

Fraud, criminal, iv, 158.

vitiates contracts, ii, 444, n.

Frauds and perjuries, statute of, ii, 297,
306, 364, 448, 466, 500, 515; iii, 158; iv,
439.

parol leases, when valid, ii, 297.

as to contracts, ii, 442.

trusts, ii, 337.

declaration of uses of fines, &c., ii, 363,
364.

execution of wills, ii, 376.

Fraudulent conveyances, &c., ii, 296, 441.
devises, ii, 378; iii, 430.

Free warren, ii, 38, 417.
Free-bench, ii, 122, 129, n.
Free fishery, ii, 39, 410, 417.
Free services, ii, 60.

Freehold, fixtures to, when removable, ii

281, n.
(See Estate.")
customary freeholds, ii, 149.

Fruit trees, destroying or damaging, iv,
246 and n.

Full age, i, 463.
Fumage, i, 324.
Funds, public, i, 331.
Funeral expenses, ii, 508.
Furandi animus, iv, 230, 232.

Furze, setting fire to, iv, 247.
Futuro, freehold in, ii, 144, 166.

of free warren, ii, 39.

beasts of park or chase, ii, 38.

shooting person in pursuit of, iv, 27, n.,
174.

trespass in pursuing, iii, 213, 214.
Game-keeper, ii, 418; iv, 217, n.
Gaming, iv, 167, 170, 171.

(See "Wagers.")

Gaming-houses, iv, 171.
Gaol delivery, iv, 270.
Gaol distemper, i, 346.
Gaols, i, 346; iv, 377.

Gaolers, i, 346; iv, 300.

compelling prisoners to be approvers, iv,
128.

when guilty of murder in cruelty, iv, 197.
Gardens, robbing of, iv, 233.

damaging trees in, iv, 247.

Garter, knight of the, i, 403.

Gavelkind, i, 74, 76, n., 79; ii, 84, 128, 220;

iv, 409, 413.

General demurrer, iii, 315.

General fund, i, 331.

General issue, why so called, iii, 305.

when formerly pleaded, iii, 305; iv, 338.

what it is in the several actions, iii, 305.

special plea amounting to, iii, 309.

General occupancy, ii, 258.

General services, iv, 272.

General statute, i, 85.

General verdict, iii, 378; iv, 854.
General warrant, iv, 291.
Generalissimo, i, 261.

Gentlemen, i, 405, 406.

should know the laws, i, 7, 13, 36.

Gibbon, commendation of Blackstone by,

i, 37, n.

Gifts of land, ii, 316.

of chattels, ii, 440.

Gilda mercatoria, i, 473.
Girl, abduction of, iv, 209.
carnally abusing, iv, 212.
Glanvil, I, 72, 421.

Gleaning, illegal, iii, 213, n., 312.

God and religion, offences against, iv, 63 to
65, 402.

Good behavior, security for, iv, 251, 256.
Good consideration, ii, 297.
Goods and chattels, ii, 384.

(See "Personalty.")

Goods and chattels, effect of condemnation

of, in exchequer, ii, 262, n.

when bound by execution, iii, 421.
larceny of.

(See "Larceny.")

Gorse, setting fire to, iv, 246.

Government, origin and object of, i, 48.
its forms, i, 49.

contempts against, iv, 123.
Grand assize, trial by, iii, 341, 350; iv,
Grand costumier of Normandy, i, 106.
Grand juror disclosing evidence, iv, 126.
Grand jury, iii, 351, 402; iv, 302.
Grand and petty larceny, iv, 339.
Grand serjeanty, ii, 73, 77, 78.
Grant, of hereditaments, ii, 317.
construction of, 379 et seq.

presumption of a lost grant, ii, 266, n.
of chattels, ii, 440.
by the crown, ii, 346.
by government, ii, 109, n.
Great council, i, 147.
Great seal, ii, 346; iii, 47.
counterfeiting it, iv, 83, 93.

Great tithes, i, 388.

Green-house, robbery of, iv, 233.
Gregorian code, i, 81.

Growing crops.

(See "Emblements.")

Guardian and ward, i, 460; iii, 141.

422.

Habeas corpus act, subsequent extension of,
iii, 137, n.

substance and use of, ii, 137, n.
Habendum, ii, 298.

Habere facias possessionem, iii, 412.
Habere facias seisinam, iii, 412.
Habitation, offences against, iv, 220.
(See "Arson," "Burglary," "Dwelling-
house.")

Hackney coaches and chairs, i, 325.
Half-blood, i, 70, 194; ii, 233.
Hamesecken, iv, 223.

Hamlets, i, 115.

Hannaper office, iii, 49.

Hand, burning in, iv, 367, 369, 371, 377.
disabling, iv, 206.

holding up, iv, 323.

loss of, iv, 125, 154, 276, 377.
Handsel, ii, 448.

Handwriting, similitude of, iv, 358.
Hanging, iv, 376.

Hanover, i, 110.

Harbors, injuries to, iv, 144.

Hard labor, punishment of, iv, 377.

Hares, stealing of, iv, 235.

Havens, i, 264.

Hay bote, ii, 35.

Hawks, stealing of, iv, 236.

Head of the church, i, 279; iv, 430.
Headborough, i, 114.

Health, protection of, i, 124.
offences against public, iv, 161.
nuisances to, iii, 122.

Hearing in equity, iii, 451.

Hearsay evidence, iii, 368.

Hearth money, i, 326.

Hedge-bote, ii, 35.

Heir, apparent and presumptive, ii, 208.
expectant, sale by, ii, 444.

when he takes by purchase, ii, 240, n.
favor to, i, 450.

nemo est hæres viventis, ii, 224.
(See "Descent.")
Heiress, stealing of, iv, 208, 209, n.
Heir looms, ii, 17, 427 et seq.

not devisable apart from freehold, ii, 429.
Heirs, when word necessary to create fee,
ii, 107, 120, n.

exceptions to this rule, ii, 108, n., 109, n.
Helping to stolen goods for reward, iv, 132.
Hengham, i, 72; iii, 409; iv, 427.
Henry I, his laws, iv, 420.

Heptarchy, iv, 410.

Herald's visitation books, evidence of pedi-

gree, iii, 105.

Herbage, right to, ii, 34, 35, n.

Hereditament, what, ii, 17, 20, 106.

ejectment for, iii, 206.

Hereditary excise, i, 288, 319, 322.

Hereditary right to the crown, i, 191, 209.
Heresy, iv, 44.

Heretico comburendo, writ de, iv, 46, 439.

Heretochs, i, 307, 408; iv, 413.

Heriots, ii, 97, 422.

Heriot service and heriot custom, ii, 422.
seizing. &c., iii, 14.

Hermogenian code, i, 81.

High commission court, iii, 67, 447; iv, 42,
433, 439.

Homage, by bishops, i, 284, 379; iv, 421.

nature and varieties of, ii, 54, n., 300.

of a court-baron, ii, 91.

liege, i, 367.

simple, i, 367.

Homicide, iv, 177.

when justifiable, iv, 178, 179.

in self-defence, iii, 3, n. ; iv, 183.

when excusable, iv, 182.
felonious, iv, 188.
self-murder, iv, 189.
manslaughter, iv, 191, 192.
murder, iv, 194 et seq.

Homine replegiando, writ de, iii, 129.
Honor of peer, i, 402.

answer upon, iii, 446.

Honor, court of, iii, 104.

titles of, i, 271; ii, 37, 91, 216; iv, 271.

Honoris respectum, challenge propter, iii,

261; iv, 352.

Hop-binds, destroying, iv, 246.

Horse races, iv, 173.

Horses, sale of, ii, 450.

ill treatment of, iv, 246.

Hospitals, i, 471, 474.

their visitors. i, 482.

Hotchpot, ii, 190, 515, 517.

Hot house, robbery of, iv, 233.

House, is land, ii, 18.

grant of. ii, 18, n.

Immunities of, iv, 223.

larceny from, iv, 240.

entering to demand or pay money not a
trespass, iii, 212.

(See "Arson," "Burglary.")

House-bote, ii, 35.

House duties, i, 325.

House of commons, i, 158.

how elected, i, 175, 177.

its peculiar laws, &c., i, 169.

methods of proceeding in elections, i,
177, 181.

House, its members should understand law,

i, 9, 10.

House of lords, i, 155, 158.

its peculiar laws, &c., i, 167.

writ of error to, from Ireland, iil, 410, n.
appeal to, from chancery, iii, 56.

its jurisdiction upon appeals and writs of
error, iii. 57, 427, 428.
quorum of, iii, 56, n.
Hue and cry, iv, 293.
Hundred, i, 116.

action against for robbery, &c., iii, 160;
iv, 246, 293, 411.

Hundred court, iii, .34, 35; iv, 411.
Hundredors, as jurors, iii, 359; iv, 352.
Hunger, does not excuse stealing, iv, 31.
Hunting.

(See "Game.")

Husband and wife, i, 433; iii, 92.

joint estate of, ii, 182, n.

power of wife to convey, ii, 292, 361, 362.
lease of wife's lands, ii, 319.

will of feme, ii, 497.

husband's power over wife's property, ii,
433 et seq.

wife's title by survivorship, ii, 433.
wife's equity to a settlement, ii, 434, n.
separate estate and restraint on anticipa
tion, ii, 293, n., 434, n., 436, n.
wife's paraphernalia, ii, 435.

husband's title by administration, ii, 435,

504.

liability of husband on wife's contracts, ii,
445, n.

liability of wife to be made bankrupt, i,
477, 488, n.

restitution of conjugal rights, iii, 94.
action by husband for battery of wife, iii,
140.

how far wife's crime is excused, iv, 28.
surety of peace for, iv, 204.

(See "Curtesy," "Divorce," "Dower,")
Husband of the queen, i, 224.
Hustings, court of, iii, 80.
Hydages, i, 310.
Hypotheca, ii, 159.

Hypothecation of ship, ii, 457.
bond, suit upon, iii, 117, n.

Identity of persons, iv, 396.

Idiots, custody of lands of, i, 303, 307.
their marriages, i, 438.

who are, i, 303.

cannot make wills, ii, 497.

jurisdiction of chancellor, iii, 427.
inspection of, iii, 332.

cannot appear by attorney, iii, 125.
conveyance by or to, iii, 127, 291.
Idiota inquirendo, writ de, i, 303.
Idleness, iv, 169.

Ignominious punishments, iv, 377.
Ignoramus, iv, 305.

Ignorance, when it excuses crime, iv, 27
Illegal contracts, i, 58, n.
Illegality of deed, &c., ii, 156.
Imagining the king's death, iv, 76.
Imbezzling king's stores, &c., iv, 101.
(See "Embezzlement.")

Immorality, public offence of, iv, 65.
Immoral work, &c., no copyright in, il,
407, n.

Imparlances, iii, 299, 301.

Impeachment, in parliament, iv, 259.

not affected by session terminating, i,
186, n.

Impeachment of president of United States,
i, 246, n.

Impediments of marriage, i, 434.
Imperial chamber, iii, 39.

Imperial constitutions, i, 80.

Imperial crown and dignity, i, 241.

Implements of trade, distress of, iii, 9, n.
Implication, corporations by, i, 472, n.
repeals by, i, 89, n.

Implied contracts, ii, 443; iii, 159.
condition, &c., ii, 152, 300, 381, 443.
malice, iv, 200.

warranty, ii, 300.

Importing agnus dei, crosses, &c., iv, 115.

counterfeit money, iv, 84, 89, 100, n.
Impossible condition, ii, 156.

Impostures, religious, iv, 62.
Impotency, i, 434.

Impressment, i, 420.

Imprisonment, i, 134, 136; iv, 244, 377, 436.

beyond sea, i, 137; iv, 116.
false, iii, 127, iv, 218.
relief from, iii, 130 et seq.
for debt, iii, 289, n.
Improper feuds, ii, 58.
Impropriations, i, 386:

Improvements, patents for invention of, ii,

407 and n.

Incapacities, imposed as punishments, iv,
877.

Incendiaries, iv, 220.
Incest, iv, 64.

Incidental prerogatives, i, 240.

Inclosure of common, ii, 84; iii, 240.
destroying, iv, 247.

Income tax, i, 314, n.

Incorporation, power of, i, 472, 474.

Incorporeal hereditaments, ii. 20, 36, n.,
106.

ejectment for, iii, 206.

Incorrigible roguery, iv, 169.

Incumbrances, covenant against, ii, App.
(See Mortgage,")

Indecency, public offence of, iv, 65.
by vagrants, iv, 170, n.

Indebitatus assumpsit, iii, 154.

Indefeasible right to the throne, i, 195.
Indentures, ii, 295, 351.

of apprenticeship, i, 426.

Independence of the United States, i, 109,
n., 366, n.

India, government of, i, 109, n.
misdemeanors in, iv, 805.

Indicavit, writ of, iii, 91.

Indictable, what is, iv, 218.

Indictment, form of, iv, 806.

venue in, iv, 305.

copy of, iii, 126; iv, 851.

locality of, iv, 303.

certainty required in, iv, 306 and n.

when sufficient after verdict, iv, 806, n.,
884, n.

Jurisdiction of chancery over, iii, 426.
inspection of, iii, 332.

carnal knowledge of, iv, 212.

evidence by, iv, 214.

when liable for crimes, iv, 22, 24, 158.
instigating to crimes, iv, 40.

stinting in food, &c., iv, 217.

child stealing, iv, 219.

Inferior courts, writs of error from, iii, 411
and n.

Information in the exchequer, iii, 261.

in respect of charities, iii, 427.
in the ecclesiastical courts, iii, 101.
appeal from, iii, 428.
compounding of, iv, 136.
criminal, iv, 308, 429, 436.
ex officio, iii, 427; iv, 808.
in crown office, iv, 308.

in nature of quo warranto, iv, 312, 441.
Informer, common, ii, 437; iii, 160; iv, 308.
Infortunium, homicide per, iv, 182.
Injunction, iii, 442.

to stay waste, ii, 282, n.
dissolution of, ii, 382, n.
Injuries, civil, iii, 2, 118.
Inheritable blood, ii, 246.

Inheritance, words of, essential to create
a fee, ii, 107 and n.

" 66

(See "Descent,' 'Estate.")
Inn, entering an, not a trespass, iii, 212.
disorderly, iv, 167.

Innkeeper, liabilities and lien of, i, 414, n.,

430, n; ii, 451, n.; iii, 164.

Inns of court and chancery, i, 23, 25.
Innuendo, iii, 126.

Inofficious wills, i, 448; ii, 502.

Inquests by coroners, i, 248, 302, n.

Inquests of office, remedy for injuries to

crown, iii, 257; iv, 301, 424.

in case of escheats, i, 372, n.; iii, 258.
prosecutions on, iv, 274, 301, 302.
Inquiry, writ of, iii, 398.

Inquisitio post mortem, ii, 68; iii, 257.

Inquisition, what it is, iii, 257.

gives the king his right by record, iii, 258.

may be traversed, iii, 260.

Inrolment of annuity deeds, ii, 461.

of bargain and sale, ii, 338.

Insidiatio viarum, iv, 374.

Insimul computassent, iii, 162.

Insolvent debtors, relief of, iii, 415, n.. 484

of lives by annuitants, ii, 461.

Intent in larceny material, iv, 232.

in forgery, iv, 248, n.

in offences against the person, iv, 208, n.
in case of crime by drunken person, iv,
25, n.

Interdictum, iii, 42.

Interesse termini, ii, 144.

Interest on money, ii, 454 et seq., 463, n.
among the Romans, ii, 462.
on legacy, ii, 513.

in bankruptcy, ii, 488.

distinction between contract for reducing
and contract for increasing, iii, 432.

Interested witness, iii, 370.
Interlineation in deed, ii, 308.

presumption of law as to the making, ii,
308, n.

Interlocutory judgment, iii, 396, 448.
decrees, iii, 101, 452.

Interpleader, iii, 300, n.

by a sheriff, iii, 417, n.
in equity, iii, 448.

Interpretation of law, i, 58.
rules for, i, 60, 62.

(See "Statutes.")

Interregnum, i, 196, 249.
Interrogatories, iii, 383, 438, 444.
examination on, iv, 287.
Intestate, ii, 494; iv, 425, 428.

(See "Executors and Administrators.")
Intrusion, iii, 169.

information of, iii, 261.

writ of, iii, 183.

Inventions, patents for, ii, 407.

Inventory of deceased's effects, ii, 510.
Investiture, ii, 32, 53, 209, 211.
Involuntary manslaughter, iv, 192.
Ireland, i, 99, 104.

writ of error from superior courts of, iii,
410, n.

relief from forfeitures of leases in, iii,
435.

disestablishment of state church of, iv,
443, n.

Irish peerages, i, 100, n., 154, n.

Irons to secure prisoners, iv, 300, 322.
Irrepealable laws, i, 91, n.
Islands, title to new, ii, 201.

Issuable terms, iii, 353.

Issue, collateral, iv, 396.
in criminal cases, iv, 399.

joinder of, iii, 315; iv, 340.
tender of, iii, 312, 314.

of fact, when said to be joined, iii, 815.
directed by court of equity, iii, 452.

Jeofails, statutes of, iii, 407; iv, 375, 439.
Jersey, Isle of, i, 106.

Jetsam, i, 293; iii, 106.

Jew bill, i, 375.

Jews, iv, 373.

exclusion of, i, 375.

appointment of guardian by, i, 462, n.
legal protection to, i, 425.

maintenance of their protestant children,
i, 449.

marriages of, i, 485, n.

may now sit in parliament, i, 157, n., 875;

n.

relief from disabilities, i, 157, n., 375, n.,
iv, 443, n.

John, King, his resignation of the crown to
the pope, iv, 108, 111.

magna charta of, i, 127; iv, 423, 425.
Joinder of issue, iii, 315.

in demurrer, iii, 115.

Joinder of actions, iii, 295, n.

Joint owner of chattel, crown cannot be, ii,
409.

Joint tenancy, ii, 180 et seq.

dissolution of, ii, 185.

good faith required in, ii, 194, n.
Jointure, ii, 137, 180.

Judgment, title to chattels by, ii, 436.
debt by, ii, 465.

remedy by elegit, ii, 162.

void if jurisdiction wanting, iii, 24, n.
arrest of, iii, 393, 394.

operates as a charge upon lands, iii, 419,

n.

from what time it binds lands, iii, 420.
scire facias to revive, iii, 421 and n.
action of debt on, iii, 160.

jurisdiction of equity over, iii, 437.
decree in equity has the force of, iii, 453.
in criminal cases, iv, 375 et seq.

Judge in one's own cause, iii, 289 and n.
Judges, iii, 25, 356; iv, 440.

commissions of, i, 267.

are counsellors to the king, i, 229.
depositories of the common law, i, 69.
killing of, iv, 84.

assaults upon, iv, 125.

threats or reproaches to, iv, 126.
how counsel for prisoners, iv, 355.

are always made sergeants, iii, 26.
in equity, iii, 441, 442, 444.

punishment for misbehavior, iii, 408.
summing up of, iii, 375, n.

Judicial committee of the privy council, i,
232, n., 280, n; iii, 67, n., 80, n.

its present organization, iii, 69, n.
Judicial decisions, i, 63, 64.
Judicial power, i, 267, 269.
Judicial writs, iii, 282.
Judices ordinarii, iii, 315.
Judicium Dei, iv, 341, 342.