ii, 9, 36, n., 264, n.

of bastard children, i, 458.

Abatement, iii, 167.

plea in, iii, 301.

not admitted in partition suit, iii, 302.
verification of, id.

to indictment, iv, 334.

of suit in equity, iii, 448.

of nuisance, iii, 5, 220 and n.

Abbey lands, molesting possessors of, iv, 116.
exemption of, from tithes, ii, 32.

Abbots, i, 155.

Abbreviations in legal proceedings, iii, 323.
Abdication of the king, i, 211; iv, 78.
of James II, i, 212.

Abduction of wife, iii, 139.

of child, i, 140.

and marriage of women, i, 443.

of heiress, iv, 208.

of girl under fourteen, iv, 16.
or kidnapping, iv, 219.

Abearance, security for, iv, 251-257.
Abettors, iv, 34, 323.

Abeyance of the freehold, ii, 107.
Abiegi, or cattle stealers, iv, 239.
Abjuration, oath of, i, 162, n., 368.

of the realm, i, 132; iv, 55, 124, 332, 377.
Abolition of slavery, i, 423, n., 425, n.
Abortion, iv, 198.

Abroad, homicide committed, iv, 269, n.
action for matter arising, iii, 293, n.
Absolute power of the crown, i, 250.
of the parliament. i, 160.

limitation upon, in America, i, 125, n.

Absolute property, ii, 389.

Absolute rights and duties, i, 123.
Accedas ad curiam, iii, 24.
Acceptance of bills, ii, 468.

Access, presumption of, i, 457.
Accessories, iv, 35.

before the fact, iv, 36, 39.
after the fact, iv, 37, 39.
when to be tried, iv, 323.

Accession, title by, ii, 404.

Accident, remedy in case of, iii, 431.
(See "Negligence.")

Accomplices, discovery of, iv, 330, 331.

(See "Accessories.")

Accord and satisfaction, iii, 15.
requisites of, iii, 16 and n.

tender of satisfaction, iii, 16 and n.
Account, action of, iii, 162.
stated, iii, 162.

books of, when evidence, iii, 368.
in equity, iii, 163.
Accrcaching royal power, iv, 76.

Ac etiam, clause of, iii, 287, 288.

Acknowledgment of feme covert's deed, ii,

293, n.

of fine, ii, 350.

Act of bankruptcy, ii, 477.

in the United States, ii, 477, n.

Act of grace or pardon, i, 184; iv, 396.
when pleaded, iv, 396, 402.

Act of indemnity, i, 136.

Act of parliament, i, 85.
how enrolled, i, 182.
how made, i, 181.

its ancient form, i, 182.
its approval, i, 184.

its authority, i, 186.
private, i, 86; ii, 3, 344.
public, i, 85.

when binding on the crown, i, 261.
disobedience to, iv, 122.

endeavor to repeal by intimidation, iv, 82, n.
Action, chose in, ii, 290, 396.

Action at law, iii, 116.

feudal, iii, 117.

real, id.

personal, ib.

mixed, iii, 118.

for matter arising abroad, ii, 394.

for civil injury in case of felony, iii, 119.
on the case, iii, 122, 209, 222, 226; iv, 442.
for trespass, iii, 208, 209.

of replevin, iii, 146.
of trover, iii, 151.

of debt, iii, 155.

of covenant, iii, 156.

of assumpsit, iii, 157 et seq.
possessory, iii, 180.
popular, ii, 437.

what rights of may not be assigned, ii, 290.
plea to, iii, 303.

Additions of estate, &c., persons to be styled
by, i, 407.

erroneous in pleading, iii, 302.

statute of, iv, 306, 334.

Adherence to the king's enemies, iv, 82.

Adjoining county, trial of offence in, iv, 304.

Adjournment of parliament, i, 186.

Admeasurement of dower, ii, 136; iii, 183.

of pasture, writ of, iii, 238.
Administration, granting of, iii, 98.

to infant, i, 463, n.

Administration, the, what is, i, 230, n.
the, in United States, i, 232, n.
Administrator.

See "Executors and Administrators."
Admiralty, court of, iii, 68.

its jurisdiction and power, i, 231; iii, 106.

Admiralty, proceedings in, il, 108.

suit for beaconage may be brought in it,iii, 107.
has jurisdiction as to prizes, iii, 68, n., 108, n.
law in, i, 83.

trial of offences in, iv, 268, 269, n.
Admission of a clerk, i, 390.
Admittance to copyhold, ii, 366, 370.
Admittendum clericum, writ ad, iii, 350.
Ad quod damnum, writ of, ii, 271.
Adultery, i, 441; iv, 64, 65, 191.

divorce for, i, 441.

alimony not allowed in cases of divorce for,
iii, 94.

action of trespass, or on the case, may be
brought for, iii, 139.

Adverse possession, ii, 198, n., 266, n.
conveyances in case of, ii, 290, n.
Advocates, iii, 126.

liability of, for negligence or want of skill,
iii, 164, and n.

Advocatus fisci, iii, 27.
Advowson, ii, 21; iv, 426.

appendant or in gross, ii, 22.

how conveyed, id.

right of presentation before and after vacancy,
ii, 22, 24, n.

presentative, collative, or donative, ii, 22.
donative, how destroyed, ii, 23.
lapse, ii, 24, n., 276.

prerogative presentation, ii, 24, n.
simony, ii, 278, et seq.

curtesy of, ii, 127.

who may be disturbers of right of, iii, 244.
limitations to actions for, iii, 25, n.
writ of right of, abolished, iii, 250, n.
Equitas sequitur legem, ii, 330; iii, 441.
Affectum, challenge propter, iii, 363; iv, 352.
Affeerors of amercements, iv, 380.
Affidavit, iii, 304.

verification of plea in abatement to indict-
ment by, iv, 334, n.

Affinity, i, 434, 435, n.

Affirmance of judgments, iii, 411.
Affray, iv, 145.

breach of the peace chargeable upon him
who begins, iii, 3.

Age, action formerly suspended by non-age,

iii, 300.

Albinatus jus, i, 372.
Alderman, i, 116.
Alderney, Isle of, i, 106.

Alehouses, offences in, iv, 64, 168.
Alfred, his laws, i, 64, 113.

his dome-book, i, 64, 66, 114; iv, 411.
Alias writ, iii, 283.

Alien priories, i, 386; iv, 113.
Alienation of mind of Geo. III, i, 248, n
Alienation, history of the right of, ii, 287
fines for, ii, 71; iv, 418.

who may alien and to whom, ii, 290.
restraint on, allowed in favor of a married
woman, ii, 434, n.

of rights of action, &c., ii, 290.
different modes of, fi, 293.
by deed, ii, 295.

by devise, ii, 373.

by special custom, ii, 365.
by matter of record, ii, 344.
forfeiture by, ii, 268.

conditions in restraint of, ii, 157, n,
Aliens, i, 366, 371.

disabilities of, i, 371.

duty on, i, 315, 372.

may take, but cannot hold lands, ii, 249, 274,
293.

merchants and artificers, leases to, ii, 293.
dower of, ii, 131.

descent through, ii, 226, n.

royal grant to, ii, 347.

naturalization and denization of, ii, 249.

enemy, prize of goods, ii, 401.

præmunire by, iv, 111.

enemies, i, 373, n.; iii, 132, n.
Alimony, i, 441.

suit for, iii, 94.

none allowed in case of divorce for adult'y, id.
Allegation, iii, 100.

Allegiance, i, 366, 369, n.; iv, 74.

local, i, 370.

natural, i, 369, 370, n.

oath of, i, 367-369; iv, 273.
to whom due, i, 371.
origin of oath of, ii, 53.

refusing oath of, iv, 116.

withdrawing from, iv, 87.

seducing soldiers or sailors from, iv, 102, n.
Alliances, how made, i, 257.
Allodial property, ii, 47, 60.

Allodiumi, derivation and nature of, ii, 45, 47,
60, 105.

Allowance of franchise, iii, 263.

of pardon, iv, 401, 402.

of writs of error, iv, 392.

Alluvion, title to, ii, 261, 262, n.
Almanac, inspection of, iii, 333.
Alteration of deeds, ii, 308.

Ambassadors, how appointed, i, 253.

their privileges, i, 254-256.

violation of privilege of, iv, 70, 441.
killing, iv, 86.

Amendments of pleadings, history of the doc-

trine of, iii, 408.

of variances in indictments, iv, 439.
American colonies, i, 107, 109, n.

transportation to, iv, 401.

American states, how constitutions of, differ
from English, i, 49, n.

ex post facto laws cannot be passed in, i,
46, n.

American states, statutes of, when to take
effect, i, 46, n.

exercise of legislative power in, i, 52, n., 58,
n., 89, n., 125, n.

sovereignty in, i, 49, n., 52, n.

rights of married women to property in, i,
55, n.; ii, 433, n.; iv, 443, n.
common law of, i, 68, n.
civil divisions of, i, 119, n.
habeas corpus in, i, 135, n.

protection of private property in, i, 139, n.
right of petition in, i, 143, n.
right to bear arms in, i, 143, n.

property qualification of electors, i, 179, n.
executive power in, i, 214, n, 232, n.
treaties, how made in, i, 257, n
war, how declared by, i, 257, n.
judicial tenure in, i, 268, n.
titles of nobility forbidden, i, 272, n.
how corporations created, i, 273, n.
legal tender in, i, 277, n.

corruption of blood, i. 300, n.; ii, 251, n.
escheats in, i, 302, n.

national taxes of, i, 321, n.

independence of, as affecting status of inhab-

itants, i, 366, n., 369, n.
escheats for alienage, i, 372, n.

naturalization in, i, 375, n.

religious societies in, i, 376, n.

abolition of slavery in, i, 423, n.

tenures of land, ii, 102, n.

estate tail in, ii, 119, n.

foreclosure of mortgages in, ii, 159, n.
registry system in, ii, 343, n.

conveyances in, by private statutes, ii, 346. n.
married women's property in, ii, 433, n.

bankrupt law of, ii, 476, n., 481, n., 484, n.,
488, n.

courts of, iii, 60, n., 70, n.

habeas corpus in, iii, 138, n.
suits against, iii, 257, n.
treason in, i7, 76, n.

American war, i, 119, n.

Anatomy, offence of stealing bodies for, ii,

4:29.

| Apology for defamation, iii, 125, n.
Apostacy, iv, 43.
Apparel, excess in, iv, 171.
Apparent heir, ii, 208.
Appeal, iii, 56.

by approvers, iv, 330.

of death, iv, 314, 424, 443, n.
of felony, id.

of treason, iv, 314.

in convictions, iv, 282.
prosecution by, iv, 312, 424.
to parliament, iii, 454.
to Rome, iv, 115, 421.

courts of, iii, 441.

from decree in equity, iii, 453, 454.

in matters of lunacy, iii, 427.

from commission under statutes of charitable
uses, iii, 428.

to quarter sessions, iii, 455.
new evidence on, id.

from Irish courts, i, 104.

different from writ of error, iii, 56.
Appearance, iii, 286, 290.

by defendant, how made, iii, 287, n
in chancery, iii, 443, 445.

Appearance day of the term or return, iii, 278.
Appellee on approvement, iv, 330.

Appendants and appurtenants distinguished, ii,
22, 33, n.

Appointment to charitable uses, ii, 376.

Apportionment of rent, ii, 124.

Appraisement, commission of, iii, 262.
Apprentices, i, 426, 427.

duty on fee, i, 324.

embezzlement by, iv, 230.

exercising trade without having been, iv, 160,

and n.

Apprenticii ad legem, iii, 27.

Appropriation of supplies, i, 335, n.

of ecclesiastical dues,, i, 384.

Approvement of common, ii, 34; iii, 240.
Approvers, iv, 329.

Appurtenants and appendants distinguished,

ii, 22, 33, n.

grant of, ii, 18, n., 34, n.

Arbitrary consecration of tithes, i, 113.

power, i, 160.

Arbitration, iii, 16.

submission to revocable, iii, 16, n.

agreement to settle controversies by, id.
Archbishops, i, 155, 377.

court of, i, 83.

mode of appointment of, i, 377.

powers and duties of, i, 380.

Archdeacon, i, 383.

Archdeacon's court, iii, 64.

Archdeaconry, i, 112.

(See "Cattle," "Game.")

Animus furandi, iv, 230, 232.

Animus revertendi, ii, 392.

Annual parliaments, i, 153.

Annuties, ii, 20, n., 40.

dean of, iii, 65.

for lives, ii, 461.

memorial of, ii, 461.

Annulum et baculum, investiture per, i, 378.

Annus luctus, i, 457.

Answer in equity, iii, 437, 438, 446.

upon oath, iii, 100.

of a peer upon honor, i, 402.

standing, i, 413, 414; iv, 419, 439, 441 443, n.
Armorial ensigns, ii, 428; iii, 105.

Armor, &c., embezzling the king's, iv, 101.
statutes of i, 411.

Arms, right of having, i, 143.

training to, iv, 102, n.

going armed, iv, 149.

and ammunition, exporting, i, 265.

to raise price of wages, iv, 159, 217, n.

to stop progress of grain, &c., iv, 217, n.

with intent to commit felony, id.

on doorkeepers and gamekeepers, id.
on persons saving wreck, id.

on revenue officers, iv, 155.

on commissioners of taxes. iv, 158.
Assembly, riotous or unlawful, iv, 146.
of estates, i, 147.

Assessed taxes, i, 325.

Assessment of damages for waste, iii, 228.
Assets, ii, 510.

estates pour autre vie, ii, 260.

by descent, ii, 244, 302, 340; iii, 430.

when not liable for personal wrongs, ii, 302.

real, in equity. iii, 430.

Assignees in bankruptcy, ii, 480.

(See" Bankruptcy.")

Assignments, ii, 326, 440.

fraudulent, ii, 296, 441.

of chose in action, ii, 397, n., 442.
distinguished from an underlease, ii, 327, n.
of bills of exchange, &c., ii, 468.

of errors, iii, 406.

Assigns, ii, 289.

Assize, general, i, 148.

of arms, i, 411; ii, 66.

commission of, iii, 60; iv, 269, 424.
grand, iv, 422.

justices of, iii, 59; iv, 269.

killing them, iv, 84.

could not formerly sit in their own country,
iii, 59, 335.

of bread, the offence of breaking, iv, 157.
of nuisance, iii, 220.

courts of, iii, 58.

certificate of, iii, 389.

writ of, iii, 184; iv, 422.

of mort d'ancestor, &c., iii, 185, 232.
turned into an inquest, iii, 402.
Association, writ of, iii, 60.
Assumpsit, implied, iii, 159, 162.
consideration to support, ii, 443.
Assurance.

(See "Insurance.")

Assurances, common, ii, 294.
covenant for further, ii, App.
Atheling, i, 199.

Attachment in pone, iii, 280.

against witnesses, iii, 369.
for contempts, iii, 443; iv, 283.
Attachments, court of, iii, 71.
Attainder, act of, iv, 259.

forfeiture of real property by, in treason, iv,

381.

in felony, iv, 385.

by præmunire, iv, 386

of personal property, id.

difference between forfeiture of lands and

goods, iv, 387.

plea of previous attainder, iv, 336.

escheat on, ii, 251, 290.

dower of felon's wife, ii, 253.

Attaint, writ of, iii, 351.

verdicts formerly reversed by, iii, 388.

superseded by motions for new trials, iii, 404.

abolished, iii, 351, n.

Attainted persons, iv, 380.

Attempts to rob, iv, 242.
to steal fish, iv, 235.

Attestation of deed, ii, 307.

royal, ii, 308.

of wills, ii, 376, 501.

Attesting witness, proof by, iii, 368.
Attorney, iii, 25.

subject to censure of the judges, iii, 26.
must be admitted and sworn, iii, 26.
communications made to him in his profes
sional capacity, iii, 36.

may recover fees in United States, iii, 28, n
liability of, iii, 164, and n.

right of, to defend client for felony, iv, 356.
summary proceedings against, iv, 284.
to deliver seizin, ii, 315.

warrant of, iii, 397.

Attorney-general, iii, 97.

information by, iii, 261; iv, 308.

information by, in matters of charity, iii, 42
Attornment, ii, 72, 290.

Bachelor, knight, i, 404.

Backing warrants, iv, 291

Bail, above, iii, 290.

below, iii, 291.

common, iii, 287.

sheriff obliged to take, iii, 289.

to the action, if not put in, plaintiff may sue

the sheriff's bail, iii, 290.

when and how put in, id.

special, when required, iii, 291.

plaintiff in error must find, iii, 411.

when may be proceeded against, iii, 416.

scire facias against, id.

in criminal cases, iv, 297.

taking excessive, i, 135; iv, 297.

taking insufficient, iv, 297.

what offences bailable, iv, 298.

confined to traders, ii, 473, 474.

what is a trading, ii, 476.

feme covert, ii, 477.

petitioning creditors' debt, ii, 475.
act of bankruptcy, ii, 477.
fraudulent, iv, 155 and n.
proceedings in, ii, 479.

assignee's title to estate and property of

bankrupt, ii, 285, 485.

dividend, ii, 487, 488, n.

priorities of creditors, id.
landlord's rent, ii, 487.

contingent debts, ii, 488.
interest, id.

superceding commission, id.

court of bankruptcy, iii, 56, 428, n.
court of review, iii, 428, n

jurisdiction of equity, iii, 428, n.

Banks of rivers, &c., destroying, iv, 144, 245.
Banneret, knight, i, 403.

Banns, i, 439.

no action lies to recover his fee, iii; 28.
defence of prisoner by, iii, 27.

Base fee, ii, 109.

service and tenure, ii, 61, 148.
Bastard, i, 454.

incapacities of, i, 458.

maintenance of, i. 457, 458.

legitimation of, i, 455.

cannot inherit, ii, 247.

eigne, ii, 248.

administration to, ii, 505.

concealment of its death, iv, 358.

punishment for having, iv, 65.

classification of, ii, 451 and n.

Bath, knight of the, i, 403.

Battle, trial by. iii, 105, 337, 346, 418, 421, 424.
Battery, iv, 216.

of a clergyman, iv, 317.

what is, iii, 120.

when justifiable, id.

remedies for, id.

inspection of, iii, 333.

(See "Assault and Battery.")

Bawdy houses, iv, 29, 64, 167.

Beaconage, suit for in admiralty court, iii, 107.
Beacons, i, 264.

Beasts of the plow, when they may be dis-
trained, iii, 9.