Post-fine, ii, 350.

Post, writ of entry in, iii, 182.
Post-disseasin, writ of, iii, 188.
Post-man in exchequer, iii, 28.
Post-office duties, &c., i, 322-324.
embezzlement by servants in, iv, 231.
misbehavior of officers of, iv. 234.
examining correspondence in, i, 322, n.
Posthumous children, i, 130; ii, 160.
Pound, iii, 12.

breach, what, and remedies for, iii, 146.
troy, of gold and silver, i, 276, n.
Poundage, i, 316; iv, 437.

Powdike, cutting, iv, 244.

Power of appointment, how executed by will,

ii, 379, n.

of the crown, i, 250.

sovereign, where lodged, i, 51.

in America, i, 49, n., 52, n.

Poyning's, laws, i, 102, 103.

Practice in equity, iii, 442, et seq.
injunction, iii, 442-443.

filing bill and subpœna, iii, 443
officers of court, iii, 443.
affidavits, iii, 443.
answer, iii, 443, 447.

process of contempt, iii, 443, 444.
appearance, iii, 443, 445.

commission of rebellion, iii, 444.
sequestration, id.

taking bill pro confesso, id.

process against corporation by distringas,
iii, 455.

process against peer or member of parlia
ment, id.

defendant's pleading, id.

amendments, iii, 446, 488.

hearing of cause, iii, 488, 450, 451.
examination of witnesses, iii, 449.
publication of evidence, id.

dismissing bills for want of prosecution,
iii, 451.

subpoena to hear judgment, id.

decree, interlocutory or final, iii, 451, 453.
decree against infant, iii, 430, n.
costs, iii, 451.

feigned issue, iii, 452.

reference to master, iii, 453.

master's report, id.

final decree, id.

rehearing, id.

appeal, iii, 453, 454.

enforcement of decree, iii, 458.
enrolment of decree, id.
bill of review, iii, 454.

new evidence on appeal, iii, 455.
Præcipe, ii, 350; iii, 195, 274.

tenant to, ii, 358; iii, 182.

Præmunire, iv, 103, 428.
Prætor's edicts, i, 80.

Prayer in aid, iii, 299.

Preamble of statute, i, 60, n.
Pre-audience, iii, 28.

Prebendary, i, 383.

Precedence, how settled, i, 272; iii, 105.

of royal family, i, 225.

table of, i, 405, n.; iii, 257.

letters patent of, iii, 28.

among bishops, i, 380, n.

Precedents, authority of, i, 70, n.

in equity, iii, 432.

Precept of election to parliament, i, 177.

Pre-contract of marriage, i, 434.
Pre-emption, i, 287; iv, 116, 424, 439.
Pregnancy, plea of, iv, 394.

trial of, i, 456; iv, 395.
Premier sergeant, iii, 27.
Premises in a deed, ii, 298.
Prerogative, different kinds of, i, 239.
limited, i, 141.

review of its progress, i, 336; iv, 431. 432.
causes of its increase and decline, iv, 433.
contempts against, iv, 122.

offences relating to coin and treason, iv,
98-100.

offences against king's council, iv, 100.

other offences against, iv, 101–103.
title to chattels by, ii, 408.

(See "Crown.")

Prerogative court, ii, 509; iii, 65, 77, n.
Prescription, title by, ii, 28, 263, 264, 266, n.
abandonment of right by, ii, 264, n.
none, of right arising by record, ii, 265.
in gross, ii, 266, n.

donative advowson by, ii, 23.

discharge from tithes, ii, 28 et seq.
commencement of time of legal memory,
ii, 31.

in respect of common, ii, 33; iii, 238.
to right of way, ii, 36.

for pews, ii, 429.

franchises, fisheries, &c., ii, 38 et seq.
corporation by, i, 473.

not applicable to highways, ii, 35, n.
Presentation to benefice, i, 389.
(See "Advowson.")
Presentment of offences, iv, 301.
President of the council, i, 230.
of corporations, i, 478.
of the United States, i, 214, n.
oath of office of, i, 235, n.
cabinet of, i, 232, n.
impeachment of, i, 246, n.
approval of bills by, i, 185, n

Press, liberty of, iv, 151.
Pressing to death, iv, 328.

of seamen, i, 419.

Presumption, iii, 371.

of a grant, ii, 31, n., 35, n., 266, n.

of corporate grant, i, 473.

of death, ii, 177, n.

(See "Roman Catholics.")

Primariæ preces, i, 381.

Primer fine, ii, 350.

Primer seisin, ii, 66, 87; iv. 418.

Primogeniture, i, 194; ii, 56; iv, 421.

Prince of Wales, i, 94, 223.

Princes and princesses of the royal blood, i,
226.

Princess of Wales, i, 94, 223.

violation of, iv, 81.

Principal and accessory, iv, 34 et seq.
principals, iv, 34.

accessories, iv, 35.

what offences admit of, id.
before the fact, iv, 36.

appeal to, in lunacy, iii, 427.

Progress of the laws, iv, 407.
Prohibition, writ of, iii, 112.
to what courts may issue, id.
in what cases, id.
procedure upon, iii, 113.
Promise, what it is, iii, 158.

(See "Contract.")

remedy for breach of, id.

Promissory note, ii, 467.

(See "Bill of Exchange.")

Promulgation of laws, i, 45, 185, n.
Proof, when positive, required, iii, 370.
generally, iii, 368.

in ecclesiastical courts, iii, 100.
Proper feuds, ii, 58.

Property, rights to, in general, i, 138; ii, 8, n.,
12, 197.

origin of rights of alienation and descent,
ii, 9.

some things still in common, ii, 14.

title by occupancy, ii, 400.

division according to nature of subject and

estate therein, ii, 16, n.

realty and personalty, ii, 16.

right of presentation to church, ii, 23.

in water, ii, 18.

in things personal, ii, 389 et seq.

in animals, ii, 389, 402.

qualified, limited or special, ii, 391, 396

in personalty, as to time of enjoyment and
number of owners, ii, 398.

(See "Personalty.")

injuries to, iii, 144, 167.
crimes against, iv, 230 et seq.
tax, i, 314, n.

i. 232; iv, 100.

Privy purse, i, 334.

Privy seal and signet, ii, 347.

forging, iv, 89.

Privy verdict, iii, 377; iv, 360.

Prize, of enemy's goods, &c., i, 259; ii, 401.
court, iii, 70, n.

Proprietary governments in America, i, 109
Proprietate probanda, writ de, iii, 148.
Prorogation of parliament, i, 187.
Prosecution by the king, i, 268.
expenses of, iv, 362.

of offenders, different modes of, iv, 301.
malicious, iii, 126.

Prostitutes, vagrants, iv, 170.
Protection of children, i, 450.

of ambassadors. i, 254.

writ of, iii, 289.

Protector or regent, i, 248.

Protest of bill of exchange, ii, 467, n., 469.
of peers, i, 168.

Protestant dissenters, iv, 53.

succession, i, 216, 217; iv, 90.
treason against iv, 90.
Protestation, iii, 311.
Province, i, 111.

Provincial constitutions, i, 82.

governments in America, i, 109.
Provisions, papal, i, 60; iv, 107.
selling unwholesome, iv, 162.
forestalling, &c., iv, 158.

warranty in sale of, ii, 451, n.

Proviso, trial by, iii, 357.

Provisors, statutes against, iv, 100 et seq.

Proxies in house of lords, i, 168.

Puberty, age of, iv, 22.

Public act of parliament, i, 85.

debts, i, 328-331.

companies, stock in, may be charged with

judgment debt, iii, 419, n.

policy, excludes copyright in immoral work,
iii, 407, n.

Public verdict, iii, 377; iv, 360.

Publication of deposition, iii, 450.

Pueritia, iv, 22.

(See "Correction.")

Pur auter vie, estate in.

(See "Estate.")

Purchase, i, 215.

in exchequer, iii, 286.

Quod ei deforciat, writ of, iii, 193.

201, 241, 243, 245.

rule in Shelley's Case, ii, 242.

modes of taking by, ii, 244.

heir taking by, ii, 240, n.

of writs, iii, 273, 274.

Purgatio vulgaris, iv, 342.

Purgation, canonical, iii, 342; iv, 368.

oath of, iii, 100, 447.

Purleiu, ii, 419, n.
Purpresture, iv, 167.

Pursuit of remedies, iii, 270.

Purveyance, i, 287; iv, 116, 424, 439.
Putting in fear, iv, 242.

Quadruplicatio, iii, 310.
Qualification for killing game, iv, 175,
of electors to parliament, i, 171, 175.
of justices of the peace, i, 352.
of members of parliament, i, 175.
of jurors, iii, 362; iv, 352.

Qualified fee, ii, 109.

(See "Estate.")

property, ii, 391.

Quantum meruit, iii. 161.

valebat, id.

Quarantine, irregularity in, iv, 161.

of widow, ii, 135.

Quare ejecit infra termino, writ of, iii, 199.

when it lies, iii, 206.

abolished, iii, 207, n.

Quare clausum fregit, iii, 281.

Quare impedit, writ of, iii, 246–251.

costs in, iii, 249.

execution in, iii, 412.

Quare incumbravit, iii, 248.

Quare non admissit, iii, 250.

Quarreling in church or church yard, iv, 146.
Quartering of soldiers, i, 414 415.
Quartering traitors, iv, 93, 377.

Quarter sessions, court of, iv, 271.
appeal to, iii, 455.

Quarto die post, iii, 278.

Quashing, iii, 303; iv, 321.
Quays, i, 264.

Que estate, ii, 264.

Queen, i, 219.

(See "Crown," "King.")

Anne's bounty, i, 286; ii, 273.
consort, i, 220.
dowager, i. 224.

husband of, id.

Quod permittat, iii, 240.

Quod permittat prostenere, iii, 221.
Quorum, i, 351.

clause in commissions, id.

in corporations, i, 478, n.

of house of peers, iii, 56, n.

Quo warranto, writ of, iii, 262.

information in nature of, i, 485; iii, 262; iv,
311, 441.

used in corporation dispntes, ini, 263.
within what time to be brought, iii, 264.

Rabbits, taking, &c., iv, 235.
Racing, when unlawful, iv, 173.
Rack, iv, 325.

Rack rent, ii, 43.

Rail, stealing of, iv, 233.

destroying and injuries, iv, 247, n.

Railroads, ii, 35, n., iv; 443.

Ransom, illegal, ii, 402; iii, 436; iv, 67, 388.

Rape of women, iv, 210.

evidence in, iv, 213.

assault to commit, iv, 217.

appeal of, iv, 314.

Rape in counties, i, 117.

Rapina, iv, 248.

Rasure in deed, ii, 308.

Rationabili parte, writ de, iii, 194.

Rationabili parte bonorum, writ de, ii, 492

Ravishment of children, iii, 141; iv, 212.
of ward, iii, 141.

Receipt of part of a debt in satisfaction of all,
16, 23.

Receiving stolen goods, offence of, iv, 132, 133.
letters, iv, 234, n.

Recitals in a deed, ii, 297.
Recognizance, ii, 341, 465.

for the peace or good behavior, iv, 252.
to prosecute, iv, 296.

to give evidence, id.
Recompense in value, ii, 359.
Reconciliation to the pope, &c., iv, 87.
Record, i, 69; iii, 24, 317; iv, 426.

is tried by nothing but itself, iii, 24.
when may be disputed, iii, 24, n.
for the assizes, iii, 356.

transcript of, to be annexed to writ of error,
iii, 400, n.

alienation by, ii, 344.

debts of, ii, 465.

no prescription of right by, ii, 265.
embezzling. &c., iv, 128.

courts of, iii, 24, 34, 406.
nisi prius, iii, 356.
trial by, iii, 330.

Recordari facias loquelam, iii, 34, 195.
Recoupment, iii, 306, n.

Recoveries, H, 357 et seq.

common, invention of, ii, 116, 270.
vouchers in, ii, 358–360.

regarded as common assurances, ii, 360.
tenant to the præcipe, ii, 362.

deeds to lead or declare the uses of, ii, 363.
abolished, ii, 364, n.

of copyholds, ii, 371; iii, 166.
Recreant, iii, 340; iv, 348.
Rector of a church, i, 384.
Rectorial tithes, i, 388.

Recusants, popish, iv, 56, 124.
Recusatio judicis, iii, 361.
Reddendum, ii, 299.

Re-disseisin, writ of, iii, 188.
Reditus, ii, 57.

(See "Rent.")

Re-entry on land, iii, 4.

after exchange, on eviction, ii, 323.

Reeve land, ii, 48, n.,

90.

Reference to master, iii, 453.

Reform acts, i, 157, n., 159, n., 172, n., 175, n.

Reformation of religion, iv, 430.

Refusal of a clerk, i, 389.

Regalia majora et minora, i, 241.

Regard, court of, iii, 72.

Regent, i, 248 and n.

queen, i, 219.

Release, by way of enlargement, ii, 324.
lease and, ii, 339.

per mitter l'estate, ii, 324.
per mitter le droit, ii, 325.
by extinguishment, id.
by entry and feoffment, id.
Reliction, ii, 261, n.

Reliefs, ii, 56, 65, 87; iv, 418, 420.
Religion, offences against, iv, 43 et seq.
Religious impostures, iv, 61, 62.
societies in United States, i, 376, n.
Rem, information in, iii, 262.
Remainders, ii, 163.

fee limited in remainder on a fee, ii, 165.
alternative contingent, id.

freehold in futuro, id.

particular estate, ii, 166, 167.

vested or contingent, ii, 168, 169.

possibility upon a possibility, ii, 169.

conveyance of contingent estates, ii, 290, n.
destruction of, ii, 117, 119, 171, 354, n.
trustees to preserve contingent, ii, 171.
executory devises, ii, 172 et seq.
rule in Shelley's Case, ii, 172, n.
rule against perpetuities, ii, 174.
distinguished from conditional limitations,
ii, 156.

distinguished from reversions, ii, 176.
cross, implication of, ii, 381.

in personalty, ii, 398.

formedon in, iii, 192.

Remainder-man, defence of freehold by, iii, 204.

may cause tenant for life to be produced,
iii, 211.

Remedial part of laws, i, 55; iii, 23.
statute, i, 86, 88.
Remitter, iii, 189, 190.

what it is, iii, 19.

reason of, iii, 20.

to owner of stolen goods, ii, 450.
Remoteness, rule against, ii, 174.
Removal, fraudulent, iii, 11.
of poor, i, 364.

Renewals of copyholds for lives, ii, 98.
Rent, origin of, ii, 41, 57, 86, 299.

rent-service, rent-charge and rent-seck, ii,
41 et seq.

rent of assize, quit rents, rack rents and fee
farm-rents, ii, 42.

distinguished from annuity, ii, 41.

reservation of, ii, 297.

incident to the reversion, ii, 176.

rent-service may issue out of tithes, ii, 42, n.

none out of personalty, id.

when and where payable, ii, 43; iii, 10, n.
appointment of, ii, 43, n..

extinguishment of, ii, 43.

124.

limitation of right to recover arrears, ii, 266, n

remedy for, iii, 6, 206, 231; iv, 441.

action of debt for, iii, 231.

to be paid by sheriff, iii, 417.

Repair of way, ii, 36, n.

of leasehold premises, ii, 144, n.

Repleader, when it will be awarded, iii, 395.
Replevin, iii, 13, 170.

how made, iii, 147.

action of, when may be brought, iii, 146.
proceedings in, iii, 149.

execution in, iii, 413.

bond, iii, 147.

Replication, iii, 309.

609

Replication in equity, iii, 448.
in criminal cases, iv, 339.
Reports of adjudged cases, i, 71.
by master, iii, 453.

Representation not delegation, i, 159.
in descent of the crown, i, 194, 201.

in descent of real property, ii, 216, 219.

of facts, distinguished from warranty, ii,
460, n.

in distribution, ii, 517.

Reprieves, iv, 394.

Reprisals on foreigners, i, 258.

of goods, &c. iii, 4.

Republication of wills, ii, 502.
Repugnant conditions, ii, 156.

Reputation, protection of, i, 134; iii, 123.
Requests, court of, i, 230; iii, 51, 81.
Rere fiefs, ii, 57.

Rescous, what and how remedied, iii, 146.
Rescripts of the emperor, i, 58.

Rescue, when it may be made, iii, 12, 170; iv,
125, 131.

Reservations, ii, 299.

Residence of spiritual persons, i, 390, 392.
Resignation, i, 382, 393.

legality of engagements to resign a living,
ii, 280.

Resistance, right of, i, 251; iv, 436, 440.

must not exceed bounds of mere defence
and protection, iii, 4 and n.

Respite of jury, iii, 354.
Respondentia, ii, 458, 461.

Respondeat ouster, judgment of, iii, 303, 396;
iv, 338.

Restitution of temporalities, i, 380; iv, 421.
in blood, &c., iv, 402.

of conjugal rights, iii, 94.

of stolen goods, iv, 362.

writ of, iv, 188, 363.

Restoration of 1660, i, 210; iv, 438.

Restraining statute, i, 87; ii, 320; iv, 432.

Resulting use, on a conveyance, ii, 296, n. 1,
335; iv, 430.

Retainder of debts, ii, 511; iii, 18.

executor of his own wrong cannot retain,
iii, 19.

of servant, iii, 142.

Retaliation, law of, iv, 12.

Retorno habendo, plegii de, iii, 147.

writ de, iii, 150, 413.

Retraxit, iii, 296, 395.

Retrospective legislation, i, 91, n.
Return days, iii, 275.

false or double, i, 180; iii, 111, 372,
irreplevisable, writ of, iii, 150.
of writs, iii, 273, 275.

Revealed law of God, i, 42.
Revenue, extraordinary, i, 307.
ordinary, i, 281.

jurisdiction of exchequer, iii, 428.
causes, trial of, iv, 281.

officers, assaults on, iv, 155 and n.
Reversal of judgment, iii, 411; iv, 390.
of outlawry, iii, 284; iv, 320, 362.
Reversion, ii, 111, 175.

incidents to, fealty and rent, ii, 175.
merger, ii, 177.

Reverter, formedon in, iii, 192.

Review, commission of, iii, 67.

court of, iii, 428, n.

bill of, iii, 454.

writ of, iii, 192.

when must formerly have been brought, iii,
190.

in what court proceedings upon, iii, 195.
patent, writ of, iii, 141.

of dower, writ of, iii, 183.
of ward, writ of, iii, 141.
petition of, iii, 256.

Rights of persons and rights of things, iii, 2.
of persons, absolute and relative, iii, 119
and wrongs, i, 122; iii, 2.
absolute, i, 123–125.

bill of, i, 128, 142, n.; iv, 440.
how secured, i, 141.
personal, i, 129.

petition of, i, 128; iv, 437.
political, i, 129–145.
relative, i, 146.

to property, i, 138.
Riot, iv, 125, 142, 146.

act, iv, 142, 143, 440.

Riotous assemblies felonious, iv, 142.

River, title to land left by, ii 261.
Rivers, annoyances in, iv, 167, n.

banks, destroying of, iv, 144.
sluices on, destroying, id.
thefts on navigable, iv, 239.
nuisances to navigation, iii, 5, n.
Roads, ii, 35, u., 36, n.

(See Highway.")
Robbery, iv, 242, 244, n.

(See Larceny.")

there must be a taking, iv, 243
not material when taken, id.

must be a force or putting in fear, id.
punishment, iv, 245 and ň.
assaulting with intent to rob, id.
Roguery, incorrigible, iv, 169, n.
Rogues, iv, 169.

(See "Vagrants.")

Rolls, master of, iii, 451.
Roman law.

(See "Civil Law.")
division of money and interest, ii, 462.
Roman Catholics, disabilities of, ii, 257, 293;

iv, 55.

relief from disabilities, i, 368, n.; ii, 257, n.
schools of, i, 451.

members of parliament, i, 163, n.

rights and protection of, iv, 58.

patrons, rights of universities to benefices
belonging to, iii, 251.

guardians, i, 462, n.