Rome, appeals to, in ecclesiastical cases, iii, 66. Romney marsh, laws of, iii, 74. Roots, destroying, iv, 246, Rope dancers, iv, 168. Royal assent to bills, i, 185. marriages, i, 225; iv, 117. income, i. 332, 334. liability, i, 243. mines, i, 295. perfection, i, 246. perpetuity, i, 249. prerogative, i, 237. revenue, i, 281. Sovereignty, i, 241. ubiquity, i, 267. Rule in Shelley's. Case, ii, 172, n., 242. of court, iii, 304. deanery, i, 111. Rider to a bill, i, 183. Sabbath breaking, iv, 63. Sacrament, reviling of, iv, 50. Sacramentum decisionis, iii, 342. Safe conducts, i, 259, 260; iv, 68. Saint Martin le grand, court of, iii, 80. Sale of chattels, ii, 9, 446. after execution, ii, 447. of distress, iii, 14. what contracts of, to be in writing, ii, 448. effect of part execution, id. of earnest, ii, 447. delivery, ii, 448, 449. when property passes, ii, 448. when right of possession passes, ii, 449. stoppage in transitu, id. of goods to be manufactured, id. vendor's lien, id. of horses, ii, 450. of stolen goods, ii, 449. warranty of title, ii. 451. of quality, id. Salt duty, i, 322. Salvage, i, 293; ii, 458, 460. Sanction of laws, i, 56. Sanctuary, iv, 332, 365, 436. Satisdatio, iii, 291. Satisfaction, entry on record, iii, 421; iv, 428. Scale of crimes and punishments, iv, 18. Schoolmaster, i, 453; iv, 54. Sciences, auxillary to study of the law, i, 33. Scire facias to repeal patents, iii, 47, 260, 361. in detinue iii, 413. to remove usurper's clerk, iii, 248. to revive judgment, iii, 421. Scold, common, iv, 169. Scot or assessment, iii, 74. Scotch peers, election of, i, 169; iv, 117. arrest of offenders in, iv, 292. Se defendendo, homicide, i, 130; iii, 3; iv, 182. rights of fishing, ii, 39, 40. banks, destroying, iv, 144. destroying, i, 294. Seal, great and privy, ii, 346, 347; iii, 46. of a corporation, i, 475. Sealing of a deed, ii, 305. Seamen, i, 420. impressment of, id. wages of, iii, 107. counterfeiting will or powers of, iv, 248. personation of, iv, 249. Second deliverance, writ of, iii, 150. Surcharge, writ of, iii, 239. Secretaries of state, i, 338. Secta, iii, 295, 344. ad molendinum, iii, 235. Secunda superoneratione, iii, 239. for good behavior, iv, 251, 256. for the peace, iv, 251, 254. for money, iii, 439. (See "Bond," "Mortgage," "Statute.") Seduction, action, for, iii, 140, n. public offence, of, iv, 64. of women and children, iv, 209, 212. of soldiers and sailors, iv, 102. of artificers, iv, 160. Seisin, formerly important in descents, ii, 208. in deed, ii, 209. livery of, ii, 311. in one's demesne, ii, 105. of incorporeal hereditaments, ii, 106. writ, of, ii, 359; iii, 412. Seisin, of heriots, ii, 15. Selden, conduct of judges upon committal of, Selecti judices of the Romans, iii, 366. Self-defence, excuse for breaches of peace, iii, 3. in homicide, i, 130; iii, 3; iv, 183. Self-murder, iv, 189. Semi-plena probatio, iii, 370. Senatus decreta, i, 86. Separate estate of wife, ii, 293, n. Septennial elections, i, 189. Sequestration, iii, 417, 444, 445. Sergeant at law, i, 24; iii, 26, 28. at arms, iii, 444. battery of, iii, 142. characters to, iii, 125. fires by negligence of, i, 432; iv, 222. husbandry, i, 425. liability of, i, 429. master of, when answerable for, i, 430, 431; iii, 153. Servants, menial, i, 425. embezzlement by, iv, 231. (See "Tenure.") subtraction of, iii, 234. Session of gaol delivery, iv, 270. of parliament, i, 186, 187. must be pleaded, iii, 304, n. Settlement of the crown, i, 128, 216; iv, 440. marriage, trustees to preserve contingent Severalty, estate in, ii, 179. Severance of joint estate, ii, 186. Severity of punishments, impolicy of, iv, 16. Sheep, &c., stealing, and killing with intent to Shelley's Case, rule in, ii, 172, n., 242. Sheriff, i, 117, 339; iv, 292, 413, 428. duration of office, i, 342. duties and powers, i, 343. how chosen, i, 339. when excused for negligence, id. Ship, prize and ransom of, ii, 401, 402. in distress, plundering, i, 293. seized as a prize, remedy for, iv, 69. Shire, i, 116. Single combat, iv, 346. Si non omnes, writ of, iii, 60. when actionable, iii, 124. when replication of, may be justified, iii, 124, n. truth as a justification, iii, 125. when words privileged, iii, 125. mitigation of damages in, iii, 125, n. abolition of, i, 423, n., 425, n. Slaves, i, 127 and n., 423-425; ii, 402. Small tithes, i, 338. Smoke farthings, i, 324. Smuggling, i, 318; iv, 155. Socage, free and villein, ii, 78 et seq.; iv, 409. Society, origin and nature of, i, 47; ii, 8. soliciting to commit, iv, 215. assault to commit, iv, 217. sending letters charging party with, iv, 144. Special case, verdict subject to, iii, 377. Stating for the opinion of the court, iii, 377, n. Special jury, when had, iii, 357. how struck, id. Specific performance of agreement to arbitrate, iii, 17, n. Spiriting away persons, iv, 219. Spiritual corporations, i, 470. courts, i, 61; iii, 61. lords, i, 155, 157. persons, i, 376. Spoliation, remedy for, iii, 90. Sporting, restrictions upon, ii, 413. Squibs, nuisance by, iv, 163. Stage plays, when a nuisance, iv, 167. on deed, &c., ii, 297. on bill of exchange, ii, 469. when inaterial in forgery, &c., iv, 247, 248. of weights and measures, i, 274, 275; iv, 275. Staple commodities, i, 315. Star chamber, court of, i, 230; iii, 445; iv, 266. State, sovereign, not suable except by consent, statutes of limitations do not run against, i, iii, 435. equity of, i, 62, n. guardian by, i, 462. labor, i, 58, 358. law, i, 85. private, ii, 344. when to take effect, i, 46. when applicable to copyhold, ii, 113. of distributions, ii, 515. de religiosis, ii, 270. of frauds, (See "Frauds, Statute of.") merchant, ii, 160; iv, 426, 431. Statutes, rules for construction of, i, 87-91. 479. division of, i, 85, 86. Stealing an heiress, iv, 209 and n. (See "Larceny.") Step-children i, 449, n. Steward, i, 427. lord high, his court, iii, 37; iv, 260, 261, 263. Stipend, curate's remedy for non-payment of, Stipulatio, iii, 291. Stipulation in admiralty court, iii, 108. Stocks, punishment of, iv, 377. Stolen goods, receiving, &c., iv, 132, 238. Stolen marriages, iv, 209. Stoppage in transitu, ii, 488, n.; iii 305. Stranger, when his goods or chattels may be Stream of water, property in, ii, 18, n., 266, Striking in the king's palace or courts, iv, 125, 276. uses of, i, 6. in the universities, i, 16, 26-37. should be combined with other studies, i,27, 33. formerly restrained in London, i, 24. neglected in the universities, i, 4. Style, new and old, ii, 140, n. Subinfeudations, statute against, ii, 91, 102. Subjection, civil, excuse from crime by, iv, 28. Subornation of perjury, iv, 137. Subpoena ad testificandum, writ of, iii, 369. in equity, iii, 442, 443. writ of, by whom devised, iii, 51. Subscriptions unlawful, iv, 117 Subsidies, ecclesiastical, i, 312. on exports and imports, i, 316. Subtraction of fealty, suit of court and rent, iii, 230. suit at law, iii, 116. 200. Suit, general and orderly parts of, iii, 272. of court, how compelled, iii, 231. of witnesses, iii, 295. Summary convictions, iv, 280 et seq. Summons, iii, 279. to parliament, i, 149, 150. Sumptuary laws, iv, 170. Sunday, no judicial day, iii, 278, 290. rule when paper falls due upon, ii, 469, n. Superstitious uses, ii, 272; iii, 420. Support of children by parents, i, 447, 458. of parents by children, i, 453. of the poor, i, 359. Supremacy, oath of, i, 363 and n; iv, 115, 420. Surcharge of common, iii, 237. Sur disclaimer, iii, 233, n. Surgeon, liability of, for negligence, &c., iii, 122. Sur-rebutter, iii, 310. of copyholds, ii, 366. Surveyors of highways, i, 357. Survivorship, ii, 183, 399; iii, 163, 164. of action for civil injury in case of felony, iii, Sus. per col., iv, 403. Sussex, marriage of duke of, 1, 226, u. Swans, ii, 392; iv, 236. Swearing, profane, iv, 60. the peace, iv, 255. of witnesses, iii, 371. Table of precedence, i, 405, n. (See "Estates.") Taking, felonious, iv, 230, 232. Tale or count, iii, 293. Tales. iii, 365; iv, 344. Tallionis, lex, iv, 12. Talliage, i, 311; iv, 419, 426. Taxation, by house of commons, i, 169. Taxes, i, 139, 308. free socage, ii, 78, petit seargeanty, ii, 81. burgage, ii, 82. borough English, ii, 83. gavelkind, ii, 84. incidents of socage tenures, ii, 86-88. villeinage, ii, 89, 92, 98. copyholds, ii, 97, 98. mators, ii, 90. ancient demesne, ii, 98. spiritual, or frankalmoign, ii, 101. Term of years, ii, 143; iv, 430. Test act, iv, 59, 439. Testament, ii, 489, 499; iv, 424, 430. Testamentary causes in county courts, iii, 95; in equity, iii, 437. in ccclesiastical courts, iii, 96, 437. Teste of writs, i, 179; iii, 274. Testes, trial per, iii, 333. Thainland, ii, 90. Thanet, Isle of, i, 105. Theater, copyright in plays, &c., ii, 407, n. (See "Larceny.") Theft-bote, iv, 133, 363. Thellusson act, ii, 175, n. Theodosian code, i, 81. Things real and personal, ii, 16, 384. (See "Property.") Threatening letters, iv. 137, 144. Threats of accusation, to extort money, iv, | Trade, restrictions on exercise of, i, 427. under statute of limitations, ii, 266, n. by alienation, ii, 287. by descent, ii, 208. of chattels by occupancy, ii, 400. by custom, ii, 422. by succession, ii, 430. by marriage, ii, 433. by gift, grant and contract, ii, 440. by bankruptcy, ii, 471. by testament and administration, ii, 489. by judgment, ii, 436. of honor, descent to daughters, ii, 216. Toft, ii, 19. Toleration, iv, 52, 53, 440. Tolling entry, iii, 176. Tolt, writ of, iii, 34, 195. Tongue, cutting out, or disabling, iv, 206, 207. Tonnage, i, 316; iv, 437. Tonsura clericalis, iv, 367. fraudulent bankruptcy, iv, 156. assize of bread, iv, 157. false weights and measures, id. Trade marks, ii, 405, n. (See "Bankruptcy.") Tradesmen, i, 407. actions against, iii, 164. (See "Treason.") | Transitory action, iii, 294. Transportation, i, 137; iv, 371, 377, 401. Traverse of indictment, iv, 351. of officer, iii, 260. of plea, iii, 312. Treason, appeal of, iv, 314. trials in, iv, 351, 440. compassing, &c., death of king, iv, 76. violating king's companion, &c., iv, 81. adhering to enemies, iv, 82. counterfeiting king's seal, iv, 83, 89. for securing protestant succession, iv, 89. Treasure trove, i, 295. concealment of, i, 297; iv, 121. Treasurer, lord high, iii, 44, 56. killing of, iv, 84. Treaties, leagues and alliances, i, 257. Trebuchet, iv, 169. Trees, right to cut, ii, 34, n., 281. destroying, &c., iv, 247. Tresayle, iii, 186. Trespass, signification of, iii, 208. what constitutes, iii, 209. what property in land requisite to maintain, when justifiable, iii, 212. cured by right of entry and freehold, iii, regulations as to costs in, iii, 214, 401. vi et armis, iii, 120, 209. by certificate, when allowed, iii, 333. seven species of, iii, 330. by inspection, iii, 331. countermand of, id. in criminal cases, iv, 342, 411. new, iii, 387; iv, 361, 438. by ordeal, iv, 342, 414, 425. by battle, iii, 105, 337, 346, 418, 421, 424. parliaments, i, 153. exercising trade without apprenticeship, iv, Trinity, denial of, iv, 50. 160. seducing artists, id. Trinoda necessitas, i, 263, 357; ii, 102. |