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Rome, appeals to, in ecclesiastical cases, iii, 66.

Romney marsh, laws of, iii, 74.

Roots, destroying, iv, 246,
stealing, iv, 233.

Rope dancers, iv, 168.
Routs, iv, 146.

Royal assent to bills, i, 185.
authority, i, 250.
dignity, i, 241.
family, i, 218, 224.

marriages, i, 225; iv, 117.
fish, i, 223, 290; ii, 403.
forests, i, 289.

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.
Rural dean, i, 383.

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.
Saladine tenth, i, 309.

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.
bill of lading, 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.
Sark, Isle of, i, 107.

Satisdatio, iii, 291.

Satisfaction, entry on record, iii, 421; iv, 428.
Saxon laws, i, 64; iv, 410, 412.

Scale of crimes and punishments, iv, 18.
Scandal and impertenence in pleading iii, 442.
Scandalum magnatum, i, 402; iii, 123.
Schire-men, i, 398.

Schoolmaster, i, 453; iv, 54.

Sciences, auxillary to study of the law, i, 33.

Scire facias to repeal patents, iii, 47, 260, 361.
against bail; iii, 416.

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.
privileges of, i, 97, 99, 165, 401, n.
Scotland, i, 95-98.

arrest of offenders in, iv, 292.
offences committed in, iv, 304.
Scripture, scoffing at, iv, 59.
Scutage, i, 310; ii, 74.

Se defendendo, homicide, i, 130; iii, 3; iv, 182.
Sea, title to land left by, ii, 261.

rights of fishing, ii, 39, 40.

banks, destroying, iv, 144.
marks, i, 264.

destroying, i, 294.

Seal, great and privy, ii, 346, 347; iii, 46.
counterfeiting the king's, iv, 83, 89.

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.
Security of person, i, 129.

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.
209, n.

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,
iii, 134.

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 consulta, i, 80, 86.

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.
puemier, iii, 23.

at arms, iii, 444.
Sergeantry, ii, 73, 77, 81.
Servants, i, 423.

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.
retainer of, id.
duties of, i, 327.

embezzlement by, iv, 231.
larceny by, iv, 230.
of ambassador, i, 256,
Service, incidents of, i, 427.
Services, ii, 41, 60.

(See "Tenure.")

subtraction of, iii, 234.
remedy for, iii, 235.

Session of gaol delivery, iv, 270.
great, of Wales, iii, 77.

of parliament, i, 186, 187.
formerly one day, i, 46, n.
of oyer and terminer, iv, 270.
quarter, iv, 271, 274.
Set-off, iii, 304; iv, 442.

must be pleaded, iii, 304, n.
in bankruptcy, ii, 487, n.

Settlement of the crown, i, 128, 216; iv, 440.
of the poor, i, 362, 364.

marriage, trustees to preserve contingent
remainders, ii, 171.
protector of, ii, 364, n.
of personalty, ii, 398.

Severalty, estate in, ii, 179.

Severance of joint estate, ii, 186.

Severity of punishments, impolicy of, iv, 16.
Sewers, commissioners of, iii, 73.
Sextons, i, 395.

Sheep, &c., stealing, and killing with intent to
steal, iv, 239.

Shelley's Case, rule in, ii, 172, n., 242.
Shepway, court of, iii, 79.

Sheriff, i, 117, 339; iv, 292, 413, 428.

duration of office, i, 342.

duties and powers, i, 343.

how chosen, i, 339.

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when excused for negligence, id.
Sheriff's court in London, iii, 80.
Sheriff's tourn, iv, 273, 411, 424.

Ship, prize and ransom of, ii, 401, 402.
bottomry and respondentia, ii, 457–461.
insurance, ii, 458.

in distress, plundering, i, 293.
money, iv, 437.

seized as a prize, remedy for, iv, 69.
plundering in distress, iv, 235.
burning, destroying, &c., iv, 246.
burning, &c., king's ships, iv, 102, 245.
Shipwrecks, i, 291.

Shire, i, 116.

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Single combat, iv, 346.

Si non omnes, writ of, iii, 60.
Six clerks, iii, 443, 451.
Skins, exporting of, iii, 154.
Slander, iii, 123.

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.
Slavery, i, 418, 423.

abolition of, i, 423, n., 425, n.

Slaves, i, 127 and n., 423-425; ii, 402.
Sluices on rivers, destroying, iv, 144.
Small debts, courts for, iii, 81; iv, 441.
Small debtor's act, iii, 488, n.

Small tithes, i, 338.
Smells, offences, iii, 217.

Smoke farthings, i, 324.

Smuggling, i, 318; iv, 155.

Socage, free and villein, ii, 78 et seq.; iv, 409.
guardian in, i, 461.

Society, origin and nature of, i, 47; ii, 8.
Sodomy, offence of, iv, 215.

soliciting to commit, iv, 215.

assault to commit, iv, 217.

sending letters charging party with, iv, 144.
Sodor and Man. bishopric of, i, 106, 112.
Sokeman, ii, 100.

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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.

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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.
Springing uses, ii, 334.

Squibs, nuisance by, iv, 163.
Stabbing, iv, 193.

Stage plays, when a nuisance, iv, 167.
Stamp duties, i, 323; iii, 323.

on deed, &c., ii, 297.

on bill of exchange, ii, 469.
forgery of, iv, 249.

when inaterial in forgery, &c., iv, 247, 248.
Standard of coin, i, 278.

of weights and measures, i, 274, 275; iv, 275.
Standing armies, i, 413, 414.
Stannary courts, iii, 80.

Staple commodities, i, 315.

Star chamber, court of, i, 230; iii, 445; iv, 266.
310, 429, 433, 437.

State, sovereign, not suable except by consent,
i, 243; n.

statutes of limitations do not run against, i,
247, n.
Stated damages,
Statute, i, 85.

iii, 435.

equity of, i, 62, n.
how passed, i, 181.

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.
staple, id.

Statutes, rules for construction of, i, 87-91.

479.

division of, i, 85, 86.
how enrolled, i, 182, n.
how stated, i, 85, n.
of mortmain, i, 108, n.,
promulgation of, i, 45, 185, n.
in pari materia, i, 60, n.
preambles of, i, 60, n.
penal, how construed, i, 86.
Staundforde, i, 72.

Stealing an heiress, iv, 209 and n.

(See "Larceny.")

Step-children i, 449, n.
Sterling, i, 278.

Steward, i, 427.

lord high, his court, iii, 37; iv, 260, 261, 263.
of the household, his court, iii, 76; iv, 276.
of the university, his court, iv, 277.

Stipend, curate's remedy for non-payment of,
ii, 90 and n.

Stipulatio, iii, 291.

Stipulation in admiralty court, iii, 108.
Stirpes, claim per, ii, 217, 517.

Stocks, punishment of, iv, 377.

Stolen goods, receiving, &c., iv, 132, 238.
taking reward to help to, iv, 131.
sale of, ii, 449.

Stolen marriages, iv, 209.

Stoppage in transitu, ii, 488, n.; iii 305.
Stores, embezzling the king's, iv, 101.
receiving stolen, iv, 133.

Stranger, when his goods or chattels may be
distrained, iii, 8.

Stream of water, property in, ii, 18, n., 266,
n., 402.

Striking in the king's palace or courts, iv, 125, 276.
Study of the law, to whom essential, i, 6-16.
discouragements of, i, 31.

uses of, i, 6.

in the universities, i, 16, 26-37.
mode of commencing, i, 31.

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.
Submission to arbitration, iii, 16.

Subornation of perjury, iv, 137.

Subpoena ad testificandum, writ of, iii, 369.
duces tecum, iii, 382.

in equity, iii, 442, 443.

writ of, by whom devised, iii, 51.
opposition to, in parliament, iii, 52.

Subscriptions unlawful, iv, 117
Subsequent, condition, ii, 154.
evidènee, iii, 403, 454.

Subsidies, ecclesiastical, i, 312.
lay, i, 303, 311; iv, 423.

on exports and imports, i, 316.

Subtraction of fealty, suit of court and rent,

iii, 230.

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suit at law, iii, 116.

200.

Suit, general and orderly parts of, iii, 272.
when abated by death of party, iii, 301, 399, n.
in equity, iii, 442.

of court, how compelled, iii, 231.

of witnesses, iii, 295.

Summary convictions, iv, 280 et seq.
Summoners, iii, 279.

Summons, iii, 279.

to parliament, i, 149, 150.
before conviction, iv, 281.

Sumptuary laws, iv, 170.

Sunday, no judicial day, iii, 278, 290.

rule when paper falls due upon, ii, 469, n.
business and entertainments on, iv, 64.
Sabbath breaking generally, iv, 63.
Supersedeas, writ of, i, 353.

Superstitious uses, ii, 272; iii, 420.
Supplemental bill, iii, 448.

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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.
Supreme magistrate, i, 146.
power, i, 49, 146.

Surcharge of common, iii, 237.

Sur disclaimer, iii, 233, n.

Surgeon, liability of, for negligence, &c., iii,

122.

Sur-rebutter, iii, 310.
Sur-rejoinder, iii, 310.
Surrenders, ii, 326.
in law, ii, 326, n.

of copyholds, ii, 366.

Surveyors of highways, i, 357.

Survivorship, ii, 183, 399; iii, 163, 164.
Suspension of habeas corpus, i. 136.

of action for civil injury in case of felony, iii,
119.

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.
Sweinmote, court of, iii, 72.
Syngrapha, ii, 296.
Synods, i, 279.

Table of precedence, i, 405, n.
of consanguinity, ii, 202-206.
Tacking mortgages, ii, 160, n.
Tail, estate in.

(See "Estates.")

Taking, felonious, iv, 230, 232.
unlawful, iii, 145.

Tale or count, iii, 293.

Tales. iii, 365; iv, 344.

Tallionis, lex, iv, 12.

Talliage, i, 311; iv, 419, 426.
Tariff, i, 313.

Taxation, by house of commons, i, 169.
principle of imposition of, i. 318.
of costs, iii, 399.

Taxes, i, 139, 308.

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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.
by divine service, ii, 102.
profits of military, i, 287.
disturbance of, iii, 242.

Term of years, ii, 143; iv, 430.
executory bequest of, ii, 175, n.
Terms of court, origin of the, iii, 275.
when they begin and end, iii, 277, n.
Terre tenant, ii, 91, 328.

Test act, iv, 59, 439.

Testament, ii, 489, 499; iv, 424, 430.
(See "Will."

Testamentary causes in county courts, iii, 95;
iv, 421.

in equity, iii, 437.

in ccclesiastical courts, iii, 96, 437.
Testamentary guardian, i, 462.
Testatum capias, iii, 283.

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.
Theft, iv, 229, 236, 420.

(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.

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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.
regulated by law of domicil, ii, 387, n.

by judgment, ii, 436.

of honor, descent to daughters, ii, 216.
curtesy of, ii, 126, n.

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.

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fraudulent bankruptcy, iv, 156.
Usary, iv, 156.
eneating, iv, 157.

assize of bread, iv, 157.

false weights and measures, id.
false pretences, iv, 158.
regrating and engrossing, id.
monopolies, iv, 158, 159.

Trade marks, ii, 405, n.
Trader, ii, 474, 488, n.

(See "Bankruptcy.")

Tradesmen, i, 407.

actions against, iii, 164.
Training to arms, &c., iv, 104.
Traitors, iv, 75.

(See "Treason.")

| Transitory action, iii, 294.

Transportation, i, 137; iv, 371, 377, 401.
returning from, iv, 132, 371.

Traverse of indictment, iv, 351.

of officer, iii, 260.

of plea, iii, 312.

Treason, appeal of, iv, 314.
misprision of, iv, 120.
petit, iv, 75, 203.

trials in, iv, 351, 440.

compassing, &c., death of king, iv, 76.
how far words treasonable, iv, 80.

violating king's companion, &c., iv, 81.
levying war, id

adhering to enemies, iv, 82.

counterfeiting king's seal, iv, 83, 89.
counterfeiting king's money, iv, 84.
slaying chancellor or judges, id.
treason since 1 Mary, c. 1, iv, 87.

for securing protestant succession, iv, 89.
punishment of, iv, 92, 93.

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.
stealing, iv, 233.

Tresayle, iii, 186.

Trespass, signification of, iii, 208.

what constitutes, iii, 209.

what property in land requisite to maintain,
iii, 209.

when justifiable, iii, 212.

cured by right of entry and freehold, iii,
213.

regulations as to costs in, iii, 214, 401.

vi et armis, iii, 120, 209.

by certificate, when allowed, iii, 333.
merged in felony, when, iv, 6.
malicious, offence of, iv, 247.
ab initio, iii, 15, 151, n., 213.
Trespass on the case, iii, 122, 212.
Trial, what it is, iii, 329.

seven species of, iii, 330.
by record, id.

by inspection, iii, 331.
by witnesses, iii, 335.
notice of, iii, 356.

countermand of, id.
locality, iii, 383.

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.
Triennial elections, i, 189.

parliaments, i, 153.

exercising trade without apprenticeship, iv, Trinity, denial of, iv, 50.

160.

seducing artists, id.

Trinoda necessitas, i, 263, 357; ii, 102.
Triors, lords, iv, 262, 263.

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