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GENERAL INDEX.

ABATEMENT of freehold, 330.
of action at law, 371.
plea in, in actions, 371.
plea in, to indictment, 549.
of nuisances, 269.
Abdication of James II, 48.
Abduction, 315.
of women, 503.

of heiress, 503.
of girl under ten, 504.
or kidnapping, 504.
Abettors, 464.

Abjuration, oath of, 27.

of the realm, 19, 571.

Absconding debtors, arrest of, 364.

Absentees from church, 450.

Absolute rights, 306.

Acceptance of bills, 253.

Accession, title by, 230.

Accessories, 445.

before the fact, 445, 502.
after the fact, 445, 502.
punishment of, 446.

Accident, remedy in case of, 425.
excuse for unlawful acts, 443.
Accomplices, evidence of, 555.
Accord and satisfaction, 273.

when a defence, 273.

Account, action of, 325.

jurisdiction of Chancery in, 423.

Admiralty, Jurisdiction as to prizes, 301.
law in, 292.

trial of offences in, 527.
Admission of a clerk, 91.

Admittance to copyhold, 215.

Admittendo clerico, writ, 351, 409.

Admonitio trina, 546.

Adulteration of food, offence of, 488.

Adultery, 315.

suit for, 298.

Advancement of justice, homicide for, 496.
Advertising for stolen goods, 477.

Advocates, 277.

Advowson, 127.

limitation of right to, 168.

who may be disturbers of right of, 319.
Equitas sequitur legem, 203.
Affidavit, 364, 398, 430.

Affinity, 102.

Affray, 481.

Age, of consent to marry, 110.
full, what, 110.

in criminal cases, 441.
Aggregate corporation, 112, 114.
Agistment, 246.

Agreement, performance of 241.
Aiders and abettors, 464.
Aids, feudal, 136.

Parliamentary, 71.

Air, right to, 125.

Acknowledgment of feme-covert's deed, Alehouses, disorderly, 490.

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Ambassadors, violation of privileges of, 455. | Assessments, 72.

Amercement, 395.

Anatomy act, 494.

Ancient demesne, 144.

Ancient writings prove themselves, 389.
Animals, cruelty to, 493.
property in, 223.

killing or maiming, 519.

what are the subjects of larceny, 513.
Animus furandi, 510, 517.
Annual Parliaments, 24.
Annuities, 130, 249.

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Assets, administration of, 2€4.
equitable, 423.

by descent, 177.

Assignees in bankruptcy, 257.
Assignment, 200.

of chose in action, 252.
Assigns, 189.

Assistance, writ of, 433.
Assize, general, 23, 329, n.
of arms, 96.

courts of, 289.

commission of, 288, 527.

of bread, offence of breaking, 486.
Assumpsit, action of, 322, 324.
Assurances, common, 212.
Atheling, Edgar, 46.

Attachment, or pone, ancient process by, 360.
of debts, 412.

for contempts, 303, 533.
process in Chancery by, 428.
Attachments, Court of, 294.
Attainder, 52, 563.

forfeiture of property by, 564.
escheat on, 566.
reversal of, 567.

Attainder and conviction, difference be-
tween, 563.

Attaint, verdicts formerly reversed by, 558.
Attainted persons, 525, 563.

Attempt to alarm or injure the sovereign,

463.

Attestation of deed, 196.

of wills, 219.

Attorney, 276, 477.

warrant of, 402.

Attorney-general, 277.

information by, in Exchequer, 356.

information by, in charities, 420.

criminal information by, 542.

Attornment, 137, 189.

Auditâ querelâ, when it lies, 379, 404.

Augmentation of livings, 68.

Aula regia, 281, 282, 283.
Autrefois acquit, 549, 550.
attaint, 550.
convict, 549.

Autre vie, 150.

Averium, 234.

Avowry, 318.

BACHELOR, knight, 95.
Backing warrants, 532.
Bail, excessive, 539.

sheriff obliged to take. 365.
when and how put in. 365.
in error, 406.

in criminal cases, 539.
what offences bailable. 539.
in Queen's Bench, 539.
Bailiffs, 100.

of hundreds, 78.

special, 78,

Bailiwick, 78.

Bailment, 225, 246.

Banks, joint-stock, 119. 120.

Banknotes, forgeries of. 520.
Bankers, cheques of, 252.

embezzlement by, 511.

Banking companies, 120.

Bankruptcy, a cause of forfeiture, 188.

Bankruptcy, law of, 255.

fraudulent, offence of, 485.

courts of, 293.

Bonds in general, 208.

stealing of, 512.
forgery of, 520.

jurisdiction of Court of Chancery in, 259, Bookland, 142.

421.

Banks of rivers, destroying, 517.
Banneret, knight, 95.

Banns, 104.

Bar, plea in, 371, 372, 429, 545, 548.
Bargain and sale of lands, 206.
Barn, setting fire to, 518, 519.
Baron, courts, 278, 345.
Baronet, 95.

Baronies, 94.

of bishops, 94.

Barretry, 477.

Barrister, 277.
revising, 33.

Base coin, uttering, 464.
Base fee, 146.
Bastard, 108.

maintenance of, 108.
cannot inherit, 177.
Bath, knight of the, 95.
Battel, trial by, 551.
Battery, 306.

offence of, 504.

Bawdy-houses, 453, 490.

Beacons, 63.

Books, copyright in, 230.

Booths for mountebanks, nuisances, 490.
Borough English, 169, 176.

Borough, 117.

parliamentary, 32.
courts, 295.
sessions, 118.
Borsholder, 80.

Botes or estovers, 129.

Bottomry, 248.

Bound bailiffs, 100.

Boundaries, confusion of, how rectified, 426.

Bounty, Queen Anne's, 68.

Breach of the peace, 480.

of prison, 475.

of pound, 317, n.

Breaking, in burglary, 508.
Bribery, 479.

in elections, 479.

Bridges, annoyance in, 489.

destroying, &c., 519.

British constitution, 5.

Brokers, embezzlement by, 511.

Brothels, frequenting, 453.

keeping, 453.

Beasts of the plough, when distrainable, Bulls, papal, 469

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Buoys, destroying, 518,

Burgage tenure, 140.

Burgesses, 30, 117.

Burglarious entry, 509.

Burglary, 496, 508..

possession of housebreaking implements

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Cattle, ill treatment of, 493.

Causa jactitationis matrimonii, 299.
Cause, challenge for, 554.

Central Criminal Court, 526, 530.
Certificate, of bankrupt, 258.

of bishop, trial by, 33.

of customs of London, 382.

of discharge of seamen, 506.

Certiorari, writ of, in civil cases, 318, 544.

in criminal cases, 526.
Cession of a benefice, 91.

Cestui que trust, 352.

Cestui que use, 185, 201.

Cestui que vie, 150.

Challenge of jury, 386, 554.

propter honoris respectum, 387, 554.

propter defectum, 387, 554.

propter affectum, 387, 554.

to the favour, 387.

principal, 387.

to fight, offence of, 483.

Chamberlain of London, custom as to, 237.
Champerty, 477.

Champions in trial by battel, 551.

Chancellor's Courts in universities, 294, 531.
Chancellor, his authority, 284, 285.
Chancellor of a diocese, 88.

Chance medley, 497.

Chancery, Court of, 284.

auxiliary jurisdiction, 426.

matters cognizable in, 319, 419.

appeal from, 288.

Chapters, 88.

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Clergy, excluded from parliament, 86.
simony by, 187, 453.

benefit of, 468, 514, 546, 585.
Clergymen privileged from arrest. 86.
Clerico admittendo, writ de, 409.
Clerk, parish, 92.

of the market, his court, 530, n.
of the peace, 529.

Clipping the coin, 13, 459.

Clothes, destroying of, 518.
Coal-mines, setting fire to, &c., 519.

Character, evidence of, in criminal cases, Code of Justinian, 12.

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512, 565.

Codicil, 261.

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Chattels, real and personal, 222, 238, 409, Combinations, among workmen, 486.

Chastity, homicide in defence of, 496.

Cheating, offence o", 486.

Cheque, banker's, 252.

Chester, county palatine of, 293, n.

courts of, abolished, 293, n.

Chichele, Archbishop, 12.
Chief rent, 131.

Child, stealing, 506.

procuring child to beg.-See Vagrants.
Child in ventre sa mere, 19.

Children, duties of, 108.

parents' remedy for abduction of, 315.
guardianship of, 107.

Chivalry, court of, 282, 527.

guardian in, 136.

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Commendams, 467.

Commerce, Crown the arbiter of, 65.
Commission of assize, 289.

of the peace, 288, 527.

of oyer and terminer, 288, 527.

of gaol delivery, 288, 527.

to examine witnesses, 391, 431.

under the statute of charitable uses.
420.

Commissioners of poor laws, 82.

Commitment of persons accused, 538.
and bail, 539.

Commitment of persons accused, reason for,

must be expressed.-See Habeas Corpus,

312.

Committee, Judicial, 291.

of lunatics, 420.
Common assurances, 212.
Common, estate in, 165.

tenancy in, 165.
Commons, 129.

disturbance of, 347.

enclosure of, 347.

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Constructive frauds, 425.

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Cornage, 138.

Cornwall, Duchy of, 51.
Corody, 67, 130.

Coronation oath, ancient, 569.
Coroner, 78, 536.

when renire facias issues to, 385.
his court, 529.

Corners' inquisitions, 540.
Corporation and Test Acts, 451.
Corporations, 111.

how created, 113.

how sued in equity, 429.

privileges and disabilities of, 114.
courts of, 294.

property passes by succession, 237.
Corporations, conveyance to or by, 190.
no escheat or extinction of, 179.
leases by, 198.

Corporations, municipal, 116.
trading, 118.

Corporeal hereditaments, 126, 198.
Correction, of children, 107.

of scholars, 107.

of servants, 497.

of wives, 106.

Corruption of blood, 178, 547, 550, 566.
Corse-present, 235.

Corsned, trial by the, 551.

Costs, title to, by judgment, 240.

statutes by which given, 403.

executors liable to pay, 264.

paupers excused from paying, 403.
in equity, 431.

in error, 407.

in criminal cases, 559.

Council, Privy, 53.

Councils of the Crown, 52.

Counsel. 276, 277, 542.

cannot maintain an action for his fees,

277.

for prisoners, 550, n.

Contempt, against royal person, &c., 472, Count, in declaration, 369.

473.

attachment for, 430, 533.

against sovereign's title, 473.

against royal palaces or courts of justice,

474.

Contract of marriage, 102, 103.

Counterfeiting the coin, 459.
the great seal, 458.

Counties, palatine, 281.

courts of, 293, n.

electors for, 30.
Country, trial by the, 383.

Contract, original, between king and people, County court, 279, 2×0.

55.

Contracts, 242.

title by, 241.

actions on, 322.

equity jurisdiction, 280.
Court-baron, 278, 345.

Court, payment into, when it may be made,

373.

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