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.
Acknowledgment of feme-covert's

191.

Acquittal, 559.

Act of grace or pardon, 569.

when pleaded, 569.

Act of Parliament, 13.

how made, 36.

its authority, 38.

private, 13, 209.
public, 13.

Acts of bankruptcy, 256.

Action, at law, 268.

chose in, 225.

notice of, 375.

Adhering to king's enemies, 458.
Adjournment of Parliament, 38.
Administration, granting of, 263.
of assets in Chancery, 423.
Administrator, 262, 264, 435.
actions by and against, 372.
Admiralty, Court of, 292, 300.
its jurisdiction, 301.

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.

deed, Alehouses, disorderly, 490.

Alfred, his laws, 8.

Alien, 85, 177, 192.

disabilities of, in purchasing land, 85.
registration of, 85.

denization and naturalization of, 85.

enemy, prize of goods of, 228.

præmunire by, 469

trial of, 554.

Alien priories, 470.

Assets, administration of, 264.
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, 233.

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.

Bankuotes, forgeries of. 520.
Bankers, cheques of, 252.
embezzlement by, 511.

Banking companies, 120.

Bankruptcy, à cause of forfeiture, 188

271.

Beggars, vagrants, 491.

Behaviour, good, security for, 522,
Beheading, 461.

Benefices, 466.

Benefit of clergy, 468, 514, 546, 586.

Betting-offices, suppression of, 493.
Bigamy, 489.

Bill in Parliament, 36.

Bill of review in Equity, 434.

Bill of Rights, 482, 563.

Bill of exceptions, 393, 405.

Bill of Middlesex, ancient process by, 362.

Bill in equity, 428, 431, 434.

Bill of exchange, 251, 253.

how sued on, 367.

forging, 520.

stealing, 512.

Bill of indictment, 540.

Bill of lading, 245.

Bill of sale, 231, 241.
Billeting military, 98.

Bishop, chancellor of, 88.
courts of, 88.

Bishops, 86, 88.

are not peers, 94.

powers and duties, 88.

used to sit in the county court, 290.

what matters tried by certificate of, 383.

Black Act, 518.

Black mail, 518.

Blasphemy, 452.

Blood, corruption of, 178, 547, 550, 566.

Buoys, destroying, 518.

Common barretor, 477.

jury, how returned, 385.
law, 7, 9.

law, courts of, 278.

matters cognizable in, 301.
informer, 569.

nuisances, 489, 569.

pleas, court of, its origin, 281.
fixed at Westminster, 282.
error from, 283.
seal, 114.
Commonalty, 95.

Commoners, may abate nuisance to a com-
mon, 347.

Commons, House of, 26.

Commonwealth, offences against, 474.
Communications, what are privileged, 309.
Companies, public, forgeries on, 520.
joint-stock, 119.
winding up, 120.
banking, 120.

Compassing the death of the king, 456.
Compensation for death of husband or wife,
action for, 306.

Complaint, of offences, before justices, 532,
535.

Composition with creditors, 258.
Compound larceny, 515.

Compounding felony, 477.
Compounding informations, 478.

Compulsion, an excuse for unlawful acts,

Confirmation, 200.

Conversion, 319.

Conveyances, 190, 196, 205.
Conviction in general, 559.
effect of previous, 559.
summary, 531.
Coparceners, 163, 227, 426.

Copper coin, offences relating to, 464.
Coppice, destroying, 518.

Copy of depositions, right of accused to, 539.
of indictment, right of prisoner to, in
certain cases, 553.

Copyhold, 143, 155.

enfranchisement of, 155.

may be taken in execution, 403.
Copyright, 230.

prerogative copyright of crown, 232.
Corn may be distrained, 271.
destroying, 518.
Cornage, 138.

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

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

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

Coroners' 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.

of goods, 230.

Congé d'élire,

Conies, taking, killing, or stealing, 513.

Conjugal rights, suit for restitution of, 299.
Consanguinity, 102, 262.

degrees of, 263.

Conservators of the peace, 522.

Consideration for a contract, 242.

Consistory Court, 290, 300.
Consolidated Fund, 75, 559
Consolidation rule, 370.
Consort, Queen, 50.

Conspiracy, law of, in general, 478.

action of, 310.

Constable, high, 80.

petty, 80.

special, 80.

his duty in criminal cases, 536.

Constitution, British, 5.

Constructive frauds, 425.

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.

Contract of marriage, 102, 103.

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

Counties, palatine, 284.

courts of, 293, n.
electors for, 30.
Country, trial by the, 383.

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.