state, i, 408.

history of, i, 409.

testaments, i, 418.

service, i, 287; ii, 54, 57, 61.

(See "Tenure.")

Militia, i, 410, 412.

Milk, may be sold on Sunday, iv, 64.
Mill, customary dues to, iii, 235.
Mines, i, 295.

right to dig turf, gravel, &c., ii, 84.
included in land, ii, 18.
firing, iv, 246.

royal mines, ii, 18.

destroying works of, 247.
stealing ore out of, iv, 234.

Ministers, responsibility of, i, 250.
Ministry. (See "Cabinet.")
Minority, incidents of, i, 464.
(See "Infant.")

none in the king, i, 248.

Misadventure, homicide by, iv, 182.
Mischief, malicious, iv, 244 et seq.
Misdemeanor. iv, 1-5.

forcible, self-defence against, iii, 8, n.
Mise, iii, 305.

Misfortune, unlawful act by, iv, 26.
Misnomer, consequence of, iii, 302; iv, 884.
Mispleading, when cured by verdict, iii, 894.
Misprision against king and government, iv,

119-126.

Mistake, iv, 27.

remedies at law and in equity, iii, 431.
Misuser in office, ii, 153.

of franchise, i, 485, n.

Mitigation of damages in slander, iii, 125, n.
Mitter le droit, ii, 325.

Money, payment of, into court, iii, 304.
paid for another, iii, 162
received to another's use, ib.
counterfeiting, iv, 84, 88.
interest upon ii, 454 et seq.
(See "Interest.")

legal tender, i, 277 and n.
Monks, i, 132.

Monopolies, statute against, ii, 407; iv, 159,

486.

Monster cannot inherit, ii, 246.
Monstrans de droit, iii, 256.
Monuments are heir looms, ii, 428.
Month, lunar and calendar, ii, 141.
Moral consideration, ii, 445, n.
Mort d'ancestor, assize of, ii, 185.
for rent, iii, 231.
Mortgage, ii, 157 et seq.

distinguished from pawn, ii, 452.
tacking, ii, 160.

who primarily liable upon, ib.
power of sale in, ib.

equitable mortgage by deposit of title
deeds, ib.

tenancy under mortgagee, ii, 150, n.

effect of bankruptcy of mortgagor, ii, 487.
jurisdiction of equity over, iii, 435, 439.
provision for reduction of interest, iii,
432.

parol evidence to show deed to be, ii, 158 n.
Mortmain, statutes of, i, 479; ii, 2C8; iv,
108, 424, 426, 441.

personal annuities of inheritance, ii, 41.
devises in, ii, 375.

license of, ii, 268, 272.

Mortuaries, ii, 425.

Mother church, i, 112.

Motion in court, iii, 304.

Motives of legislators not inquirable into, i

246, n.

nor of king, i, 246.
Mount, or bank, i, 328.
Mountebanks, iv, 167.
Movables, ii, 384.

(See "Personalty.")
Mulier puisne, ii, 248.
Multiplicity of laws, iii, 325.
Municipal corporation, i, 475.
(See "Corporation.")
Municipal law, i, 44; iii, 1.
Murder, defined, iv, 194.
by perjury, iv, 133, 196.

person killed must be reasonable being
iv, 197.

malice aforethought, iv, 198.
punishment of, iv, 201.

homicide, when pardonable, iv, 194, 400.
Murdrum, iii, 321; iv, 195.

Music, copyright in, ii, 407, n.
Muta canum, ii, 427.

Mute, standing, iv, 324 and n.
advising it, iv, 126.

Mutilation, i, 130; iii, 121; iv, 207.

punishment by, iv, 377.

Mutiny act, i, 152, 415, 416.

Mutual debts, iii, 305.

Namium vestitum, iii, 148.

National debt, i, 328-331.

b

born subjects, i, 366, 370.
Naturalization, i, 374; ii, 249.

Nature, state of, as to property, ii, 3, 8, n.
guardian by, i, 461.

law of, i, 36. 39, 125,

crime against, iv, 215.

Navigable rivers. (See "Rivers.")
Navigation acts, i, 418; iv, 439.
Navy, articles of, i, 420

Ne admittas, writ of, iii, 248.

Ne exeat regno, i, 137, 266; iv, 122.

Ne injuste vexes, writ of, iii, 234.

Necessaries, liability for, i, 449, 466, n.

Necessity, when it excuses crime, iv. 27,
31.

homicide by, iv, 178.
ways by, ii, 35, n.

Negative in corporations, i, 478.

of the king, i, 154, 184, n.

Negligence, iii, 163.

liability of advocate for, iii, 165 and n.
of bailee, ii, 451, n.

of officers, iv, 140.
Negligent escape, iii, 415; iv, 130.
Negotiable paper, ii, 442, n.

(See "Bills of Exchange and Promissory
Notes.")
Negro, i, 127, 425; ii, 402.
slavery abolished, i, 425; iv.

Neife, ií, 94.

Nembda, iii, 350.

New assignment, iii, 311.

New promise to revive debt, iii, 306, n.
New trial, when granted, iii, 387, 391.
origin of practice of granting, iii, 388.
promotes the ends of justice, iii, 391.
granting upon terms, iii, 393.
motion for, when to be made, ib.
in criminal cases, iv, 361, 438.
New style, ii, 140.

News, spreading of false, iv, 149.
Newspaper, libel by, iii, 125, n.
Next of kin, ii, 224.

right of, to administer, ii, 504.
distribution among, ii, 515.
guardian for lunatic, &c., i, 305.
Nient culpable, plea of, iv, 339.
Night, in burglary what is, iv, 224.
Night-walkers, iv, 292.
Nihil, return of, iii, 282.
Nihil debet, plea of, iii, 305.
Nihil dicet, judgment by, iii, 369.
Nisi prius, courts of, iii, 58.

commission of, iii, 60; iv, 269.
opening of commission, ib.

clause of, in venire facias, iii, 352.

trial at, iv, 351.

writ of, not grantable when the king is a
party, iii, 352, n.

Nobility, i, 157, 396.
how created, i, 399.

n., 397, n.

Non residence of clergy, i, 391.
Nonsuit, iii, 296, 316, 357, 376.

Non sum informatus, judgment by, iii,
297.

Northern borders, rapine on, iv, 244.
Norman conquest, i, 99; ii, 60; iv, 414, 415.
Normandy, grand coustumier of, i, 107.
Norman French, use of, in legal proceed-
ings, iii, 317.

Nose, cutting or slitting, iv, 207, 377.
Not guilty, plea of, iv, 838, 450.

effect of plea in actions of trespass, iii, 305.
in actions on the case, iii, 305.
Note of hand, ii, 467.

small notes prohibited, ii, 468, n.
of banking companies, ib.

of a fine, ii, 351.

Notice to quit, ii, 146, n., 147, n.

to terminate estate at will, ii, 146, n.
of dishonor, ii, 470.

of trial, iii, 357.

in ejectment, iii, 203, 463.

Novel disseisin, assize of, iii, 186.
Novels in the civil law, i, 81.
Nudum pactum ii, 296, 445.

Nul disseisin, plea of, iii, 305.
Nul tiel record, iii, 331.
Nul tort, iii, 305.

Nuncupative will, i, 421; ii, 500, 514.
Nuper obiit, writ of, iii, 186.
Nurture, guardian for, i. 461.
Nuisance, definition of, iii, 218.
cases of, iii, 216 et seq.
indictment for, iii, 219.
when action lies for, ib.

every continuance a fresh, iii, 220.
assize of, iii, 221, 413.

liability of landlord for, ii, 144, n.
abatement of, iii, 5, 220 and n.

when notice to remove must be given, iii,

5, n.

to private ways, iii, 241.

to highways, bridges, rivers, &c., iv, 167.
by offensive trades. disorderly houses,
&c., iv, 167.

lotteries, fireworks, eavesdroppers and
common scolds, iv, 168.

Oath against bribery at elections, i, 180.
of allegiance, i, 367.

of supremacy and abjuration, i, 368, n.
to witness, form of, iii, 365.

of the party, iii, 382, 437.

ex officio, abolished, iii, 100, 447.

to the government, refusal or neglect to
take, iv, 116, 117, 123.

when nature of not understood, trial may
be put off, iv, 214, n.

voluntary and extra-judicial, iv, 137.
Obedience to parents, i, 452.

Obligation of human laws, i, 43, 57, 59.
or bond, ii, 340.

Obstructing process, iv, 129.

Occupancy the origin of property, ii, 3, 8,
258, 400.

of new lands left by the sea or river, ii,
261.

special, ii, 258.

Odhal right, ii, 45.

Odio et atia, writ de, iii, 128.

Offensive trades, &c., nuisance by, iii, 217.
Office, king the fountain of, i, 271.
inquest of, iii, 258.

of the six clerks, iii, 443.

"Office found," i, 370, n.; ii, 249, n., 268, n;
iii, 259, n.

Officers, arrest by, iv, 292.

Officers, killing of, in execution of office, iv,
200.

of revenue, assault on, iv, 155.

constable, assault on, iv, 129.
public, embezzlement by, iv, 230.
refusal to admit, iii, 264.

Offices, ii, 36.

when grantable in reversion, ii, 36.
property in, ii, 37, n.

curtesy of, ii, 126, n.

pay of certain officers not assignable, ii,
36, 141, n.

and pensions, duty on, i, 327, 328, n.
usurpation of, how remedied, iii, 262.

Old age does not disqualify from making
will, ii, 497.

Oleron, laws of, i, 419; iv, 423.
Omnipotence of parliament, i, 160.

Oppression of crown, how remedied, 1, 243.
of magistrates, iv, 141.
Option of the archbishop, i, 381.
Optional writs, iii, 274.
Orchards, robbery of, iv, 233.

damaging plants, &c., in, iv, 247.
Ordeal, trial by, iv, 342, 414, 425.
Order of sessions, iv, 272.

for money, &c., forgery of, iv, 250.
Orders, holy, i, 388.

Ore, stealing, iv, 234.

Original contract of king and people, i, 211,

Palatine counties, i, 116, 119; iii, 79; iv, 431.
Pandects of Justinian, i, 17, 81.

Panel of jurors, iii, 354; iv, 302, 350.
Papal encroachment, iv, 104.

process, obedience to, iv, 115.
Paper credit, ii, 466; iv, 441.
Paper books, iii, 317, 407.
Papirian code, i, 81.

Papists, disabilities of, ii, 257, 293.
children of, i, 449, 451.

Papists, laws against, iv, 55, 87, 425.
relief of.

(See "Pope," "Roman Catholics.")
Paramount lord, ii, 59, 91.

Paraphernalia, ii, 435.

Paravail, tenant, ii, 60.

Parcels, construction of particular words,
ii, 1.

Parceners, ii, 187.

Parco fracto, writ de, iii, 146.
Pardon, iv, 316, 337, 376, 396.

for discovering accomplices or receivers,
iv, 331.

not pleadable to impeachment, i, 334; iv,
261, 339, 440.

king's prerogative of, i, 269; iv, 397.
in the United States, i, 269, n.

Parent and child, i, 446.

Parents, remedy for abduction of children,
iii, 140.

duties of, i, 446-452.

powers of, i, 452–454.

consent of, to marriage of children, i, 437,
defence of children by, iii, 3, n.
deserting children, iv, 170, n.

of bastard children, i, 458.

Pares curiæ, ii, 54.

Pares, trial per, iii, 349.

Pari materia, statutes in, i, 60, n.
Parish, i, 112.

clerk, i, 395.

Parks, ii, 38, 416.

Parliament, i, 141, 146; iv, 412, 425, 428.
adjourning, i, 186.

convention, i, 152, 211, 214.

sessions of, 1, 46, 186, 187.
summons of, i, 150.

process against members of, in chancery,
iii, 445.

court of the king in, iv, 259, 263.
disuse of, iv, 437.

stealing proceedings of, from post, iv,
235, n.

houses of public meeting near, iv, 148.
Parliamentum indoctum, i, 177.

Parol distinguished from writing, il, 296,
446, n.

contracts, ii, 296, 442, 447.

evidence, iii, 369.

pleadings, iii, 292.

demurrer by the, iil, 430.

demurrer, iii, 300.

Parricide, iv, 202.

Parsons and vicars, i, 384.

appointment of, i, 388.

powers and duties of, i, 391.
Particular estate, ii, 165.

Particulars of demand, iii, 300, n.
Parties to suits in equity, iii, 442.

Partitions, ii, 185, 189, 194, 300, 323; iii,
302.

Partners, interest of, in personalty, ii, 399, n.
survivorship between, ii, 399.
accounts of, in equity, iii, 437.

Passports, i, 260.

violation of, iv, 68.

Pasturage, right of, il, 32, 34, n., 35, n.
common of, ii, 32.

Pasture, writ of admeasurement, iii, 237.
waste by plowing up, ii, 282.
Patent, letters, ii, 346; iii, 3.

rolls and writs, ii, 346.

for inventions, law of, ii, 407; iv, 159.
scire facias to repeal, iii, 260.
of peerage, i, 400.

of precedence, iii, 28.

Patriam, trial per, iii, 349; iv, 349.
Patron, ii, 21.

Patronage, usurpation of, iii, 242.

how remedied, iii, 243.

Patterns copyright in, ii, 407.

Pauper, when excused from paying costs,
lil, 400.

support of. (See "Poor.")

Pawn of goods, ii, 452.

Pawnbroker, nature of contract with, il,

452.

Payment into court, iii, 304.

of debts of deceased person, ii, 511.
tender of, i, 277.

place of tender, iii, 303.

Peace and war, right of making, i, 257.

Peace, commission of, i, 351; iv, 270.
conservation of, i, 349.

justices of, i, 349; iv, 270, 282, 428.
(See "Justices of the Peace.")

the king's, i, 118, 268, 350.

breach of, iv, 142.

security for, iv, 251, 254.
clerk of, iv, 272.

offences against, iv, 142–150.

Peculatus, iv, 122.

Peculiars, court of, iii, 65.

Peerage, benefit of, in offences, iv, 367.
Peeresses, i, 401.

trial of, ib.

Penalties, title to, by judgment, ii, 437.
relief against, iii, 435.

Penance, commutation of, iv, 105, 217, 276.
for standing mute, iv, 325.

in ecclesiastical courts, iv, 105, 275, 368.
Penitentiary houses, iv, 371.

Pensions, from foreign princes, iv, 122.
ecclesiastical, 1, 281.

from the crown, i, 176; ii, 40.
duties on, i, 326.

Pensioners excluded from house of com-
mons, i, 175.

People, i 366.

sovereignty in, i, 49, n.,
Per quod, iií, 124.

52 n.

Per quod consortium amisit, iii, 140.
Peremptory chall nges, iv, 353, 396.
Peremptory mandamus, iii, 111, 265.
Perfection of the king, i, 246.
Perjury, iv, 137 and n.

in capital cases, iv, 138, 196.
Permissive waste, ii, 281.
Perpetual curate, i, 394.
Perpetuating testimony, iii, 450.
Perpetuities, rule against, ii, 174.
Perpetuity of the king, i, 249.
Persecution, religious, iv, 46, 428, 432.
Person, larceny from the, iv, 242 and n.
injuries to and offences against, iii, 119;
iv, 177 et seq.

Plague, irregularity during, Iv, 161.

Plaint, iii, 273.

Plaintiff, iii, 25.

Plantation, burning or destroying, iv, 246.
Plantations, law in the, i, 107.

Plants, destruction of, iv, 246.

stealing of, iv, 233.

Play, right to represent, ii, 407, n.
Plays and players, license of, iv, 167.
Plea, dilatory, iii, 301.

within what time to be pleaded, iii, 301, n.
must be verified, iii, 302.
conclusion of, ib.

effect of allowing or overruling, iii, 303.
to the action, iii, 303.

in bar, iii, 306.

conditions and qualities of, iii, 307.
special, conclusion of, ib.

in equity, iii, 446.

in abatement, not admitted in suit for
lands, iii. 302.

to indictments, iv, 332.
sanctuary, ib.

benefit of clergy, iv, 332, 364.
to the jurisdiction, iv, 333.
demurrer, ib.

in abatement, iv, 334 and n.
autrefois acquit, iv, 335.
autrefois convict, iv, 336.
autrefois attaint, ib.
pardon, iv, 337.

not guilty, iv, 338 et seq.
in bar of execution, iv, 396.
of lunacy, ii, 291.

Pleading, times for, iii, 299.
departure in, iii, 309.

formerly viva voce, now in writing, iii, 293.

in criminal cases, iii, 427.

required to be in English, iii, 317.

Pleading in equity, iii, 442 et seq.

commencement of suit, bill, iii, 422.
information, iii, 437.

parties to suit, iii, 442.
demurrer, iii, 446.

pleas, ib.

answer, iii, 443. 446, 447.

cross-bill, iii, 448, 451.

amended and supplemental bill, iii, 448.

bills of revivor and interpleader, ib.

bill to perpetuate testimony, iii, 450.

right of parol to demur, iii, 430.

Pleading in equity, bill of review, iii, 453.
Pleas of the crown, ii, 424.

Pledge, ii, 157, 452.

estates in, ii, 157.