Licence, of mortmain, II. 269 Licensed curate, I. 394 Licensing of books, IV. 152. 439 87 jurisdiction of chancery over, I. 303. n. III. 427 Licentia concordandi, II. 350. 444. Ap. loquen- certificate and licence of keepers of asylums, di, III. 299 Liege, 1. 367 Lieutenant, lord, I. 412. IV. 272 Life, I. 129 annuities, II. 461 crimes against, IV. 177 estates for, II. 120. 444. Ap. Ligan, I. 293. III. 106 Ligeance, I. 366 Light, II. 14 houses, I. 264 presumption, III. 372 Limbs, I. 130 Limitation of entries, actions, and indictments, estate, II. 155 for, I. 305. n next of kin to, his committee, id. 305. n consent to marriage by, I. 438 lunacy may be given in evidence, for defendant, witness to, may prove testator insane at execution of will, II. 378. n will made in lucid interval valid, II. 496. n conveyance, &c. purchase by, II. 291 when liable for crimes, IV. 24. and n. 195. n Luxury, IV. 170 Mackarel, may be sold on Sunday, IV. 64. n fee may pass in will without words of, II. 108. n Madder roots, stealing them, id. 233 of estates pur auter vie, II. 260. n of entry to avoid fine, II. 356. n of criminal prosecutions, IV. 301. n oi real actions, III. 178. n of quo warranto informations, III. 264. n Limited administration, II. 506 fee, II. 109 property, II. 391 Lineal consanguinity, II. 203 descent, II. 210 of the crown, I. 194 warranty, II. 301 Linen, stealing from place of manufacture, IV. Maintenance of bastards, I. 458 Malicious prosecution, III. 126 destroying, &c. powdike in fens of Norfolk and works in Bedford level, id. n sea and river, &c. banks, bridges, &c. id. 245 corn, &c. in north, id. 245 corn-barns, &c. in night, ib destroying horses, cattle, &c. IV. 246. n Master and Servant, when master bound by con- Military testament, id. 418 tracts of servant, id. 429. n. 430. n master when liable for torts of servant, I. 431.n stinting servant in food, &c. offence, IV. 217.n servant pawning or selling materials, &c. I. Materia prima, III. 322 Matrons, jury of, id. 362. IV. 395 Mayhem, id. 130. III. 121 appeal of, IV, 314 inspection of, III. 332 there must be a maiming, id. 207. n a laying in wait, ib an intent to disfigure, ib lord Ellenborough's act, id. 207. n malicious shooting at another, id. 208. and n Mayors, IV. 413 Measures, I. 274. IV. 275. 424 false, IV. 159 Mediate states of the empire, II. 60 Medietate, jury de, III. 246. 360. IV. 128. 166. and naval, popular meetings for training for- tenures under feudal system abolished, id. 410. n rights and duties of, same as other citizens, id. origin of mutiny act, id. 414. n must remove during elections, id. 415. n courts martial, their nature and jurisdiction, I. when action lies against superior officer, ib when exempt from arrest, ib wills of, dying in service, exempt from stamp their pay not assignable, ib legality of impressing seamen, I. 419. n Milk, may be sold on Sunday, IV. 64. n destroying their works, &c. IV. 247. and n Ministers of state, their responsibility enforced, 1. 250. n Minority, none in the king, I. 248 Minors, see Infant Children, not to sit in parlia Misadventure, homicide by, IV. 182 Misnomer, III. 302. IV. 334 Mispleading, when cured by verdict, III. 394 of treason, IV. 119 of felony, id. 121 concealing treasure-trove, ib positive mal-administration of justice, ib contempts against prerogative, id. 122 123 Metal, stealing, IV. 233. n Mittimus, IV. SOO Metaphysics, their effects upon law and theolo- Mixed actions, III. 118 gy, II. 58. IV. 417 larceny, IV. 239 tithes, II. 24 Money, silver, tender in, id. 277. n effect of, id. 304. n Monopolies, IV. 160. 436 stay of suits therein, id. 116 Monstrans de droit, III. 256 Mort d'ancestor, assise of, III. 185 how considered in equity, III. 435 colleges relieved against by statute, id. 273. n Mortuo-vadio, estate in, id. 57 Motion in court, III. 304 Moveables, III. 384 property in, id. 5 Mount, or bank, I. 328 Multiplicity of laws, its original, III. 325 Murder, definition of, IV. 194 offender must be of sound memory, &c. id. 195 by perjury, IV. 138. 196 person killed must be reasonable creature, in there must be malice aforethought, id, 198 punishment, IV. 201 when pardonable, id. 194. 400 Murdrum, III, 321. IV. 195 Muta canum, II. 427 Mute, standing, IV. 324 advising it, id. 126 Mutilation, I. 130. III. 121. IV. 207 punishment by, IV. 377 Mutiny-act, I. 415 Mutual debts, III. 305 Natural-born subjects cannot transfer their alle- giance, id. 369. n law of, id. 36. 39. 41. n Navigation acts, id. 419. IV. 439 hard labour for the benefit of, IV. 371. and n Ne admittas, writ of, III. 248 exeat regnum, I. 137. 266. IV. 122 Necessity, when it excuses crime, IV. 27 to 31 Negative in corporations, I. 478 of the king, id. 154 Neglect of duty, action for, III. 163 New assignment, id. 311 trial, id. 387. IV. 361. 438 when executor considered as trustee for, id. who shall take as, under statute, id. 516. n Nihil dicit, judginent by, III. 296. 397 Nisi prius, courts of, id. 58 Nobility, I. 366 its uses, id. 157. see Peers new order of introduced, I. 397. n their degrees at conquest, id. 398. n creation of, and introduction to house of peers, I. 400. n peerage may be gained for life, id. 401. n when tried and liable to process as common- ers, ib privilege of, not extended to foreign, ib wife gives no rank to husband, id. 401. n Nocturnal crimes, how prevented or resisted, Novel disseisin, assise of, id.187 Nudum pactum, II. 445 Nul disseisin, plea of, III. 305. II. 535 tiel record, III. 331 tort, plea of, id. 305 Nuncupative wills, II. 500 Nursery grounds, see "Distress," robbing of, IV. 233. n Nurture, guardian for, I. 461 of omission and commission, id. 5. n private, as against health, id. 122. n by offensive smells, id. 217. n by fear of danger, it by vibration of steam-engine, id. 217. n private injury by public, id. 219. n by new market to old, id. 236. n to window lights, II. 405. n to wartercourse, id. 403. n public removal of, ib non-commissioned, free from civil arrest, III. of revenue, assault on, IV. 155 public, embezzlements by, id. 230. n and pensions, duty on, I. 327 Officio, oath ex, III. 101. 447 Oppression of crown, how remedied, 1. 243 Option of the archbishop, I. 381 Optional writs, III. 274' Orchards, robbing of, IV. 233. and n Ordeal, trial by, id. 342. 414. 425 Order of sessions, id. 272 for money, &c. forgery of, id. 250. n Orders, boly, I. 388 Ore, stealing, IV. 234 Original contract of king and people, I. 211. 233 society, id. 47 conveyances, II. 310 of a deed, id. 296 process, III. 279 to highways, bridges, rivers, &c. IV. 167. writ, id. 272. 462. 467 and n offensive trades, id. and n disorderly houses, &c. id. and n fire works, id. and n eaves-droppers, ib Oath ex officio, III. 101. 447 of the party, id. 382. 437 Orphanage, II. 519 Ostium ecclesiae, dower, ad. id. 132 of the poor, I. 359 their rights, duties, and liabilites in general, 1. 359 primary duty of, to employ paupers, id. 361. n may bind apprentices out of parish, id. 426. n to the government, refusal or neglect to take Overt acts of treason, IV. 79. 86. 357 them, I. 368. IV. 116, 117. 123 who must take oath candidates, if required, as to their qualifica- electors, of supremacy and allegiance, be- of witnesses, III. 369. n of one witness insufficient in equity, id. 370. n conviction must be on, id voluntary and extrajudicial, id. 137 Objects of the laws of England, id. 121 market, II. 449 pound, id. III. 12 Outlawry, I. 142. III. 284. 469 against one of several defendants, III. 284. n writ of error to reverse, III. 285. n Owling, id. 154 Oyer, III. 299. 474 and terminer, commission of, IV. 269. 448 Oyez, id. 340 Oysters, stealing of, id. 236. n Pains and penalties, act to inflict, IV. 259 trial per, III. 349. IV. 349 Palace court, III. 76 assault in, IV. 125 Palatine counties, I. 117. IV. 431 Panel of jurors, III. 354. IV. 302. 350 |