Papal encroachments, IV. 104
process, obedience to, id. 115
Paper book, III. 317. 407

credit, I. 330. II. 466. IV. 441
Papirian code, I. 81

Papists, children of, id. 449. 451
incapacities of, II. 257. 293

laws against, IV. 55. 87. 425

n

Drake, impeached by, id. 151. n
duration of, id. 152. n

spiritual peers in, id. 156. n. 157. n

Paramount, lord, id. 59, 91

injuries to, III. 140

rights, liabilities, and duties in general, I. 446
liability of parent to support child, id. 448. n
for child's contracts, iď. 449. n

law favours claims of heirs, id. 449. n
so bequests to children, ib

equity may control father's custody of child, id.
451. n

allowance out of child's property for maintenance,
id. 452. n

child, a necessary party in indenture of appren-
ticeship, id. 452. n

child, bound to support indigent parent, id. 453. n
period of gestation, I. 455. n

when child born in wedlock, illegitimate, id.
456. n

putative father's liability, id. 457. n

appeals against bastardy orders, id: 458. n
how far bastard subject to same rules of law as
legitimate child, id. 459. notes

when child of age, id. 463. n

infant's father, prochein amy, id. 464. n '
injuries to, III. 140

assault by, in defence of, III. 3. n

action for seduction, id. 140. n

ground of action loss of service, id. 142. notes
Parental powers, I. 452

Parents, &c. their consent to marriage, I. 437
deserting family, &c. vagrants, IV. 170. n
Pares curtis, II. 54

trial per. III. 350

Parish, I. 112

Parish-clerk, id. 395
Park, II. 38. 416

Parliament, see also Statutes

I. 141. 147. IV. 412. 425. 428

court of, the king in, IV. 259. 263
disuse of, id. 437
of France, I. 147
power of, id. 160
rolls, id. 181

proceedings, stealing sent by post, IV. 128. n
summons of, I. 150

has sole right to legislate, I. 37. n. 64. n. 163.

n

peers pledge their honour in deciding judicial-
ly, id. 9. 12. n

act of, when to commence, id. 43. 47. n
Welsh members, id. 88. 95. n

Scotch representatives, id. 90. 97. n

privileges off indefinite, id. 164. n
contempts against, punished by, ib
properties members should have, id. 161. n
slanders spoken in, privileged, id. 164. n
privileges of members from arrest, &c. id. 165.n
members, how liable to bankrupt law, id. 166.

n

attorney-general not a member formerly, id.
168. n

proxies in house of lords, id. 168. n
protests, id. 169. n

money bills, though private, not altered by
lords, ib. 170. n

voter's qualification, &c. in election, id. 172. n.
174. n

Cromwell increased members, id. 174. n
Grampound disfranchised, ib

York, two additional representatives, ib
wages of members, id. 474. n
present number of members, ib
petition against return, id. 175. n

vote by residence in borough, id. 175. n
who may not be elected to, id. 175. n. 176. notes
clergy declared ineligible to set in, id. 175. a
how members may vacate seat, id. 176. n
qualification of member, id. 176. notes
election on death of member, id. 177. n
undue influence at elections illegal, id. 177. n
petition to, under Grenville's act, ib. 180. n
acts regulating Irish elections, id. 180. n
speaker, his salary, id. 181. n

speaker's speech on his election, id. 181. n
speaker, a mere member, when house in com-
mittee, id. 181. n

speaker of commons votes only when numbers
equal, ib

speaker of lords has no casting vote, ib
standing orders as to bills, &c. id. 181. n
commons' humility in former times, id. 181. n
statutes ordered to be in English by Richard
III. id. 183. n

king's rejection of bills, id. 184. n

royal assent endorsed on bills by clerk of, id.
184. n

promulgation of statutes, id. 185. n

orders, &c. determine by prorogation of, id.
186. n

impeachment not affected by prorogation or
dissolution, ib

announcement of meeting of, I. 187. n
may be summoned on fourteen days' notice, id.

188. n

be dissolved by proclamation, id. 188. n
triennial act, id. 189. n

publication of debates, influence of, id. 250. n
additional courts made only by, id. 267. n
franking, &c. by members, id. 323. n
house of, public meetings near, IV. 148. n
Parliamentum indoctum, I. 177
Parol conveyances, II. 297
demur of, III. 300
evidence, id. 369
or pleadings, id. 293

99. n

Irish union, id. 98. n. 156. n. 159. n

Parson, 1. 384. See Vicar, Curate
imparsonne, I. 391

Particular estate, II. 165

tenants, alienation by, id. 274
Parties to a deed, id. 298. 522, 3
fine, id. 355
Partition, ib. 189

deed of, ib. 323

writ of, ib. 189. III. 302

Partner, cognizable in equity, III. 437
Partners, see Coparceners

no survivorship among,

Passports, I. 260

violation of, IV. 68

II. 399. n

Pasture, common of, II. 33
Patents, ib. 346

for new inventions, IV. 159*
of peerage, I 400
precedence, III. 28

law respecting, II. 407. n

injunction against infringement of, ib

Patent rolls, id. 346
writs, ib

Paterna, paternis, id. 236

Patriam, trial per, III. 349. IV. 349
Patronage, II. 21

disturbance of, III. 242

Pauper, see Overseer, Poor, Vagrant
what costs may recover, III. 401. n
causes, id. 400

Pawns, II. 452. see Bailment
Pawnbrokers, law relative to, id. 451
Payment of deceased's debts, id. 511
money into court, III. 304

Peace and war, right of making, I. 257
breach of, IV. 142

clerk of, id. 272

commission of, I. 351. IV. 270

conversation of, I. 349

Peers, privilege from arrest, id. 165. n

no right to sit covered if indicted, id. 165. n
proxies, id. 168. and n

protests, id. 168, 169. n

cannot alter private bills which raise money,
id. 170. n

interfering at election, breach of privilege of
commons, id. 178. n

their precedency determined, id. 271. n
franking letters, id. 323. n

number of their chaplains, id. 392. n
peerage may be gained for life, id. 401. n
peerage only transferred with consent of par-
liament, I. 401. n

trial of, I. 401. n

trial by, 1. 401. IV. 260. 348

if witness in court of parliament, must be sworn,
I. 402. n

words against, actionable, id. 402. n

Peine forte et dure, IV. 325

Penal statutes, I. 88. IV. 429

construed strictly, I. 82. 89. notes
Penalty of a bond, III. 435

inadequate compensation for breach of law, I.

52. n

People, id. $66

conviction by, IV. 281

security for, id. 251. 254

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

offences against

felonious, riotous assembling, IV. 142
meeting in night, id. 143
threatening letters, id. 144. and n
destroying flood-gates, &c. id. 144
not felonious, affray's, id. 145

riots and unlawful assemblies, id. 146
tumultuous petitioning, id. 147
forcible entries, id. 148

going armed with weapons, id. 149
spreading false news, ib
false prophesying, b

challenges to fight, id. 150
libels, id. 150

Peculutus, IV. 122

my et per tout, seisin, II. 182
quod, III. 124

writ of entry in, id. 181

Peremptory, challenge, 1V. $53. $96
mandamus, III. 111. 265
writ, id. 274

Perfection of the king, I. 246
Perjury, IV. 137, and notes

in capital cases, IV. 138. 196
Permissive waste, II. 281. and a
Pernancy of profits, id. 163
Perpetual curate, I. 394

Perpetuating the testimony of witnesses, III.

450

Perpetuity of the king, I. 249

Persecution, religious, IV. 46. 428. 432
Person, injuries to, III. 119

larceny from, IV. 241

offences against, id. 177

Peculiars, court of, III, 65

legacies, II. 512

Peerage, benefit of, in offences, IV. 367

where they die with the person, id. 302

assets, III. 510

chattels, id. 387

security, I. 129

tithes, II. 24

property in general, id. 384

annuity to a man, and heirs of his body, out of,
id. 113. n

if changed in form, owner may still seize, id.
404. n

chattel given to a man, and heirs of body, id.
428. n

Personating others in courts, &c. IV. 128
proprietors of stocks, id. 248
seamen, id. 249. n
bail, id. 128. n
Persons, artifcial, I. 123. 467
natural, id. 123

Persons, rights of, id. 122
Peter-pence, IV. 107
Petition of appeal, III. 454
bankruptcy, id. 480

right, I. 128. III. 356. IV. 497

signatures unlimited, I. 142. n

meetings to, restrained, ib

Pledges of appearance, III. 280. 457. 462
battel, id. 459

prosecution, 11. 532, 4. III. 275.458. 462
Plegii de prosequendo in replevin, III. 147
retorro habendo, id. 147

Plena probatio, id. 871

Plenarty, id. 243

180. n

Plough-bote, id. 35

Pluries habeas corpus, III. 135
writ, id. 283. 469. IV. 319
Poaching, in night, id. 174. n
Pocket-sheriffs, 1. 342
Poisoning, IV. 196. and n

administering poison to woman with child, id.

198. n

175. IV. 440

Plagarii, IV. 219

Plague, irregularity during, id. 161

Plaint, III. 273

Plaintiff, id. 25. 289. n

Plantations, I. 107

destroying of, IV. 246

Plants, destroying of, id. 427. and n

stealing of, id. 233. and n

see Overseers

Malthusian system, 1. 359. n

overseers of, how appointed, id. 351. n
persons exempt from being overseers, id. 360. n.
number of overseers, id. 360. n
mandamus to appoint, lies, ib

indictment lies to compel appointee to act, ib

primary duty to employ paupers, I. 361. n
certificate of settlement, id. 362. n

change of venue, id. 294. n
variations in courts, id. 294. n
conclusion of declaration, id. 295. n
pledges when not to be stated, id. 295. n
judgment of non pros, id. 269. n
pleas, id. 301. to 310. in notes

replication, general qualities of, id. 310. n
demurrer, nature of, id. 314. n
wager of battel, id. 336. n
wager of law, id. 341. n
repleader, id. 349. n

in criminal cases, IV. 427

Pleas, and see Pleading

dilatory, not favoured, III. 301
to jurisdiction, ib

in abatement, ib
sham, III. 302

of tender, id. 303

of set off, id. 305

of statute of limitations, id. 306

maintaining, IV. 115

Popular actions, ÏÏ. 437. III. 161

Portions, methods of raising, II. 526

Port-reeve, IV. 413

Ports and havens, see Harbour, I. 264
injuries to, IV. 144. n
Positive proof, III. 371

Posse comitatus, I. 343

neglecting to join, IV. 122

Possessio fratris, II. 228

Possession, actual right of, III. 180

apparent right of, id. 177. 179

estates in, II. 163

naked, id. 195. III. 177

poverty in, II. 389

right of, id, 196

writ of, III. 202. 412. 466

necessary in gift, by parol, II. 441. n
Possessory action, id. 198. III. 180
Possibilities not assignable, II. 290
Post, writ of entry in, III. 182
Post disseisin, writ of, id. 188

Postea, id. $86. 465
Post-fine, II, 350

Posthumous children, I. 180. II. 169
Post-letters, stealing, IV. 239. and n
Post-man in the exchequer, III. 28
Post-office, I. 322

regulations of, id. 322. n

Pound, III. 12

Poundage, I. 316. IV. 437

Pound-breach, III. 146
Pow-dike, cutting, IV. 244
Power of the crown, I. 250
parent, id. 452

Poyning's law, id. 102. 103
Praecipe, writ of, III. 274

in capite, writ of, id. 195
common recoveries, II. 358
fines, id, 350

tenant to, III. 182
Praemunire, IV. 103. 428
Praetor's edicts, I. 80
Pre-audience, III. 28
Prebendary, Í. 383

Precedence, II. 224, 272. III. 105
of royal family, 1. 225*.
patent of, III. 28

table of, I. 405

Precedent conditions, II. 154

and rules must be followed, 1. 64. n

Precept of election to parliament, id. 177
Pre-contract, id. 434
Predial tithes, II. 24

Pre-emption, 1. 287. IV. 116. 424. 439
Pregnancy, plea of, IV. 394

trial of, I. 456. IV. 395
Premier serjeant, III. 28
Premises of a deed, II. 298

Prerogative, I. 141. 237. 252. IV. 431. 432
causes of its increase and decline, IV. 433
comparative review of, I. 336. IV. 440
as to duchy of Cornwall, II. 208. n
contempts against, IV. 122
copyrights, II. 410

99. notes

against king's counsel, id. 100

in serving foreign state, id. 101

in embezzling stores, ib

desertion, id. 102

contempt against, id. 122

Prescription, corporations by, I. 473. II. 264. n

time of, II. 31

title by, II. 263

unity of seisin destroys way by, id. 35. n
prescribing in a que estate, what, id. 264. n
by copyholder, ib

for common of pasture, III. 238. n
general rule as to, II. 263. 265. n. 288. n
Presentation to benefices, I. 389. II. 23

to church must be gratuitous, II. 22. n
cannot destroy a donative, id. 25. n
prerogative presentation, ib
purchase of anticipating vacancy invalid,

278, n

challenge, III. 363

Principal and accessory, IV. 34
accessories, id. 35

what offences admit of, id

accessories before the fact, id. 36

after the fact, id. 37

punishment of, id. 39

Prior, I. 155

Priority of debts, II. 511

Prisage, 315

Prison, see Gaol, breach of, IV. 130. and n
Prisoners, see Convicts

regulations for their comfort, &c., I. 346. n.
IV. 400. n

Prit, IV. 339

Private act of parliament, I. 86. II. 344
nusance, III. 216

persons, arrest by, IV. 292

wrongs, III. 2

ways, II. 35

Privately stealing from the person, IV. 242

Privies to a fine, II. 355

Privilege, I. 272

bill of, III. 289
from arrests, ib

of parliament, I. 164

writ of, id, 166

Privileged places, IV. 129

villenage, II. 98

Privilegia, I. 46

Privilegium clericale, IV. 365

property propter, II. 394

Privy council, 1. 229

counsellor, killing or attempting to kill, id. 232.

Probate of will, II. 508

Procedendo, writ of, I. 853. III. 109
Process, civil, III. 279. and Appendix
into county palatine, III. 78. n
special orginal, id. 272. notes
teste and return of writ, id. 274. notes
return days of term, id. 277. n
essoign, ib. 277. n

of attachment or pone in C. P., id. 279 n
teste of capias, id. 282. n

against defendant's keeping out of way, id.
284. n

special capias utlagatum, id. 284. n

writ of error to reverse outlawry, id. 285. n
alias and pluries capias, &c. id. 286. n
served on border of county, id. 286. n
in the exchequer, id. 287. n

defects in notice to appear to, III. 287. n
time to appear after, id. 287. n
for what cause may arrest, id. 287. n
affidavit of debt, id. 287. n

arrest wrongfully made, id. 288. notes
attorney privileged from arrest, id. 288. n
arrest on border of county, id. 290. n
subpoena, id. 369. n

against witnesses not attending, id. 369. n
of execution against whom, id. 414. n
Prochein amy, I. 464

Proclamations by the king, id. 270. IV. 431
of a fine, II. 352. 533

estrays, I. 298

on attachment in chancery, III. 444

exigent, id. 284. 469. IV. $19
the riot act, IV. 14S

writ of, III. 284. 469

Proctor, III. 25

Procuration money, IV. 157

Prodigals, I. 305

Profaneness, IV. 59

Profert in curia, III. 474

Profession, religious, I. 133

Professor of the laws, his duty, I. 35

Protestant dissenters, IV. 55
succession, I. 216, 217
treason against, IV. 90
Protestation, Ill. 311. 475
Province, I. 111

Provincial constitutions, id. 82
governments in America, id. 109
Proving will in chancery, III. 450
Provisions, papal, I. 60. IV. 107
selling, unwholesome, IV. 162
forestalling, &c. id. 158, 9. n
Proviso, trial by, III. 357

Provisors, statutes against, IV. 110, &c.
Proxies in the house of lords, I. 168
Puberty, age of, IV. 22

Public act of parliament, 1. 85
verdict, III. 377. IV. 360
wrongs, IV. 1

Publication of depositions, III. 450
Pueritia, IV. 22'

Puis darrein continuance, plea, III. 316
Puisne barons of the exchequer, III. 44
justices, III. 40, 41

Pulling down churches, houses, &c. IV. 143
Pulsation, III. 120
Punishment, IV. 7

capital, id. 9. 18. 236. n
certainty of, id. 377
end of, id. 11. 252
infliction of, id. 258
measure of, id. 12

1

power of, id. 7

Profits of courts, I. 289

Progress, royal, IV. 411

Prohibition, declaration in, III. 113

writ of, id. 112

grounds of, id. 112. n

Promises, see Contract, III. 158

Promissory note, II. 467

Promulgation of laws, I. 45

Proofs, see Evidence, III. 368

in ecclesiastical courts, id. 100

Proper feuds, II. 58

Property, I. 138. II. 1, 2

crimes against, IV. 230
injuries to personal, III. 144
real, id. 167

right of, IL. 197. III. 190

Prophecies, pretended, IV. 149

Proprietary governments in America, I. 109

Proprietate probanda, writ de, III. 148
Prorogation of parliament, I. 187
Prosecution of the king, id. 268
expenses of, IV. 362

malicious, III. 126

of offenders, IV. 301

Prostitutes, vagrants, IV. 170. n

Protection by children, I. 450

embassadors, id. 254

writ of, III. 289

Protector, I. 248

Protest of bill and notes, II. 468, 469
lords in parliament, I. 168

valebat, ib