heiress, iv 208

ward, iii 141

wife, iii 139 and n

women, i 443 and n

or kidnapping, iv 219 and n

Ab earance, good, security for, iv 251 256
Abeyance, ii 107

when freehold cannot be put in, ii 107 n
remainders, &c. when not in, ii 107 n

Abigei, iv 239

Abjuration, oath of, i 368

of the realm, iv 56 124 332 377
Absolute power of the crown i 250
property, ii 389

rights and duties, i 123
Abstract of a fine, ii 351 app 4
Accedas ad curiam, iii 34
Acceptance of bills, ii 468, 469
Accession, property by, ii 404
Accessaries, iv 35 and n

after the fact, iv 37 and n
before the fact, iv 36 and n
when to be tried, iv 323

Accident, when relieved against, iii 431
taking goods by, no larceny, iv 232 n
Accomplices, discovery of, iv 330 331
Accord, iii 15 and n

Account books, when evidence, iii 368
cognizable in equity, iii 437
writ of, iii 162
Accroaching royal power, iv 76
Ac etiam, iu 288 app 18
Act of bankruptcy, ii 477 and n
grace, how passed, i 184
when pleaded, iv 396

parliament, i 85

disobedience to, iv 12

endeavouring to repeal, is treason, iv 82 n

how made, i 181

its ancient form, i 182

power, i 185

private, i 86 ii 344 and n 345 n
public, i 85

when binding on the crown, i 261

Action at law, iii 116

chose in, ii 397

ex contractu, iii 117
delicto, ii 117

VOL. II.

Action at law, feodal, iii 117

mixed, iii 118
personal, iii 117
plea to, iii 303
property in, ii 396

real, iii 117 and n

for debt below 40s. in superior court, iii 36 n
in case of death from battery, iii 119 n
when lies after criminal prosecution, ib

when right of, merged in public offence, iv

6 notes

Actual right of possession, ii 196
Additions, i 407 iii 302 iv 306 334
Adherence to the king's enemies, iv 82
Adjoining county, trial in, iii 383
Adjournment of parliament, i 187
Admeasurement of dower, ii 136 iii 183

pasture, iii 238

Administration, ii 489

cum testamento annexo, ii 504

de bonis non, ii 506

durante absentia, ii 503

durante minore aetate, ii 503 n

limited or special, ii 506

granted to creditor when executor out of

country, ii 505 n

Administrator, ii 496 iv 428

when privileged from arrest, iii 289 n
when pay costs, iii 400 n

Admiralty causes, iii 106
court of, iii 69 iv 268

no appeal from, to privy council, i 230 n
droits of, i 259 n

letters of marque granted by, ib

Admission of a clerk, i 390
to copyholds, ii 370
Admittendum clericum, writ ad, iii 250
Ad quod damnum, writ of, ii 271
Advertising for stolen goods, iv 134
Adultery, iv 64 191

rights, &c. of wife guilty of, i 441

action, &c. for, iii 139 and n

Advocate, iii 26, see Counsel

canon law forbids clerks becoming, i 20 n

Advocatus fisci, iii 27

Advowson, iv 426

in general, ii 21

cannot pass without deed, ii 22 n

is saleable, ii 22 n

tenant by curtesy of, ii 127 n

purchase of, not simoniacal, ii 279 n

Æquitas sequitur legem, ii 330
Affectum, challenge propter, iii 363 iv 352
Affeerors of amercements, iv 380

Affidavit, in general, iii 304

to hold to bail in action, iii 287
in pleas in abatement, iii 302

Affinity, i 434
Affirmance of judgments, iii 411

Arbitrary consecrations of tithes, i 113 ii 26
Arbitration in general, iii 16

choosing umpire, ib
title to land referred, ib n
terms of reference to, ib n
how revoked, ib

Archbishop, i 155 377 and n
Archdeacon, i 383

his court, iii 64
Archdeaconry, i 111
Arches court, iii 64
dean of, iii 65
Areopagus, court of, iii 365 iv 169 348
Aristocracy, i 49

Armed, being unusually, iv 149
Armies, see Soldiers, i 262

standing, i 414 iv 419 441
Armorial ensigns, ii 429 iii 105

Armour, &c. embezzling the king's, iv 101
statutes of, i 411

Arms and ammunition, exporting them, i 265

right of having, i 143

going armed, iv 149

Arraignment, iv 322 app 1

incidents to, iv 324 and n

Array, challenge to, iii 359 iv 352

commission of, i 411

Arrest of judgment, iii 393 app 11 iv 375
Arrest, see False Imprisonment

of persons in civil cases, iii 288
for what cause of action, iii 287 n
how made, iii 288 n

persons privileged from, iii 289 n
on border of county, iii 290 n

remedy for malicious, iii 126

of persons in criminal cases, iv 289

by warrant, and who may grant it, and for

what, iv 290 and n

form of warrant, ib and n

backing warrant, ib 291 and n

place of, ib

by officers without warrant, ib 292 and n

by private persons without warrant, ib 293

and n

by hue and cry, iv 293

Arson, see Fire

in general, iv 220 373

what a house to constitute offence, iv 221
where house must be burnt, iv 221

what a burning, ib 222

malice, ib

punishment,

ib

Beheading, iv 93 377

Benefices, iv 107

Benefit of clergy, iv 333 365 413 429 441
Benevolence, compulsive, i 140 iv 436
Berwick, i 98

part of England, i 99
Besayle, writ of, iii 186
Bigamy, iv 163 and n
Bill for patents, &c. ii 346
in equity, iii 442
parliament, i 181
standing orders, i 181 n
how passed, i 181 and n
king's refusal to, i 184 n
of exceptions, iii 372

exchange, ii 466 469 n
indictment, iv 302 app 1
Middlesex, iii app 18
privilege, iii 289
rights, i 128 iv 440

or note, forging, iv 248, 249

stealing, iv 234

Billa vera, iv 306
Bishop, i 155 377 401

not electing or consecrating, iv 115

Westminster, a see, when, i 115 n 380 n
part of parliament, i 155

not one of the three estates of realm, i 153 n
their equality with other peers, i 157 n
their rights, appointments, &c. i 377

not entitled to trial as peers, i 401 iv 264
clergymen not to farm more than 80 acres
without the leave of, i 377 n

their consecration, style, &c. i 380 n
Irish bishops, &c. ib

Scotch presbytery established, ib

of St. David's deprived for simony, i 380 n
options descend to representatives, i 381 n
archbishop of York, privilege of, i 381 n
by whom dispensations now granted, i 381 n
Lambeth degree, what, i 381 n

powers of, i 382 n

commendams granted to, i 393 n

when may refuse to accept resignation, i 393

and n

require incumbent to employ curate, i 394 n
when required to support those they ordain, ib
power to regulate curates' salaries, ib

may fix curates' salaries, and enforce pay-
ment of arrears, iii 90 n

their rank, &c. in state, i 405, 406

contest for precedency between the archbish-
ops, i 405 n

Bishoprics, nomination to, i 378 iv 108 115 430
Bissextile year, ii 141

Black Act, remedies against hundred, iii 160

Bottomry, ii 457
Bound bailiffs, i 346

Bounties on exportation, i 315
Bourdeaux, mayor of, his certificate, iii 334
Boxing, see Assault and Battery

offence of, iv 183 and n

Bracton, i 72 iv 425
Brass, stealing, iv 233 n

receiving stolen, iv 132 n

Breach of close, iii 209
covenant, iii 155
duty, action for, iii 163
peace, iv 142 and n
pound, iii 146

prison, iv 130 and n

Bread, see Baker

Brehon law in Ireland, i 100 iv 313
Brevia Testata, ii 307

Bribery in elections, i 179

how punishable, ib n

magistrates, iv 139 n

Bricks, combinations to raise price of, iv 159 n
Bridges, i 357