Nisi prius, courts of, ib 58 justices of, iii 59 iv 269 trial at, iii 353 iv 351 Nobility, i 366 its uses, ib 157 see Peers new order of, introduced, i 397 n their degrees at conquest, ib 399 n creation of, and introduction to house of peerage may be gained for life, ib 401 n when tried and liable to process as common- privilege of, not extended to foreign, ib coparceners of title, which shall bear it, ii Nocturnal crimes, how prevented or resisted, Non assumpsit, iii 305 infra sex annos, ib 308 compos mentis, i 304 ii 497 iv 24 395 culpabilis, plea of, iii 305 iv 339 decimando, prescription de, ii 31 est factum, plea of, iii 305 est inventus, return of, ib 283 app 14 15 18 obstante, i 342 ii 273 iv 401 prosequitur, iii 296 sum informatus, judgment by, ib 397 Non-claim in fines, ii 354 of infants, i 465 Nonconformity, iv 51 432 Nonjuror, iv 124 Non-payment of ecclesiastical dues, iii 89 Non-residence, ii 322 Nonsuit, iii 296 316 376 judgment as in case of, ib 357 leave given to move for, ib 376 n Non user, ii 153 Norfolk, destroying powdikes in, iv 244 hand, ib 467 Notice in ejectment, iii 203 463 of trial, ib 357 Novel disseisin, assise of, ib 187 Novels in the civil law, i 81 VOL. II.-98 Nul disseisin, plea of, iii 305 ii 535 tort, plea of, ib 305 Nursery grounds, see " Distress." of omission and commission, ib 5 r by vibration of steam-engine, ib n to watercourse, ib 403 n public to highways, bridges, rivers, &c. iv ld. offensive trades, ib and r disorderly houses, &c. iv 168 and n Oath, ex officio, iii 101 447 to the government, refusal or negleci w lake who must take oath candidates, if required, as to their qualif electors, of supremacy and allegiance, be of witnesses, iii 369 n of one witness insufficient in equity, ib 3711 conviction must be on, ib voluntary and extrajudicial, ib 137 Objects of the laws of England, ib 121 Obligation of human laws, ib 57 or bond, ii 340 app 3 iii app 20 Obstructing of process, iv 129 and n Odio et alia, writ de, iii 128 Economy, public, offences against, iv 162 when rule, nullum tempus occurrit regi, ap king's prerogative to pardon, ib 269 n Office found, iii 259 inquest of, ib 258 buying or selling illegal, ii 37 n Officers, see respective titles arrest by, iv 292 killing them in executing their office, iv 200 Irish union, ib 155 n 159 n assembling of, on death of king, ib 150 ■ Drake, impeached by, ib 151 n spiritual peers, in, ib 156 n 157 D omnipotence of, ib 161 n 163 n privileges of, indefinite, ib 164 n members, how liable to bankrupt law, attorney-general not a member formerly, proxies in house of Lords, ib u Parliament, qualification of member, ib nɔtes petition to, under Grenville's act, ib 180 n speaker's speech on his election, ib n speaker of commons votes only when num- speaker of lords has no casting vote, ib king's rejection of bills, ib n royal assent endorsed on bills by clerk of, ib promulgation of statutes, ib n orders, &c. determine by prorogation of, it impeachment not affected by prorogation or announcement of meeting of, 1 187 n may be summoned on fourteen days' notice, be dissolved by proclamation, ib n additional courts made only by, ib 267 house of, public meetings near, iv 148 n f-rol conveyances, ii 297 evidence, ib 369 Parson, i 384. See Vicar, Curate tenants, alienation by, ib 274 Partition, ib 189 deed of, ib 323 writ of, ib 189 iii 302 Partner, cognizable in equity, iii 437 no survivorship among, ii 399 n Passports, i 260 violation of, iv 68 Pasture, common of, ii 32 Patents, ib 346 for new inventions, iv 159 of peerage, i 400 precedence, iii 28 law respecting, ii 407 a injunction against infringement of, ib Patent rolls, ib 346 writs, ib 347 Paterna, paternis, ib 236 n Patriam, trial per, iii 349 iv 349 Patronage, ii 21 disturbance of, iii 242 Pauper, see Overseer, Poor, Vagrant Pawns, i 452 see Bailment Peace and war, right of making, i 25~ Peace, breach of, iv 142 commission of, i 351 iv 270 Justices of, i 349 iv 270 282 290 292 428 felonious, riotous assembling, iv 142 threatening letters, ib 144 and n not felonious, affrays, ib 145 riots and unlawful assemblies, ib 146 going armed with weapons, ib 149 Peculatus, iv 122 Peculiars, court of, iii 65 Pecuniary causes in ecclesiastical courts, u cannot alter private bills which raise money interfering at election, breach of privilege o their precedency determined, ib 272 n number of their chaplains, ib 392 n peerage may be gained for life, ib 401 n trial of, i 401 n trial by, i 401 iv 260 348 if witness in court of parliament, must be words against, actionable, ib n Peine forte et dure, iv 325 Penal statutes, i 88 iv 429 construed strictly, i 82 n Penalty of a bond, iii 435 Penance, commutation of, iv 217 276 in ecclesiastical courts, ib 275 Pension, ecclesiastical, i 282 ii 40 duty on, ib 326 from foreign princes, iv 122 Pensioners excluded from the house of com- Plantations, i 107 meetings to, restrained, ib tb 180 n destroying of, iv 246 Plants, destroying of, ib 427 and n Plays, and players, licensing of, iv 168 to indictment, iv 332 app in general, in civil action, iii 294 n mode of stating facts, ib n change of venue, ib n variations in courts, ib 295 n conclusion of declaration, ib n pledges when not to be stated, io n replication, general qualities of, ib 310 dilatory, not favoured, iii 301 of tender, ib 303 of statute of limitations, ib 306 puis darrein continuance, ib 316 n of the crown, iii 40 iv 2 424 Pleasure of the king, how understood, Iv 12 Pledge, see Pawnbroker, ii 452 estates in, ii 157 Pledges of appearance, iii 280 battel, ib app 4 prosecution, ii 4 iii 275 Plegii de prosequendo, in replevin, iii 147 retorro habendo, ib 147 Plena probatio, ib 270 Plenum dominium, ii 312 Plough-bote, ib 35 under Grenville's act, against false return, Pluries habeas corpus, iii 135 Petitioning, right of, ib 143 iv 147 tumultuous, i 143 iv 147 Petty bag office, in 49 constables, i 355 Jury, iii 351 larceny, iv 229 serjeantcy, ii 81 session, iv 272 treason, iv 75 203 Pews, ii 429 and n Physicians, &c. iii 122 iv 197 Piepoudre court of, iii 32 Pignus, in 159 Pillory, iv 377 Piracy, ib 71 and n Piscary, common of, ii 34 40 Placemen excluded from the house of com- mons, i 175 iv 440 Plagarii, iv 219 Plague, irregularity during, il 161 Plaint, in 273 Plaintiff, ib 25 289 n writ, ib 283 iv 319 app 15 Pocket-sheriffs, i 342 Poisoning, iv 196 and n administering poison to woman with shid ib 198 n or, duty o overseers to relieve, i 363 Poor settlements, i 362 Pope, his authority, how abe ished, iv 104 421 encroachment, iv 104 419 424 425 Popery, ib 55 Popish books, importing or selling, ib 115 seminaries, education in, i 451 iv 115 Popular actions, ii 437 iii 160 Ports and havens, see Harbour, i 264 injuries to, iv 144 n Positive proof, iii 371 neglecting to join, iv 122 Possessin fratris, ii 227 Possession, actual right of, iii 180 writ of, in 202 412 app 12 unity of seisin destroys way by, ib 35 n for common of pasture, iii 238 n purchase of, anticipating vacancy invand, simoniacal, when not evidence, ii 280 n Presentment of copyhold surrenders, ib 369 President of the council, i 230 · Pretended titles, selling or buying, iv 136 |