how statute for execution of, evaded, ib 336 n when trust, merged in legal estate, ib 337 n Tub-man, in the exchequer, iii 28 Tumultuous petitioning, i 143 iv 147 Turnips, stealing, iv 233 Turnpikes, see Road, destroying of, iv 145 Twelve tables, laws of, i 80 Two witnesses, when necessary, iii 370 iv 356 Ubiquity of the king, i 270 Umpire, iii 16 Unanimity of juries, iii 376 iv 414 Uncertainty of the law, iii 326 Under-sheriff, i 345 Underwood, stealing, iv 233 Union, articles of, i 96 of Great Britain, i 96 iv 427 440 Vagrants, incorrigible rogues, iv 170 its etymology, ii 53 n not protected by magna charta, ib 93 n Venire facias, writ of, iii 353 app 6 11 iv 318 Ventre inspiciendo, writ de, i 456 when changed, ib 294 384 local in action against magistrate, i 354 n where offence commenced or con in county, where defendant arrested. ib n in adjacent county, ib n in any county, ib n when offence on boundaries of coun- ties, ib n when offence on high seas, ib n when offence beyond seas, ib n Verberation, iii 120 Verderors, ib 71 72 Verdict, ib 377 450 iv 360 app false, iii 402 iv 140 in action, indictment on, iv 302 n Verge of the court, iii 76 Vert, venison, and covert, injuries to, iii 71 United States of America, their separation from Vested legacy, ii 513 England, i 109 n Unities of joint estates, ii 180 Universitates, i 469 University, ib 471 burgesses of, i 174 chancellor of, his certificate, iii 335 right of, to popish advowsons, iii 250 Unknown persons, larceny from, ív 236 359 covenant to stand seised to, ii 338 statute of, ii 332 iv 430 Usurpation of advowson, iii 242 franchises or offices, iii 262 Usura maritima, ii 458 Usury, ii 454 laws relative to, ib 463 n bond securing purchase-money of foreign estate, ib 464 n offence of, iv 116 156 remainder, ii 168 Vicar, i 387 see Clergy his power and duty, i 387 n rights, &c. in general, ib 387 vicarages, when established, i 387 iv 428 of rector and vicar to same benefice, ib 386 n age, &c. required for admission to deacon's abstract of acts enforcing residence of cler raising funds to build or repair, &c. parson chaplains, number the king and each noble- cession and lapse by institution to second commendams to bishops, ib 393 n when bishop may refuse to accept resigna Vicarial tithes, i 388 Vice-admiralty courts, iii 69 Vicinage, common because of, ii 33 Vicontiel writs, iii 238 Vidames, i 403 View by jurors, iii 358 Villein socage, ii 61 98 privileged, ib 98 pure, ib 61 90 Villenous judgment, iv 136 Vinculo matrimonii, divorce a, iii 94 Viner, Mr., his institution, i 27 Violating the queen, &c. i 223 iv 81, see Rape Virge, tenant by, ii 148 Visitation, books of heralds, iii 105 of civil corporations, ib 481 hospitals, ib Visne, iii 294 iv 350 Vivo vadio, estate in, ii 157 Voir dire, oath of, iii 332 Voluntary escape, ib 415 iv 130 jurisdiction, iii 66 manslaughter, iv 191 Vouchee, in recoveries, ii 358 359 app 5 Voucher, in recoveries, ii 358 app 5 Wager of battel, iii 337 339 app 3 iv 346 424 on races when void, &c. ib 173 and n Wages of members of parliament, i 174 of servants, ib 428 Waifs, ib 297 courts of, iii 77 part of England, i 99 compassing 223 iv 76 and imagining his death, ib princess of, i 223 violating her, ib 223 iv 81 venue in criminal cases in, iv 304 War and peace, right of making, i 257 levying against the king, iv 81 Warlike stores, embezzlement of, iv 101 and n Ward by constables, &c. i 356 iv 292 426 socage, ii 87 Warehousemen, law relative to, ib 451 n of attorney, to confess judgment, iii 397 Warrantia Chartae, ib 300 Warranty of chattels personal, ii 451 Lands, ii 300 app. Warren, beasts and fowls of, in 38 robbery of, iv 236 in disguise, iv 144 Waste, see Landlord and Tenant, ii 281 iii Waste, modern form of action for, iii 226 n by fire, ib 228 n lord may by custom grant to hold as copy- equity will restrain malicious waste, ib 125 n Watch, i 356 iv 292 426 Watchman, his duty on arrest, iv 296 n Watercourse, right to, ib 19 n 403 n action for injuries to, iii 218 offences as to, iv 167 Watermen overloading their boats, iv 192 plying on Sunday, ib 64 n Ways, ii 35 and means, committee of, i 307 in what right claimed, &c. ii 35 n mode of using way by grant, ib n by necessity, ib n by express reservation, ib n Weights and measures, i 274 iv 275 278 424 false, iv 157 Weregild, iv 188 313 413 Wells, property in, ii 5 Wharfingers, laws relative to, ii 451 n White rents, ii 42 Whole blood, ib 227 Widow's chamber, ib 518 Wife, i 433 battery of, iii 140 Will, defect of, ib 20 estates at, ii 145 of the lord, ib 95 147 Wills and testaments, ii 11 12 373 489 499 iv 430 489 499 at what age party may make, ib 497 n by idiots, &c. ii 497 fraud on testator, ib by feme-covert, ib 375 497, 8 what words in, pass fee simple, ib 109 n witness having interest, how admitted to witness to, may prove testator insane, ib estates, though not so devised, chargeable when lands acquired subsequent to, pass by, ib n death of devisee before testator, effect of, ib 379 n effect to be given to intention of testator, ib rule as to implications in, ib 382 n bequests in joint-tenancy and tenancy in codicil annexed to will or not, ib 500 n Wills, incomplete writing, when may be valid Wittena-gemote, i 148 iv 412 will, ii 501 n cancellation by testator, ib 502 n revocation of, ib 376 378 by posterior will, ib 502 n infant sole executor, ib 503 n of soldiers and seamen exempt from stamp- ecclesiastical jurisdiction in, iii 95 n Windows, see ancient Lights, Nuisance Withdrawing from allegiance, ib 87 for prisoners, iv 359 441 their expenses, iii 369 iv 362 to deeds, ii 307 wills, ib 501 376 377 n trial by, iii 336 two, where necessary, ib 370 iv 350 must answer, though it subject them to ac- tion, i 87 n Women, appeals by, iv 424 children, stealing or seduction of, ib 209 punishment of, for high treason, ib 93 n Wool, &c. transporting, ib 128 154 and n in law, how expounded, i 59 n Wounding, iii 121 iv 216 Wrecks, plundering, iv 239 304 END 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