Affray, iv 145 and n

Amercement, üi app 5 iii 376 app 25, 26 iv
Age, action suspended by, iii 300

379 423
of consent to marriage, i 436

action for, isi 159
persons how reckoned, i 463 iv 23

American colonies, i 107
Agent, see Master and Servant

transportation to, iv 401
not entitled to salary if imp perly, Ancestor, ii 209
i 428 n

Ancestors, how numerous, ii 203
contracts by, i 429 n

Ancestral actions, ii 186
when liable, i 431 n

Anchors, injuries, &c. to, iv 245 n
Aggregate corporation, i 469

Ancient lights, ii 402
fund, i 331

demesne, i 286 ii 99
Agistment, ii 452

Animals, see Cattle, Game
Agnali, ii 235

property in, ii 5
Agnus Dei, &c. iv 115

monkey and parrot, property in, u 391 a
Agreement, see Contract

rooks, disturbing them, ii 393 n
Agriculture, its original, i 7

what protected by statutes, ib
Aid-prayer, iii 300

dogs, law relating to, ii 393 n
Aids, feodal, ii 63 86

mischief by tame, iii 153 n
parliamentary, i 308

larceny of, iv 235 ii 393 n
Air, right to, ii 14

maiming of, iv 244 246
Albinatus jus, i 372 374

Animus furandi, iv 230 232
Alderman, i 116

revertendi, ii 392
Alderney, island of, i 106

Annual parliaments, i 153
Alehouses, iv 64 168

Annuities, what, i 40
Alfred, his dome-book, i 64 iv 411

for lives, ii 461
Alias writ, ini 283 app 15 iv 319

when a fee conditional, ii 113 n
Alienation, in general, ü 287

law relative to, ib 461 n
fine for, ü 71 iv 418

Annulum et baculum, investiture per, i 378
forfeisure by, ii 268 274 n

Annus luctus, i 457
Alien priories, i 386 iv 113

Answer in chancery, iii 416
Aliens, ii 249 274 293 iv 111

Answer upon oath, iii 100
duty, i 314 316 372 374

Apostacy, iv 43 and n
who are, i 866 n

Apparel, see Clothes, excess in, iv 170
rights, &c. of, in general, i 366 371 n ii 293n Apparent, heir, ii 208
naturalization and denization, i 374 and n right of possession, ii 196
when may vote at elections, i 174 n Appeal by approvers, iv 330
duty on, i 314 316 372 374

how differing from writ of error, iii 55
petty custom, duty on, abolished, i 316 n of arson, iv 314
women entitled to dower, ii 131 n

death, iv 314 425
as to descent, ii 249

felony, iv 314
alienation by, ii 274

larceny, iv 314
may be grantee in a deed, but cannot hold, i mayhem, iv 314
274 n

rape, iv 314
purchase by, ii 293

in convictions, iv 282 n
may hold house or shop by'agreement, ii 293 n prosecution by, iv 312
when contracts hy, suspended by war, ii 4010 to parliament, iii 454
when privileged from arrest, iii 289 n

Rome, iv 115 421
præmunire, iv 110

Appearance to actions, iii 287 n 290
Alimony, i 441 iii 94

to mesne process, iii 287 n
Allegation, ni 100

day of the term, or return, iri 278
Allegiance, i 366 iv 74

Appellee on approvement, iv 330
local, i 370

Appendant, advowson, ii 22
natural, i 369

common, ii 33
oath of, i 367 iv 274

Appointment to charitable uses, ii 376, see Offi-
refusing it, iv 116
withdrawing from, iv 87

Apprentice-fee, duty on, i 324
Allodial property, ii 47 60

Apprentices, law respecting, i 426 and n
Allodium, ii 105

acts relating to parish, ib
Allowance of franchise, iii 263

to whom may be bound, i 426 n
pardons, iv 401, 402

master entitled to earnings of, i 429 n
writs of error, iv 392

enticing away or harbouring, ib
to bankrupts, ii 483

embezzlement by, iv 230 n
Alluvion, ji 261 and n

exercising trade without having been, offence
Almanac, its authority, iii 333

of, iv 160 and n
selling unstamped, ii 420 n

Apprenticii legem, iii 27
Alteration of deeds, ii 308

Appropriations, i 384
Ambassador, king's prerogative as to, i 253 Approvement in felony and treason, iv 329
inviolability of, considered, i 254 n

of commons, ii 34 iii 240
cannot arrest servant of, i 256 n

Approvers, iv 330
arrest of, and servants, i 256 n ii 289 n compelling prisoners to become, iv 128
violation of privileges, iv 70 441

Appurienant common, ii 33
Amended bi'l in equity, iii 448

Appurtenances, meaning and effect of the word,
Amendment at law, iní 407 iv 439

ü 17 n

cers

512 n

Arbitrary consecrations of tithes, i 113 ii 26 Assault, in courts, iv 125
Arbitration in general, iii 16

on constables, iv 129
choosing umpire, ib

in rescues, iv 131
title to land referred, ib

on rerenue officers, iv 155
terms of reference to, ib n

to stop progress of grain, &c. iv 246
how revoked, ib

to rob, iv 217 n
Archbishop, i 155 377 and n

unnatural crime, if
Archdeacon, i 383

costs in action for, ii 400
his court, iri 64

Assembly of estates, i 147
Archdeaconry, i lll

riotous or unlawful, iv 146 and n
Arches court, iii 64

Assensu patris, dower ex, ii 133
dean of, iii 65

Assessments, i 312
Areopagus, court of, ii 365 iv 169 348

Assets, ii 510
Aristocracy, i 49

by descent, or real, ii 244 302 310
Armed, being unusually, iv 149

personal, ii 510
Armies, see Soldiers, i 262

real estates devised liable to debts, ii 378 n
standing, i 414 iv 419 441

legal and equitable, in testator's estate, ii
Armorial ensigns, ii 429 in 105
Armour, &c. embezzling the king's, iv 101 Assignees of bankrupt, ii 480
statutes of, i 411

Assignment of bankrupt's effects, ii 485
Arms and ammunition, exporting them, i 265 dower, ü 135
right of having, i 143

estate, ii 326
going armed, iv 149

reversions, iii 157
Arraignment, iv 322 app 1

of choses in action, ii 442 290 n
incidents to, iv 324 and n

of lease, how far assignee bound by cove.
Array, challenge to, üi 359 iv 352

nants, ii 327 n
commission of, i 411

of wife's chose in action by husband, ii
Arrest of judgment, iii 393 app 11 iv 375

433 n
Arrest, see False Imprisonment

of personal property, requisites of, ii 140 n
of persons in civil cases, iii 288

Assigns, ii 289
for what cause of action, iii 287 n

Assise, certificate of, iii 389
how made, ii 288 n

commission of, iïi 59 iv 269 424
persons privileged from, ili 289 n

court of, ini 57
on border of county, ili 290 n

general, i 148
remedy for malicious, iii 126

grand, iii 341 iv 422
of persons in criminal cases, iv 289

justices of, iii 59 iv 269
by warrant, and who may grant it, and for killing them, iv 84
what, iv 290 and n

of arms, i 411 ii 66
form of warrant, ib and n

bread breaking, iv 157
backing warrant, ib 291 and n

rent of, ii 42
place of, ib

turned into a jury, iii 403
by officers without warrant, ib 292 and n writ of, ii 184 iv 422
by private persons without warrant, ib 293 Association, writ of, ii 59

Assumpsit, express, iii 158
by hue and cry, iv 293

implied, iii 159
Arson, see Fire

Assurances, common, ïi 294
in general, iv 220 373

covenant for farther, ii app

2
what a house to constitute offence, iv 221 Atheling, i 198
where house must be burnt, iv 221

Attachment against witnesses, üi 369
what a burning, ib 222

for contempts, iv 283 and n
malice, ib

in chancery, iii 443, 444
punishment, ib

with proclamations, iii 444
appeal of, iv 314

writ of, iii 280 app 13
Articles of the navy, 420, 421

Attachments, court of, iii 71

Attainder, act of, iii 259
Artificers, their station in the state, i 407 forfeiture of real property in treason, ir 382
combination laws, iv 136 n

ii 251 n 253 n
leaving kingdom, i 269 n iv 160

in petit treason and selony, iv 385
seducing, iv 160

forfeiture of real property by praemunire,
embezzlements by, iv 230 n

&c. ib 386
As, Roman divisions of, ü 462

forfeiture of personal property, ib 387 and n
Ascendants excluded from inheriting, ii 210 difference between forfeiture of lands and
Asportation, iv 231

goods, ib 387
Assault, what constitutes, iii 120 and n Attaint, grand jury in, iii 351
remedy for, iii 120

writ of, ii 402
when justifiable, ib 3—5 and n

Attainted persons, ii 290 iv 380
if death ensue, no civil remedy, iii 119 n Attempt to rob, iv 242 and n
civil action after acquittal of, ib.

to steal fish, iv 235 and n
offence in general, iv 216 217 and n

to commit crime, iv 100 n 131 n 140 n
to raise price of wages, iv 136 n

Attestation of deeds, i 307
in churchyard, iv 145

devises, ii 376
on king's chancellor, &c. iv 84

Attorney at law, iii 25 and n
in king's palace, iv 125

action against, ii 166 and n

and n

war, i 415

Attorney at law, may appear for defendant in Bailment, law of, ii 451 n
misdemeanors, iii 25 n

1. depositum, or deposits, ib
no right to be present at examination of 2. Mandatum, to do without recompense ib,
client for felony, iii 25 n

3. Commodatum, loan for use, ib
Attorney, privileges of, iii 26 n

4. Pignori acceptum, pawns, ib
amenable to his court, ib n

5. locatum, hiring, it
who may be admitted, iii 26

Bail-piece, ii 291 app 20
how far responsible for errors, &c. ib Baking, regulations as to baking, &c. of bread,
original writ against, iii 274 n

iv 157 and n 162 n
when privileged from arrest, üli 289 n

selling bad bread, iv 162 and n
undertaking to appear for defendant, iii 290 n Ballot for jurors, iii 358
not to disclose client's secrets on trial, iii Balnearii, iv 239
370 n

Banishment, i 137 iv 377 401
summary proceedings against, iv 284 n Bank, i 327
Attorney-general, in 27

misbehaviour of its officers, iv 234
information by, iii 261 427 iv 308

embezzlement by, iv 230 n
Attorney, warrant of, to confess judgment, iii notes, forgery of, iv 248 and n
397

Bankers, embezzlement by, iv 230 n
Attornment, ii 72 288

forging their plates, iv 250 n
when made, and use of, ii 290 n

Banks of rivers, &c. destroying, iv 244 and B
Aubaine, droit de, i 372

Bankrupt, üi 471 iy 431 436
Auctioneer, see Agent, Master and Servant, embezzling effects, iv 156 n
Stakeholder

fraudulent bankruptcy, it
when not entitled to compensation, i 428 n Bankruptcy, ii 285 471
Audita querela, writ of, iii 405 406 n

cognizance of, ii 428
Auditors in account, iii 163

fraudulent, iv 156
Averium, ii 424

principles and objects of law, ü 471 n
Averment, üi 309 313 iv 340

statutes repealed, ib
Augmentation of vicarages and curacies, i 388 who may become bankrupt, it
Aula regia, or regis, iii 38 iv 416 422

acts of bankruptcy, ib
Aulnager, ii 275

free from arrest, ui 289 n
Avowry, ii 149

fraudulent bankruptcy, iv 156 n
Aurum reginae, i 220

Banneret, knight, i 403
Auter droit, ii 177

Banns, i 439
Auter fois acquit, iv 335 and n

Bar of dower, ii 136
attaint, iv 336 and n

plea in, iii 306 iv 335 396
convict, ib

trial at, iii 352 iv 351
Auter vie, tenant pur, ii 120

Bargain and sale of lands, ii 333 app 2
Authorities in law, i 72

Bargemaster, action against, iii 164
Award, iü 16

Baron, i 398
Ayle, writ of, in 186

and feme, i 433, see Husband and Wife
Bachelor, knight, i 404

Baronet, i 403
Baeking warrants, iv 291

Baronies, ii 62 90
Bail above, ili 290

of bishops, i 156
below, iii 291

Barratry, iv 134
common, ili 287

Barristers, see Advocate
excepting to, iii 191

hints to, i 23
excessive, i 135 iv 297

their station in society, 1 406 n
in error, iii 410

their office, &c. in courts, ii 26 and n
justifying or perfecting, iïi 291

may be made serjeant in vacation, ii 27 n
refusing, iv 297

king's counsel cannot plead for prisoner, &c.
special, iii 287

without licence, i 27 n
taking insufficient, iv 297

attorney and solicitor-general precedence of
to the action, iii 290

B
B.

Battel, trial by, iii 337 app 3 iv 346 418 422 424 Black Act, going disguised, &c. iv 245
Battery, see Assault and Battery, ui 120 iv burning houses, iv 246
216

mills, ib
inspection of, iii 333

corn, wood, &c. ib
of a clergyman, iv 217

breaking, &c. fish-ponds, ib and n
servant, ui 142

injuring cattle, ib and n
Bawdy-houses, iv 29 64 168 and n

trees, ib and n
Beaconage, suit for, iii 108

Blanch rent, ii 42
Beacons, i 264

Blasphemy, iv 59 and a
Bedford-level, destroying works in, iv 244 n Blench-holding, ii 43
Bees, stealing of, iv 236 n

Blood corrupted, ii 251 iv 388
Beggars, see Poor

inheritable, ii 246
vagrants, iv 170 n

of the first purchasor, ii 220
Behaviour, good security for, iv 251 256 402 restitution in, iv 402
Beheading, iv 93 377

royal, i 225
Benefices, iv 107

whole and half, ii 227
Benefit of clergy, iv 333 365 413 429 441 Body corporate, see Corporation, i 467
Benevolence, compulsive, i 140 iv 436

how protected, i 134
Berwick, i 98

politic, i 467
part of England, i 99

Boiling to death, iv 196 and n
Besayle, writ of, iii 186

Bona notabilia, ii 509 n
Bigamy, iv 163 and n

vacantia, i 298
Bill for patents, &c. ii 346

Bonds in general, ii 340 app 3 iii app 19 iv 442
in equity, iii 442

heirs not bound by, if not named, ii 340 n
parliament, i 181

bind executors and administrators, ib
standing orders, i 181 n

respondentia and bottomry, ii 458 n
how passed, i 181 and n

for purchase of foreign estate when usurious,
king's refusal to, i 184 n

ii 464 n
of exceptions, iii 372

voluntary, when postponed on death of ob-
exchange, ii 466 469 n

ligor, ii 511 n
indictment, iv 302 app 1

of arbitration, iii 16
Middlesex, iii app 18

tenants, ii 148
privilege, iii 289

stealing of, iv 234
rights, i 128 iv 440

Bono et malo, writ de, iv 270
or note, forging, iv 248, 249

Book of rates, i 316 n
stealing, iv 234

Book land, ii 90
Billa vera, iv 306

Books, (see Copyright) and papers, production
Bishop, i 155 377 401

of, iii 382
not electing or consecrating, iv 115

popish, importing or selling them, iv 115
Westminster, a see, when, i 115 n 380 n Borough, i 114
part of parliament, i 155

courts, iii 82
not one of the three estates of realm, i 153 n

English, i 75 ii 83
their equality with other peers, i 157 n vote by residence in, i 175 n
their rights, appointments, &c. i 377 Borrowing, see Bailment, Loan, Usury, ii 453
not entitled to trial as peers, i 401 iv 264 Borsholder, i 114 356 iv 413
clergymen not to farm more than 80 acres Botes, 35
without the leave of, i 377 n

Bottomry, ii 457
their consecration, style, &c. i 380 n Bound bailiffs, i 346
Irish bishops, &c. ib

Bounties on exportation, i 315
Scotch presbytery established, ib

Bourdeaux, mayor of, his certificate, iii 334
of St. David's deprived for simony, i 380 n Boxing, see Assault and Battery
options descend to representatives, i 381 n offence of, iv 183 and n
archbishop of York, privilege of, i 381 n

Bracton, i 72 iv 425
by whom dispensations now granted, i 381 n Brass, stealing, iv 233 n
Lambeth degree, what, i 381 n

130

poor, i 365

Britons, ancient, their laws, i 63

Case, reserved at nisi prius, iii 378
Britton, i 72 11 408 iv 427

stated out of chancery, iii 453
Brokers, see Agent, Factor, Master, and Ser. Castigatory for scolds, iv 169
vant

Castration, iv 206
embezzlement by, iv 230 n

Casu consimili, writ in, iii 51
Brooke, i 72

proviso, writ of entry in, iii 183
Brothels, frequenting, iv 64

Casual ejector, jii 202 app 7
keeping, iv 29 64 168 and n

Catholics, see Church, Roman Catholic
Bubbles, iv 117

Cattle, see Animals, Levant and Couchant, Dis.
Buggery, iv 215

tress
Bulles, papal, iv 110

malicious killing or maiming, iv 244, 5 and a
Buoys, destroying, iv 246 n

owner answerable for, in 153 211 iv 197
Burgage, tenure in, ii 82 iv 419

distrained, dying in pound, whose loss, iii
Burgesses in parliament, their election, i 174
Burglary, what, iv 223

sale of, taken damage-feasant, iii 14 n
as to time, ib 224 and n

ill-treatment of, iv 245 n
as to place, ib and n

Caveat, iii 98 246
as to the residence, ib

Causa matrimonii praelocuti, writ of entry, iii
as to mode of committing, ib 226

183
there must be a breaking, ib and n

Cause, challenge for, iv 353
also an entry, ib 227 n

Causes of demurrer, ii 315 app 24
as to intent, ib 227

Centenarius, i 116
punishment, ib 228

Centeni, i 116 ni 315
Burial charges, ii 508

Centumviri, iii 315
of felo de se, iv 190

Cepi Corpus, iii 288 app 15
Burning in the cheek, iv 369 377

Certificate for costs, 111 214
in the hand, iv 367 369 370 372 377

into chancery, iii 453
malicious, iv 244, 245, 246

of assize, ii 389
the king's ships, &c. iv 102

bankript, ii 482
to death, iv 93 204 216 222 377 408

i
Butcher, trading on Sunday, iv 63

to kill game, iv 174 n
Butlerage, i 315

trial by, iii 333
Bye-laws, i 475

Certiorari facias, iv 262 265 272 320 321
action on, iii 159

Cessavit, writ of, ui 232
Calais, captain of, his certificate, iii 334 Cessio bonorum, ii 473 483
Calico stealing, iv 238 and n

Cession of a benefice, i 392
Calendar of prisoners, iv 403

Cestuy que trust, ü 328
Calling the plaintiff, ui 376
Canal, destroying works of, iv 244 n

que use, ii 328
Cancelling deeds, i 309

Chains, hanging in, iv 202
letters patent, iii 47

Challenge of jury, iii 359 iv 352 to fight, iv 150
wills, ii 502

Chamberlain, lord great, iii 38
Canonical obedience, iv 106 112 203

Champerty, iv 135
purgation, iii 342 iv 368

Champions in trial by battel, iii 339 app 4
Canon law, i 14 19 79 82 83 iv 421 422 Chance, iv 26
Canons of a church, i 383

Chancellor, see Court, Equity
inheritance, ii 208

his name and office, ii 47
of 1603, i 83

lord, iii 38 47
Capacity of guilt, iv 20

vice, ili 55 n
to purchase or convey, ii 290

killing him, iv 84 and n
Capias ad audiendum judicium, iv 375

of a diocese, i 382
respondendum, iii 281 414 app 14 iv 318 429 the duchy of Lancaster, isi 78
app 1

exchequer, iii 44
satisfaciendum, iii 414 app 26

university, his court, üi 83
in withernam, iii 129 148 413

Chance-medley, iv 184
pro fine, in 398 app 12

Chancery, court of, iii 46 iv 436
ulagatum, iii 284 app 17 iv 320

Chapters, i 382
Capialur, judgment quod, iii 398 app 11 Character, see Evidence-

Witness
Capita, distribution per, ii 517

of witness in rape, iv 214 n
succession per, ii 218

Charge to grand jury, iv 303
Capital punishment, iv 9 18 237 376 413 441 Charitable uses, ii 273 376
Capite, tenants in, ii 60

commission of, üi 428
Caption of, indictment, iv 351 app 1

Charities, cognizance of, iii 427
Captives, ii 402

que vie, ü 123