Bastard, eigne, ii, 248.

Beasts of the plow, when they may be
distrained, iii, 9.

Beaumont, Viscount, i, 398.
Bees, property in, ii, 393 and n.

Billeting military, i, 413.
Bishops, i, 155, 377, 382.
are not peers, i, 401.

mode of appointment, i, 377.
powers and duties, i, 381, 382.

crown entitled to hounds of, on death
of, ii, 413.

mortuary to crown on death of, ii,
426.

used to sit in the county court, iii, 61.
what matters tried by certificate of,
iii, 335.

not electing or consecrating, iv, 115.
not entitled to trial as peers, i, 401;
iv, 264.

Bishoprics, nominating to, iv, 108, 115,
415, 430.

Bissextile year, ii, 141.

Black act, threatening letters, iv, 144.
shooting at another, iv, 208.
going disguised, &c., iv, 244.
burning houses, &c., iv, 248.
Black mail, ii, 43; iv, 244.
Blanch rent, ii, 43:

Bigamy, iv, 163.

proof of former marriage, iv, 165, n.

Bill in parliament, i, 181.

how passed, i, 181.

of rights, i, 128, 211-217; iv, 440.

for patent, ii, 346.

of indictment, iv, 302.

of exceptions, iii, 372.

of Middlesex, iii, 285.
in equity, iii, 442.
of privilege, iii, 289.
Billa vera, iv, 305.

Bills of banks, ii, 470, n.

Bills of exchange and promissory notes,

ii, 466 et seq.
consideration for, ii, 446.
negotiability of, ii, 442, n.

may be taken in execution, iii, 417, n.
foreign and inland, ii, 47.

for what amount legal, ii, 468.
assignment of, ii, 468.

acceptance, protest, presentment for
payment, days of grace, ii, 469.
notice of dishonor, ii, 470.
stamp, ii, 469.

action on, ii, 470.

interest on, ii, 463, n.

forging, iv, 248, 249, and 250, n.
stealing, iv, 234, and n.

Bills of lading, ii, 449.

Blench holding, ii, 43.

Blind persons, wills by, ii, 497 and n.
Blood, corruption of, ii, 251; iv, 388.
restitution in, iv, 402.

half, i, 70, 194; ii, 227.
royal, i, 225, 226.

Boat, stealing from, iv, 240, n.
Bocland, ii, 90.

Bodies, remedy for stealing, &c., ii, 429.
Body corporate, i, 467.

protection of, i, 134.

Boiling to death, iv, 196,

Bona notabilia, ii, 509.

Bona vacantia, i, 296, 299.

Bonds in general, ii, 340, and App.; iv,

442.

how far a charge on land, ii, 340.
effect of illegal or impossible condi-
tion, ii, 340.

the whole penalty not always recov-
erable, ii, 341.

of arbitration, iii, 16.

to resign a living, when legal, ii, 280.
relief against penalty, iii, 432.
stealing of, iv, 234.

forgery of, iv, 249.

Bono et malo, writ de, iv, 270.
Books, copyright in, ii, 405.

popish, importing or selling, iv, 110.
Books and papers, production of, iii,
382.

Books of account, entries in, when may
be read in evidence, iii, 368.
Books of rates, i, 317.

Bordeaux, mayor of, his certificate, iii,
334.

Borough English, i, 75; ii, 83.
Boroughs, i, 115.

corporations of, i, 475, n.

parliamentary, i, 172, n.

election for, i, 174.

Boroughs, members for, i, 174.

courts, iii, 80.

Borrowing, contracts of, ii, 453.
Borsholder, i, 115, 356; iv, 413.
Botes or estovers, ii, 35, 122.
Bottomry, ii, 457, 461.
Bound bailiffs, i, 345.

Bounties on exportation, i, 315.
Bounty, Queen Anne's, i, 286.
Boxing, offence of, iv, 183.
Bracton, i, 72, 425.

Brawling, by clergymen, iv, 146, n.
Breach of the peace, iv, 142.

chargeable upon him who begins an
affray, iii, 3.

Breach of prison, iv, 130.
of close, iii, 209.

of pound, iii, 146.

Breaking, in burglary, iv, 226.

to make distress, iii, 11.

to make arrest, iii, 288.

Brehon laws in Ireland, i, 100; iv, 313.
Brevia testata, ii, 307.

Bribery of magistrates, &c., iv, 139
and n.

in elections, i, 179, 180, n.
Bridges, i, 357; iv, 424.
annoyances in, iv, 167.

British constitution, i, 50, 51.

(See "Constitution.")

islands, i, 105.

and n.

as to the mode of committing, iv,
226.

there must be a breaking, iv, 226
and n.

also an entry, iv, 227 and n.
as to the intent, iv, 228 and n.
Burial, of felo de se, iv, 290.

expenses allowed to executor, ii, 508.
who may and should bury, ii, 425.
Burning in the cheek, iv, 99, 370, 377.
in the hand, iv, 367, 369, 370, 372, 377,
451.

of letters patent, iii, 47, 260. 261.
Canon law, i, 14, 19, 82, 83; iv, 421, 423.
authority of, i, 79, 83, n.

degrees of consanguinity under, ii,
206.

Canonical obedience, iv, 106, 112, 204.
purgation, iv, 368.

Canonists should study the common
law, i, 15.

Canons of a church, i, 383.

of Edw. VI, i, 83.

of A. D. 1603, i, 83.

Canterbury, archbishop of, i, 381.
precedence of, i, 380, n.

Canterbury and York, struggle be-
tween archbishops of, i, 115, n., 404, n.
Capacity to purchase or convey, ii, 290.
of guilt, iv, 20.

Capias ad audiendum judicium, iv, 375.
Capias ad respondendum, in criminal
cases, iv, 318, 429, 459.

allowed in actions of account by the
statutes of Marl bridge, iii, 281.

in actions of debt and detinue by 25
Edw. III, c. 17, iii, 281.

in all actions on the case by 19 Hen.
VII, c. 9, iii, 281.

was usually sued out in the first in-
stance, iii, 282.

return of non est inventus to, iii, 282.
testatum, iii, 282.

arrest of defendant upon, iii, 287.
Capias ad satisfaciendum, iii, 413.
when it may issue after writ of ele-
git, iii, 419.

if non est inventus returned, plaint-
iff may proceed against the bail, iii,

416.

Capias in Withernam, iii, 148.
Capias pro fine, iii, 398.

Capias utlagatum, iii, 284; iv, 320.
Capiatur, judgment quod, iii, 398, and
App.

Capita, distribution per, ii, 517.
succession per, ii, 218.

Capital punishment, iv, 9, 18, 237, 376,
413, 441.

Capite, tenure in, ii, 60.

Case, action on, iii, 122, 153; iv, 442.

for seducing daughter, iii, 140, n.
and trespass, iii, 209.
for nuisance, iii, 222.
for waste, iii, 226.
reserved, iii, 378.

from chancery, iii, 553.

Castigatory for scolds, iv, 169.
Castle, what, ii, 19, n.
Castration, iv, 206.
Casual ejector, iii, 201.
Catholics.

(See "Church," "Roman Catholics.")
Cattle, owner of, liable for trespass by,
iii, 212, estrays, i, 297.
impounding. iii, 12.

malicious killing or maiming, iv, 244.
owner when answerable criminally
for injuries by, iv, 197.

Causa matrimonii prælocuti, writ of
entry, iii, 183.

Cause, challenge for, iii, 361; iv, 333.
Caveat against proving will, iii, 98.
against admission of clerk, iii, 246.
Centenarius, i, 115.

Centeni, i, 116; iii, 34.
Centumviri, iii, 315.
Cepi corpus, iii, 288.

Certificate of bankrupt, ii, 482, 488.

of marriage, i, 438.

of poor, i, 364.

of bishop, iii, 335,

for costs, iii, 214.

into chancery, iii, 455.

of assize, iii, 389.

of customs of London, iii, 333.

trial by, iii, 333.

Certiorari facias, iv, 262, 265, 272, 320,

Chance, iv, 26.

Chancellor, lord high, his authority, iii,
37, 47.

ordinary and extraordinary jurisdio-
tion of, iii, 47, 49.

famous chancellors, iii, 54, 55.
formerly not a layman, iii, 433.
killing of, iv, 84.

Chancellor of a diocese, i, 382.
of duchy of Lancaster, iii, 78.
of exchequer, iii, 44.

of university, his court, iii, 83.
Chance medley, iv, 184.

Chancery, court of, iii, 47; iv, 436.
(See "Equity.")

original writs, issue out of, iii, 48.
origin of the name, iii, 46.

jurisdiction of legal court of, iii, 47.
equity, court of, history of its juris-
diction, iii, 49.

appeal from equity court to house of
peers, iii, 56, 427.

guardianship of infants, iii, 426.
custody of idiots and lunatics, iii,
427.

appeal from, in matters of lunacy, iii,
427.

jurisdiction over charities, iii, 427.
uses and trusts, ii, 329.
(See "Charities.")
Chapters, i, 382.

Character of witnesses in rape, ques-
tioning, iv, 213.

infamous witness, iii, 370.
defaming,

(See "Libel.")

Cheat, action against, iii, 164.
Cheating, offence of, iv, 157.
at play, iv, 173.

Checks and balances, i, 154.

Cheek, burning in, iv, 99, 370, 377.
Cheque, banker's, ii, 470, n.
stealing, iv, 234.
forging of, iv, 249.

Chester, county palatine of, i, 117, 118.
courts of county palatine of, abol-
ished, iii, 79.

Chevisance, the word, ii, 474.
Chief justices, iii, 40, 41.
Chief justiciar, iii, 37, 38; iv, 416.
decline of his authority, iii, 39.

Chief rent, ii, 42.

Child, (See "Parent and Child.")
Child stealing, iv, 219.

Child in ventre sa mere, i, 130.

Children, duties of, i, 453.

custody of, i, 453.

parent's remedy for abduction of, iii,
140.

evidence of, iv, 214.

(See "Infants.")

Chirograph, ii, 296.

Chivalry, tenure in, ii, 61.

(See "Tenure.")

Chivalry, court of, iii, 68; iv, 267.

its jurisdiction, iii, 103; iv, 267.
proceedings in, iii, 104.
guardian in, i, 462.

Chose in action, ii, 389, 396, 442.
nature of, ii, 397, n.

what are assignable, ii, 468, 470, n.
Chose, how assigned, iii, 442, 442.
stealing, iv, 234.

Christian courts, iii, 64.

Christianity, offences against, iv, 43 et

seq.

relation of, to state, i, 376.

in orders, i, 388; iv, 367.

parish, i, 395.

of the market, his court, iv, 275.

of the peace, iv, 272.

or servant, embezzlement by, &c., iv,

157.

Cognovit actionem, iii, 297, 304.

Coin, falsifying, &c., iv, 84, 88, 90, 98,
100, 120.

felonies and misdemeanors relating
to, iv, 84, 88, 90 et seq.

Coinage, instruments of, offences re-
lating to, iv, 90 et seq.
duties, i, 295.

right of, i, 277.

Coke, Sir Edward, i, 72, 73.

causes of his removal from the office
of chief justice of the king's bench,
iii, 55.

Collateral consanguinity, ii, 204, 220.
Collateral issue, iv, 238, 396.
Collatio bonorum, ii, 517.

Collation to a benefice, iv, 391.
Colleges, i, 471.

their visitors, i, 482.

leases by, ii, 322.

Collegia in the civil law, i, 469.

Collieries, malicious injuries to, iv, 246.

Colonial assemblies, i, 109.

Colonies, i, 107–110.

transportation to, iv, 401.

local government in, iv, App. 5.

Colonization, right of, ii, 7.

Color, in pleading, iii, 309.

of turbary, ii, 34.

of estovers, ii, 35.
disturbance of, iii, 236.

distress for surcharging, iii, 237.
action on the case for surcharging,
iii, 239.

enclosing or obstructing, iii, 239.
when the lord may enclose, iii, 240.
Common barretor, iv, 133.
Common bench, iii, 37.

justices of, killing, iv, 84.
Common carriers, ii, 451, n.
action against, iii, 164.

Common jury, how returned, iii, 358.
Common law, i, 63, 67; iii, 267; iv, 411,

iv, 133, 160.

Combustio domorum, iv, 374.

Comburendo heretico, writ de, iv, 46,
439.

Commenda, iv 107.
Commendams, i, 393.

Commentaries, plan of the, i, 34.
Commerce, king the arbiter of, i, 273.
Commerce and navigation, regulation
of, i, 263.

Commission of array, i, 411.

of lunacy, i, 305, 306, n.

of the peace, i, 351; iv, 270.

in bankruptcy, ii, 480.

in the army, sale of, ii, 37, n.
of rebellion, iii, 444.

high court of, iii, 68.

of review, iii, 67.

to examine witnesses, &c., iii, 75, n.,
383, 438, 449.

under the statute of charitable uses,
iii, 427.

Commitment of persons accused, iv, 296.
reason for which it is made must be
expressed, iii, 133.

Committee, judicial, of the privy coun-
cil, i, 231, n., 280, n.

how organized, iii, 69, n.
of lunatic, i, 306.

of peers, iii, 56.

Common assurances, ii, 294.

Common, estate in, ii, 191, 399.

(See "Estate.")

Common, right of, ii, 32 et seq., 263.
approvement and inclosure of, ii, 34.

Common pleas, court of, its origin, iii, 38.
fixed at Westminster, i, 22, 23; iv, 424.
only sergeants admitted, iii, 28.
number of judges, iii, 40.

writ of error from, iii, 40.
Common prayer book, offence of revil-
ing, iv, 50.

Common recovery, ii, 116; iv, 429.
(See "Recovery.")
Common scold, iv, 169.
Common seal, i, 475.

Common utterer of false money, iv, 100.
Commonalty, i, 403.

Commoners, when they may abate a
nuisance to a common, iii, 239, n.
Commons. house of, i, 158.

its members should study law, i, 9, 10.
its peculiar laws, i, 169.

privileges of members, i, 169.
election of members, i, 170.
qualification of members, i, 177.
Commonwealth, the, i, 209.
offences against, iv, 127.
Commorancy, iv, 273.

Communem legem, writ of entry ad,
iii, 180.

Community of property, ii, 14.
Commutation of penance, iv, 105, 217,