GENERAL INDEX. Abandonment of right gained by prescription, Accumulation of income, ii, 174, n. ii, 9, 36, n., 264, n. of bastard children, i, 458. Abatement, iii, 167. plea in, iii, 301. not admitted in partition suit, iii, 302. to indictment, iv, 334. of suit in equity, iii, 448. of nuisance, iii, 5, 220 and n. Abbey lands, molesting possessors of, iv, 116. Abbots, i, 155. Abbreviations in legal proceedings, iii, 323. Abduction of wife, iii, 139. of child, i, 140. and marriage of women, i, 443. of heiress, iv, 208. of girl under fourteen, iv, 16. Abearance, security for, iv, 251-257. Abeyance of the freehold, ii, 107. of the realm, i, 132; iv, 55, 124, 332, 377. Abroad, homicide committed, iv, 269, n. limitation upon, in America, i, 125, n. Absolute property, ii, 389. Absolute rights and duties, i, 123. Access, presumption of, i, 457. before the fact, iv, 36, 39. Accession, title by, ii, 404. Accident, remedy in case of, iii, 431. Accomplices, discovery of, iv, 330, 331. (See "Accessories.") Accord and satisfaction, iii, 15. tender of satisfaction, iii, 16 and n. books of, when evidence, iii, 368. Ac etiam, clause of, iii, 287, 288. Acknowledgment of feme covert's deed, ii, 293, n. of fine, ii, 350. Act of bankruptcy, ii, 477. in the United States, ii, 477, n. Act of grace or pardon, i, 184; iv, 396. Act of indemnity, i, 136. Act of parliament, i, 85. its ancient form, i, 182. its authority, i, 186. when binding on the crown, i, 261. endeavor to repeal by intimidation, iv, 82, n. Action at law, iii, 116. feudal, iii, 117. real, id. personal, ib. mixed, iii, 118. for matter arising abroad, ii, 394. for civil injury in case of felony, iii, 119. of replevin, iii, 146. of debt, iii, 155. of covenant, iii, 156. of assumpsit, iii, 157 et seq. what rights of may not be assigned, ii, 290. Additions of estate, &c., persons to be styled erroneous in pleading, iii, 302. statute of, iv, 306, 334. Adherence to the king's enemies, iv, 82. Adjoining county, trial of offence in, iv, 304. Adjournment of parliament, i, 186. Admeasurement of dower, ii, 136; iii, 183. of pasture, writ of, iii, 238. to infant, i, 463, n. Administration, the, what is, i, 230, n. See "Executors and Administrators." its jurisdiction and power, i, 231; iii, 106. Admiralty, proceedings in, il, 108. suit for beaconage may be brought in it,iii, 107. trial of offences in, iv, 268, 269, n. divorce for, i, 441. alimony not allowed in cases of divorce for, action of trespass, or on the case, may be Adverse possession, ii, 198, n., 266, n. liability of, for negligence or want of skill, Advocatus fisci, iii, 27. appendant or in gross, ii, 22. how conveyed, id. right of presentation before and after vacancy, presentative, collative, or donative, ii, 22. prerogative presentation, ii, 24, n. curtesy of, ii, 127. who may be disturbers of right of, iii, 244. verification of plea in abatement to indict- Affinity, i, 434, 435, n. Affirmance of judgments, iii, 411. breach of the peace chargeable upon him Age, action formerly suspended by non-age, iii, 300. Albinatus jus, i, 372. Alehouses, offences in, iv, 64, 168. his dome-book, i, 64, 66, 114; iv, 411. Alien priories, i, 386; iv, 113. who may alien and to whom, ii, 290. of rights of action, &c., ii, 290. by devise, ii, 373. by special custom, ii, 365. conditions in restraint of, ii, 157, n, disabilities of, i, 371. duty on, i, 315, 372. may take, but cannot hold lands, ii, 249, 274, merchants and artificers, leases to, ii, 293. descent through, ii, 226, n. royal grant to, ii, 347. naturalization and denization of, ii, 249. enemy, prize of goods, ii, 401. præmunire by, iv, 111. enemies, i, 373, n.; iii, 132, n. suit for, iii, 94. none allowed in case of divorce for adult'y, id. Allegiance, i, 366, 369, n.; iv, 74. local, i, 370. natural, i, 369, 370, n. oath of, i, 367-369; iv, 273. refusing oath of, iv, 116. withdrawing from, iv, 87. seducing soldiers or sailors from, iv, 102, n. Allodiumi, derivation and nature of, ii, 45, 47, Allowance of franchise, iii, 263. of pardon, iv, 401, 402. of writs of error, iv, 392. Alluvion, title to, ii, 261, 262, n. Ambassadors, how appointed, i, 253. their privileges, i, 254-256. violation of privilege of, iv, 70, 441. Amendments of pleadings, history of the doc- trine of, iii, 408. of variances in indictments, iv, 439. transportation to, iv, 401. American states, how constitutions of, differ ex post facto laws cannot be passed in, i, American states, statutes of, when to take exercise of legislative power in, i, 52, n., 58, sovereignty in, i, 49, n., 52, n. rights of married women to property in, i, protection of private property in, i, 139, n. property qualification of electors, i, 179, n. corruption of blood, i. 300, n.; ii, 251, n. national taxes of, i, 321, n. independence of, as affecting status of inhab- itants, i, 366, n., 369, n. naturalization in, i, 375, n. religious societies in, i, 376, n. abolition of slavery in, i, 423, n. tenures of land, ii, 102, n. estate tail in, ii, 119, n. foreclosure of mortgages in, ii, 159, n. conveyances in, by private statutes, ii, 346. n. bankrupt law of, ii, 476, n., 481, n., 484, n., courts of, iii, 60, n., 70, n. habeas corpus in, iii, 138, n. American war, i, 119, n. Anatomy, offence of stealing bodies for, ii, 4:29. | Apology for defamation, iii, 125, n. by approvers, iv, 330. of death, iv, 314, 424, 443, n. of treason, iv, 314. in convictions, iv, 282. courts of, iii, 441. from decree in equity, iii, 453, 454. in matters of lunacy, iii, 427. from commission under statutes of charitable to quarter sessions, iii, 455. from Irish courts, i, 104. different from writ of error, iii, 56. by defendant, how made, iii, 287, n Appearance day of the term or return, iii, 278. Appendants and appurtenants distinguished, ii, Appointment to charitable uses, ii, 376. Apportionment of rent, ii, 124. Appraisement, commission of, iii, 262. duty on fee, i, 324. embezzlement by, iv, 230. exercising trade without having been, iv, 160, and n. Apprenticii ad legem, iii, 27. Appropriation of supplies, i, 335, n. of ecclesiastical dues,, i, 384. Approvement of common, ii, 34; iii, 240. Appurtenants and appendants distinguished, ii, 22, 33, n. grant of, ii, 18, n., 34, n. Arbitrary consecration of tithes, i, 113. power, i, 160. Arbitration, iii, 16. submission to revocable, iii, 16, n. agreement to settle controversies by, id. court of, i, 83. mode of appointment of, i, 377. powers and duties of, i, 380. Archdeacon, i, 383. Archdeacon's court, iii, 64. Archdeaconry, i, 112. Animosity between clergy and lawyers, i, 20, n. Arches, court of, iii, 64. (See "Cattle," "Game.") Animus furandi, iv, 230, 232. Animus revertendi, ii, 392. Annual parliaments, i, 153. Annuties, ii, 20, n., 40. dean of, iii, 65. Areopagus, court of, iii, 365; iv, 169, 348. may be granted in fee or in tail, ii, 40, n., Armies, who can raise, i, 262, 366. for lives, ii, 461. memorial of, ii, 461. Annulum et baculum, investiture per, i, 378. Annus luctus, i, 457. Answer in equity, iii, 437, 438, 446. upon oath, iii, 100. of a peer upon honor, i, 402. standing, i, 413, 414; iv, 419, 439, 441 443, n. Armor, &c., embezzling the king's, iv, 101. Arms, right of having, i, 143. training to, iv, 102, n. going armed, iv, 149. and ammunition, exporting, i, 265. to raise price of wages, iv, 159, 217, n. to stop progress of grain, &c., iv, 217, n. with intent to commit felony, id. on doorkeepers and gamekeepers, id. on revenue officers, iv, 155. on commissioners of taxes. iv, 158. Assessed taxes, i, 325. Assessment of damages for waste, iii, 228. estates pour autre vie, ii, 260. by descent, ii, 244, 302, 340; iii, 430. when not liable for personal wrongs, ii, 302. real, in equity. iii, 430. Assignees in bankruptcy, ii, 480. (See" Bankruptcy.") Assignments, ii, 326, 440. fraudulent, ii, 296, 441. of chose in action, ii, 397, n., 442. of errors, iii, 406. Assigns, ii, 289. Assize, general, i, 148. of arms, i, 411; ii, 66. commission of, iii, 60; iv, 269, 424. justices of, iii, 59; iv, 269. killing them, iv, 84. could not formerly sit in their own country, of bread, the offence of breaking, iv, 157. courts of, iii, 58. certificate of, iii, 389. writ of, iii, 184; iv, 422. of mort d'ancestor, &c., iii, 185, 232. (See "Insurance.") Assurances, common, ii, 294. Attachment in pone, iii, 280. against witnesses, iii, 369. forfeiture of real property by, in treason, iv, 381. in felony, iv, 385. by præmunire, iv, 386 of personal property, id. difference between forfeiture of lands and goods, iv, 387. plea of previous attainder, iv, 336. escheat on, ii, 251, 290. dower of felon's wife, ii, 253. Attaint, writ of, iii, 351. verdicts formerly reversed by, iii, 388. superseded by motions for new trials, iii, 404. abolished, iii, 351, n. Attainted persons, iv, 380. Attempts to rob, iv, 242. Attestation of deed, ii, 307. royal, ii, 308. of wills, ii, 376, 501. Attesting witness, proof by, iii, 368. subject to censure of the judges, iii, 26. may recover fees in United States, iii, 28, n right of, to defend client for felony, iv, 356. warrant of, iii, 397. Attorney-general, iii, 97. information by, iii, 261; iv, 308. information by, in matters of charity, iii, 42 Bachelor, knight, i, 404. Backing warrants, iv, 291 Bail, above, iii, 290. below, iii, 291. common, iii, 287. sheriff obliged to take, iii, 289. to the action, if not put in, plaintiff may sue the sheriff's bail, iii, 290. when and how put in, id. special, when required, iii, 291. plaintiff in error must find, iii, 411. when may be proceeded against, iii, 416. scire facias against, id. in criminal cases, iv, 297. taking excessive, i, 135; iv, 297. taking insufficient, iv, 297. what offences bailable, iv, 298. confined to traders, ii, 473, 474. what is a trading, ii, 476. feme covert, ii, 477. petitioning creditors' debt, ii, 475. assignee's title to estate and property of bankrupt, ii, 285, 485. dividend, ii, 487, 488, n. priorities of creditors, id. contingent debts, ii, 488. superceding commission, id. court of bankruptcy, iii, 56, 428, n. jurisdiction of equity, iii, 428, n. Banks of rivers, &c., destroying, iv, 144, 245. Banns, i, 439. what to be done, if offence not bailable, iv, | Barrister, i, 23; iii, 26, no action lies to recover his fee, iii; 28. Base fee, ii, 109. service and tenure, ii, 61, 148. incapacities of, i, 458. maintenance of, i. 457, 458. legitimation of, i, 455. cannot inherit, ii, 247. eigne, ii, 248. administration to, ii, 505. concealment of its death, iv, 358. punishment for having, iv, 65. Bakers, regulation as to baking, &c., bread, iv, | Bastardy, issue as to, iii, 335. classification of, ii, 451 and n. Bath, knight of the, i, 403. Battle, trial by. iii, 105, 337, 346, 418, 421, 424. of a clergyman, iv, 317. what is, iii, 120. when justifiable, id. remedies for, id. inspection of, iii, 333. (See "Assault and Battery.") Bawdy houses, iv, 29, 64, 167. Beaconage, suit for in admiralty court, iii, 107. Beasts of the plow, when they may be dis- |