courts of, iii, 80.

property passes by succession, ii, 430.

when may take chattel by succession, ii, 431.
conveyance to, ii, 108, 290.

no escheat or extinction of, ii, 256.
leases by, ii, 319 et seq.
grants to, in mortmain.

(See "Mortmain.")

Corporeal hereditaments, ii, 17
Corpse, stealing of, ii, 429.
Corpus juris canonica, i, 82.
Corpus juris civil, i, 81.
Correction of apprentices, i, 428.
of children, i, 452, 453; iv, 182.
of scholars, i, 453; iv, 182.
of servants, i, 428; iv, 182.
of wives, i, 444.

house of, iv, 370, 371, 377.

Corruption of blood, ii, 251; iv, 388, 413, 438, 440,
Corse-present, ii, 425.

Corsned, trial by, iv, 345, 414.
Cosinage, writ of, iii, 186.

Costs, title to, by judgment, ii, 432.

statutes by which they are given, iii, 399.
king neither pays nor receives, iii, 400.
exceptions, iii, 400, n.

when executors liable to pay, iii, 400.

in actions on the case, when plaintiff re-
covers less damages than 40s., iii, 214, 400,
paupers excused from paying, iii, 400.

in trespass, iii, 214.

on not going to trial, iii, 357.

in equity, iii, 451.

in criminal cases, iv, 362 and n.

Council, judicial commitee of privy, i, 232, n.

280, n.; iii, 61, n. 80, n.

president of the, i, 230, n.

its present organization, i'i, 69, n.

the great, i, 148.

Councils of the king, i, 27

Counsel, iii, 26.

Counsel, king's iii, 27.

cannot maintain an action for his fees, iii, 28.
action against, iii, 164.

not answerable for any matter spoken by him,
iii, 29.

for prisoners, iv, 355.

Count, i, 116, 398.

in declaration, iii, 293, 295.

in indictment, iv, 98, 306, n.

Counterfeiting the king's coin, iv, 84, 88, 100, n.
the king's seals, iv, 83, 89.
Counterpart of deed, ii, 296.
Counties, i, 116; iv, 411.
corporate, i, 120.

palatine, i, 117-119; iv, 431.
courts of, iii, 79.
members for, i, 159.

electors for, i, 172, 173.
Country, trial by the, iv, 349.

County court, i, 267; iii, 35: iv, 411, 441.

of Middlesex, iii, 82.

holden by the sheriff, i, 343.

its jurisdiction, iii, 36.

when holden, id.

formerly a court of great dignity, id.

formerly as much a spiritual as a temporal
tribunal, iii, 61.

Court-baron, ii, 90; iii, 33; iv, 411.

may hold plea of personal actions under 40s. ;
iii, 34.

writ of false judgment lies to courts at West-
minster, id.

Court, payment into, when it may be, iii, 304, n.
Court hand, iii, 323.

Courts, their nature and incidents, iii, 23; iv,
258, 414.

derived from the power of the crown, iii, 23.
some are of record, others not, iii, 24
their constituent parts, iii, 25.

assaults in, iv, 125.

Christian, and others, which receive peculiar
laws, i, 23; iii, 61.

martial, i, 416; iii, 68.

profits of, i, 289.

of piepoudre, iii, 32

baron, iii, 33.

customary, ii, 90.

of bankruptcy, iii, 56, 428, n.

hundred court, iii, 34.

county, iii, 25.

of wards and liveries, ii, 69.

of common pleas, iii, 37.

of exchequer, equitable jurisdiction of, iii,

426.

jurisdiction of, in respect of royal matters,
iii 428.

Courts of exchequer, general jurisdiction of,
iii, 43.

of high commission, iii, 447.
of master of rolls, iii, 451.
of vice chancellors, iii, 426.
criminal, iv, 259, et seq.
of parliament, iii, 56; iv, 259.
of lord high steward, iv, 261.
of king's bench, iii, 41; iv, 265.

of star chamber, i, 230; iii, 445; iv, 266, 310.
429, 433, 437.

of chivalry, iii, 68; iv, 267.

of admiralty, iii, 68; iv, 268.

of oyer and terminer, iii, 58; iv, 269.
commission of assize and nisi prius, íii, 57:
iv, 269.

of general quarter sessions, iv, 271 and n.
central criminal court, iv, 271, n.

sheriff's tourn, iv, 273.

court-leet, or view of frank-pledge, id.
of coroner, iv, 274.

of clerk of market, iv, 275.

of special and private jurisdiction, id.

of lord steward, treasurer, or comptroller of
king's household, iv, 276.

forest, iii, 71.

of commissions of sewers, iii, 73.
of policies of insurance, iii, 74.
of the marshalsea, iii, 76.

of Wales, iii, 77.

of duchy of Lancaster, iii, 78 429.
of counties palatine, iii, 79.
stannary, iií, 80.

of London, &c., iii, 81.

of the Universities, iii, 83.
Costumier of Normandy, i, 107.
Covenant, what it is, iii, 156.

who may take advantage of, iii, 157 and n.
what run with the land, iii, 157, n.

against devisees, iii, 430, n.

by or with persons not parties to the deed,
iii, 296, n.

implied, ii, 443, n.

real, ii, 304; iii, 157
for title, 304.

when it runs with the land, ii, 304, n.
to stand seized, ii, 338.
writ of, ii, 350; iii, 156.
Covert-baron, i, 442.
Coverture, i, 442.

(See "Husband and Wife.")

Craven, iv, 348.

meaning of the word, iii, 340, n.
Credible witness, iii, 370.

Creditors, payment of debts of, by executor, ii,

511.

appointing debtor executor, ii, 511 and n.
executor, iii, 18.

conveyances and assignments, when frauda-

lent against, ii, 296.

Crimes, divisions of, iv, 1, 2, 5.
Criminal conversation, ii, 139.
information, iv, 308.

punishments, i, 133; iv, 7-16, 252, 258, 377.
Croft, what, ii, 19.

Crops of corn, &c., setting fire to, iv, 246.
Cross-bill, iii, 448, 451.

Cross-remainders, implication of, ii, 381.
Crown, decent of the, i, 191: iv, 413.
office, iv, 265, 308.

lands, i, 286.

Crown, leases, i, 287.

power of, i, 335-337.

all lands are held of, ii, 51.
royal mines, ii, 18, 43.

royal fish, ii, 403.

title to chattels by prerogative, ii, 408, 505.
ancient jewels of, are heir-looms, ii, 428.
may take a chattel by succession, ii, 432.
cannot be joint owner of a chattel with a
subject, ii, 409.

prerogative copyright, ii, 410.
property in game, id.

no lapse of right to present by, ii, 277.
mortuary on death of bishop, ii, 413, 426.
forfeiture of lands to, ii, 267.

no general occupancy against, ii, 259.
words of limitation in grants to, ii, 109.
descent of, to collateral relation of the half-
blood allowed, ii, 253.

reversion in, not barrable, ii, 118.

not bound by sale in market overt, ii, 449.
grants by, ii, 308, 346.

mistake or deceit of, ii, 348.

cannot grant monopolies, except for inven-
tions, ii, 407.

injuries to, remedied by usual common-law
actions or inquests of office, iii, 257.

peculiar jurisdiction of exchequer in respect
of, iii, 428.

Cucking stool, iv, 169.

Cui ante divortium, writ of, iii, 183.

Cui in vita, writ of, iii, 183.

Culprit, ii, 339.

Cumberland, theft in, iv, 238.

Curate, i, 393.

Custody of idiots and lunatics, i, 303; iii, 427.
of temporalities, i, 282.

Custody of the law, goods in not to be dis-
trained, iii, 7, n.

Custom of London, i, 75, 76.

of merchants, i, 75.

distinguished from prescription, ii, 263.
title to personalty by, ii, 422.

of York and London, as to distribution of
intestate's effects, ii, 517.

of London, how tried, iii, 334.

alienation by, ii, 365.

dower by, ii. 132.

Customary court, ii, 91, n.

freeholds, ii, 100, 149.

dues to mills, &c., iii, 235.

Customs general, i, 68-74; iii, 50.
how proved, i, 70-74, 76.
how settled, i, 69.
Customs, particular, i, 74–79.
how allowed, i, 78.

when legal, i, 76-78; ii, 35, n.
Customs on merchandize, i, 314, 316.
Custos rotulorum, i, 349; iv, 272.
Custuma antiqua sive magna, i, 315.
Custuma parva et nova, i, 315.

Cutpurses, iv, 242.

Cy pres doctrine, i, 480, n.

Damage to things personal, iii, 152.
Damage feasant, iii, 6.

Damages, title to, by judgment, ii, 438; iii, 187.
Dane-lage, i, 65; iv, 412.

Darrein presentment, assize of, iii, 245.
abolished, iii, 245, n.
execution in, iii, 412.
Date of deed, ii, 304.

Day, fraction of a, ii, 140, n.
in banc, iii, 277.
in court, iii, 316.
of grace, iii, 279.
Deacon, i, 388.

Dead body, stealing, ii, 429.
stealing shroud from, iv, 236.
Dead man's part, ii, 518.
Deadly feud, iv, 244.

Deaf, dumb and blind, i, 304; ii, 497.
wills by, ii, 497 and n.
Dean and chapter, i, 382.
Dean, rural, i, 383.

Death, civil, i, 132; ii, 121.
appeal of, iv, 314, 424.

execution of sentence of, iv, 403, 404
action for causing, iii, 119.

of party, when suit abated by, iii, 301.

De bene esse, iii, 383.

Debenture, for money, &c., stealing, iv, 234.

Debet et detinet, action in, iii, 155.

Debt, national, and charge thereof, i, 325; iv,

441.

its legal acceptation, iii, 154.

action of, when it may be brought, id.

on amercement, iii, 159.

on escape, iii, 164.

on bye-law, iii, 159.

on judgment, iii, 158.

on penal statutes, iii, 159.

information of, iii, 261.

formerly the exact sum demanded must have

been recovered, iii, 155.

Debts, ii, 464 et seq.

of record, ii, 465.

by specialty, ii, 465.

(See" Bond," "Covenant," "Judgment.")
by simple contract, ii, 465.

merger of, id.

negotiable, ii, 466.

(See "Bills of Exchange.")
promise to pay, when to be in writing, ii,
466.

acknowledgment of, id.

payment by executors, and priority of, ii,
511

Debtor, relief of insolvent, iii, 415; iv, 415.
refusing to discover his effects, iv, 156.
(See "Bankruptcy.")

Deceit, action of, iii, 165, 166, 405.

writ of, iii, 405.

Decennory, i, 114; iv, 252.

Deception of the king in his grants, i, 246.
Decisions of the courts, i, 69.

Decisive oath, iii, 342.
Declaration, iii, 293.

different counts formerly inserted in, iii, 294.
conclusion of, iii. 294.

Declaratory part of a law, i, 54.
statutes, i, 86.

Declinatory plea, iv, 333, 336.

several species of deeds. ii, 309.
indenture or deed-poll, ii, 295.
original and counterpart, ii, 296.

covenants by or with persons not parties, id.
may be printed, ii, 297.

consideration not essential to, ii, 296.
by feme covert, ii, 361, 362, 392.
construction of, ii, 19, 379.
recitals in, ii, 298.

deed-poll taken most strongly against the
grantor, ii, 121, 380.

the first of two repugnant clauses preferred,
ii, 381.

intended to operate one way may operate
another, ii, 338, 379.

preference of operation at the common law,
ii, 379, n.

creation of estates by.

(See "Estate.")

form of conveyance of estate for life, ii, 120.
effect of conveyance without words of limita-
tion, ii, 107, 108, n., 120, n.

implication of cross-remainders, ii, 381.
formal parts of, ii, 298.

premises, id.

habendum, ii, 298.

tenendum, id.

reddendum, ii, 299.
condition, ii, 299.
warranty, ii, 300.

covenants for title, &c., ii, 304.
conclusion, date, &c., id.
must be read on request, id.
signing and sealing, ii, 305.
statute of frauds, ii, 306.

execution while incomplete, ii, 307.
delivery, ii, 306.
escrow, id.

attestation, ii, 307.

stamps on, ii, 297.

defeasance to, ii, 327.
how avoided, ii, 308.
erasure or alteration of, id.

breaking the seal, cancellation, id.
disclaimer, ii, 309.

avoiding by judgment or decree, id.
right to custody of, ii, 428.

presumption of a lost deed, ii, 266, n.
stealing of, iv, 324.

forging of, iv, 248.

Deer in a park are heir-looms, ii, 427.
Deer stealing, iv, 235, 239.

hunting, killing, &c., in general, iv, 174.
in disguise, iv, 144.

Default, judgment by, iii, 296, 395.

Defeasance, ii, 327, 342.

Defectum, challenge propter, iii, 362; iv, 352.
Defence, its legal signification, iii, 296.
by counsel in criminal cases, iii, 355.
Defensive allegation, iii, 100.

Deforcement, iii, 172.

Deforciant, ii, 350; iii, 174.
Definitive sentence, iii, 101.
Degradation of peer, i, 402.

Degrees conferred by the archbishop, i, 381.
of guilt, iv, 34.

in writs of entry, iii, 181.

of kindred, computation of, ii, 207 and n.,
224.

De homine replegiando, writ of, iii, 128.
Dehors, matter of, iii, 387: iv, 390.

Delay of the law, iii, 423.

Delgates, court of, iii, 66, 69.

its powers transferred to the king in council,
iíì, 67, n.

Delegation not representation, i, 159.

Delictum, challenge propter, iii, 362; iv, 352.
Deliverance, second writ of, iii, 150.
Delivery of deed, ii, 306.

of goods.

(See "Sale.")
Demandant and tenant.

(See "Ejectment.")

De medietate linguæ, jury, iii, 359.
Demesne, seisin in, ii, 105.

lands, ii, 90, 100.

Demesnes of the crown, i, 286.
Demi-mark, tender of, iii, 5.
Demise, ii, 317.

Demise of the crown, i, 188, 249.
Demi-vills, i, 115.

Democracy, i, 49.

Demolishing churches, houses, &c., iv, 143
Demurrer, iii, 314.
joinder in, iii, 315.
to evidence, iii, 372.
how decided, iii, 323.
in equity, iii, 446.
by the parol, iii, 430.
to indictment, iv, 333
Demurrer book, iii, 317.
Denizen, i, 374; ii, 249, 293.
Deodands, i, 300, 302; iii, 259.
De otio et atia, writ of, iii, 128.
Departure in pleading, iii, 310.
De populatio agrorum, iv, 374.
Depositions, iii, 383.

against prisoners, iv, 296.
in equity, iii, 449.

in ecclesiastical courts, iii, 100.
Deprivation of clerks, i, 393.
De proprietate probanda, iii, 148.
Dereliction of property, ii, 9.

title to new land left by the sea, ii, 261.
Descender, formedon in, iii, 192.

Descent of the crown collateral, i, 193; iv, 413.
hereditary, but subject to limitation by par-
liament, i, 194.

Descent, collateral consanguinity, ii, 204.

heirs apparent and presumptive, ii, 208.
canons of descent, ii, 208, et seq.

lineal descent to issue of person last seized,
ii, 208.

partible descent among daughters, ii, 214.
descent of title of honor to daughter, ii, 216.
ancient partible descent in socage, ii, 215.
representation, ii, 216, 219.
collateral heir, ii, 220, 224.

fiction of feudum novum, held aut antiquum,
.ii, 221.

effect of union of legal and equitable titles,
ii, 222, n.

different heirs to the same person in respect
of different estates, id.

immediate descent between brothers and sis-
ters, ii, 226, 250.

half blood, ii, 227, 233, 240.

possessio patris, ii, 228.

preference of male stocks, ii, 234, 240, n.

rules of descent, subsequent to the year 1833,

ii, 240, n.

lineal ascent, id.

change of by recovery, ii, 362.

when heir takes by purchase, ii, 240, n.

may toll right of entry, iii, 176.

of copyholds, admittance of heir, ii, 371.
rules followed in equity, iii, 430.
Desertion of children, i, 458.

by soldiers, i, 416; iv, 102.

Description of property, construction of par-
ticular words, ii, 19.

Detainer, forcible, iii, 179; iv, 148.

unlawful, iii, 151.

Determinable fee, ii, 109.

Disfiguring, iv, 207.

Disguise, offences in, iv, 144.

Dismembering, punishment by, iv, 377.

Dismission of, bill, iii, 451.

Disorderly houses, iv, 167.

persons, iv, 169.

Disparagement, ii, 70.

Dispensing power of the king, i, 142, 186, 342;
iv, 436, 460.

Dispensation from the pope, iv, 115.

Dispossession, iii, 167, 193.

Dissection of murderers, iv, 202, 377, 453.

Disseisin, ii, 195, 302; iii, 169.

at election, iii, 170.

warranty commencing by, ii, 302.

writ of entry, sur, iii, 183.

release of right, ii, 325.

Dissenters, protestant, iv, 50.

disturbing worship of, iv, 54.

Dissolution of parliament, i, 187.

Dissuading witnesses, offence of, iv, 126.

Distrainers, must find a proper pound, iii, 13, n.

Distress, remedy by, ii, 41, 42, 43, 452; iii, 5.

for what it may be made, iii, 6.

must be an ancient demise at a fixed rent, id.
what may be distrained, iii, 6.

exemptions from, iii, 7.

for benefit of trade, iii, 7, n.

goods in custody of the law. iii, 9, n.

when goods or cattle of a stranger may be
distrained, iii, 8.

fixtures cannot be taken, iii, 9.
of emblements, ii, 123, n., 404.
when corn may be taken, iii, 9,

when implements of trade may be taken, iii,
9, n.

formerly looked upon as a mere pledge, iii,
9.

must be made by day, iii, 10.

unless in case of damage feasant, id.

may be made within six months after deter-
mination of lease, id.

goods clandestinely carried off premises may
be taken, stat. 8 Ann. c. 14, iii, 10 and