trespasser ab initio, iiii, 13.

remedy by, for subtraction, iii, 231.
illegal, for crown debts, iv, 423.

irregularity in, does not make the landlord a
trespasser ab initio, iii, 213.

infinite, iii, 231, 280; iv, 285, 318.

punishment for, &c., iv, 64.
will made during, ii, 497, and n.
Duchy court of Lancaster, iii, 78.
Ducking-stool, iv, 167, 377.

Due process of law, what is, i, 135, n.
Duelling, iii, 337, 351; iv, 145, 185, 199.

408, 424, 439.

law of domicile, ii, 387, n.

District of Columbia, i, 112, n.
Distringas, iii, 280.

now abolished, iii, 280, n.
in detinue, iii, 413.
in equity, iii, 445.
Disturbance, iii, 236.

of common, iii, 237.
of franchises, iii, 236.
of patronage, iii, 292.
of tenure, id.

of ways, iii, 241.

Disturbance of religious assemblies, iv, 54, and n.

Disturber, ii, 278.

Diversity of person, plea of, iv, 396.

Dividend warrants, forgery of. iv, 248, 250.
Dividend on bankruptcy, ii, 487.
Divine law, i, 42.

offences against, iv, 250.

right of bishops, iv, 436.
of kings, i, 191.

Divine service, tenure by, ii, 102.

Divorce, i, 440; iii, 94.

dower lost by, ii, 130, n.

court of, iii, 67, n., 95, n.

Dock, stealing from, iv, 240.

Docket of judgment, ii, 511; iii, 397.

Dumb and deaf persons, trial of, iv, 324.
wills by, ii, 497.

Dum fuit infra ætatem, writ of, iii, 183.
Dum non compos mentis, writ of, id.
Duodecima manus, iii, 343.

Duplex querela, iii, 246.

Duplicates, iii, 310.

Duplicity in pleading, iii, 308, 311.

Duress of imprisonment, i, 131, 136.
per minas, i, 131.

wills made under, ii, 497.

conveyance by person under, ii, 292.
of testator, ii, 497.

Durham, county palatine of, i, 117, 118.
now united to the crown, iii, 79, n.
Duties of persons, i, 123.

of the king, i, 233.

Duty, origin of, ii, 8, n.

action for breach or neglect of, iii, 164.
Dwelling-house, what is, iv, 224 and n.
breaking in, burglary, iv, 226.

to make distress, iii, 11, n.

to make arrest, iii, 288.

Ealdormen, i, 398.

Ear, loss of, iv, 146, 157, 160, 206, 248, 377.
Earl, i, 166, 398.

Earl marshal, his court, iii, 68; iv, 267.

Easements, distinguished from rights of com-
mon, &c., ii, 32, n.

n.

description and classification of, ii, 36, 1
how gained and transferred, ii, 36, 266, n.
peculiarity of right to light and air, ii, 266.
n., 402.

right of way, by grant, by prescription, by
necessity, ii, 35.

abandonment of, ii, 264, n.

Eat inde sine die, iii, 316, 399.
Eaves-droppers, iv, 168.

Ecclesiastical matters.

(See" Advowson," "Simony."

Ecclesiastical courts, separation of, from the
civil, iii, 62; iv, 415, 421.

what injuries are cognizable by, iii, 87.

have no jurisdiction to try the right to tithes,
iii, 88.

method of proceeding in, iii, 98.

jurisdiction, how limited at present, iii, 67, n
societies in America, i, 376, n.
corporations, i, 470.

when separated from civil, iv, 415, 421.
Ecclesiastical persons residence of, ii, 322.
leases and renewals by, ii, 318 et seq.

Edgar, King, his laws, i, 66; iv, 412.
Education of children, i, 450.

Edward the Confessor, his laws, i, 66, 67, n.
iv, 412, 420.

Egyptians, iv, 126.

Ejectione firmæ, writ of, iii, 197.
Ejectment, action of, iv, 441.

now the only mode of trying title of lands
iii, 197, n.

Ejectment, when it lies, iii, 199.

introduction of judgment to recover the
term, and writ of possession, iii, 200.
how applied to the use of trying the title to
land, iii, 201,

notice to be given to the tenant in posses-
sion, id.

regular method of bringing an action of,
iii, 202.

invention of new method of trying titles
by, id.

notice to tenant in possession, iii, 203.
tenant may defend, id.

landlord may be made defendant, iii, 204.
tenant must confess lease, entry and ouster,
iii, 203.

must specify in the rule of court the premises
for which he intends to defend, iii, 204, n.
if lease, entry and ouster not confessed at
the trial, plaintiff must be non-suited,
iii, 204.

consequence thereof, id.

question may be retried, id.

when a court of equity will interfere to pre-
vent it, id.

will not lie for incorporeal hereditaments,
except tithes, iii, 206.

remedy where rent is in arrear, id.
Election of bishops, i, 377; iv, 115, 421.
by corporations, i, 478, n.

of magistrates, i, 340; iv, 413, 427.

of members of parliament, i, 170, 177..
of Scotch peers, i, 169; iv, 416.

of Irish peers, i, 104, n.

of widow between devise and dower, ii,
138, n.

of remedy in case of nuisance, iii, 220 and n.
Elective monarchy, iv, 413.

Electors in boroughs, i, 172, n.

in counties, i, 172, n.

privilege of, from arrest, iii, 289, n.
Eleemosynary corporations, i, 471.

Elegit, ii, 161.

Emblements, rights of devisee and heir re-
spectively, ii, 122.

rights of incumbents, executors, &c., ii, 123.
rights of sub-lessees, ii, 123.
Emboweling alive, iv, 92, 377.
Embracery, iv, 140.

Eminent domain, i, 139, n. ; ii, 35, n.
Emperor, his authority, i, 242.
Empson and Dudley, iv, 310.
Enabling statute, ii, 319.

Enciente, capacity of child of which woman is
i, 130; ii, 169.

jury to determine whether woman is, iii, 362;
iv, 395.

Enclosure, disseisin by, iii, 170.

of common, ii, 34.

Enclosure acts, ii, 34, n.

Encroachment by a sea or river, ii, 261.

Endowment of vicarages, i, 387.

Enemies, i, 257, 373, n.

adhering to, offence of, iv, 82.

Enemy, prize of goods of, ii, 401.
contract with, id.

right to bring suit suspended during war, ii,
401, n.

captives, ii, 402.

Enfranchisement of villeins, ii, 94.

of slaves, i, 423, n., 425, n.

of copyhold, ii, 150.

England, countries subject to, i, 93.
classification of laws of, i, 63.
parliament of, i, 146.

king of, i, 190.

people of, i, 366.

civil divisions of, i, 113.

ecclesiastical divisions, i, 110.

Engleschire, iv, 195.

English language, pleadings required to be in,
iii, 317.

proceedings ordered to be in, except techni
cal words, iii, 322.

Engravings, copyright in, ii, 407.

Engrossing, offence of, iv, 160.
Enlarger l'estate, ii, 324.

Enlarging statutes, i, 87.
Enquiry, writ of, iii, 398.
Enrollment of annuity, ii, 461.
of bargain and sale, ii, 338.
Entails, ii, 112; iv, 427, 431.
of personalty, ii, 398.

(See "Estate.")

Entry, ii, 312; iii, 5, 174.

when may be made, iii, 175.

within what time must be made, iii, 179, n.

could not formerly be made after alienation

by tenant in tail, iii, 178.

nor upon deforcement, iii, 178.

tolled by descent, iii, 176, 177.

a speedy remedy in Saxon times, iii, 183.
forcible, iv, 148.

in burglary, iv, 226 and n.
Equity, history of, iii, 49, 430.

son of, entitled to kill game, when, iv, 175.

431.

sends some matters to law, iii, 431.

bound by precedents, iii, 432.

cognizance of fraud, iii, 430.

relieves against accident and mistake, iii, 431.
remedies defective assurances in some cases,
iii, 431.

interferes in whose favor, iii, 431, u.

proceedings in courts of, iii, 425, 442 et seq.
jurisdiction in bankruptcy, iii, 428.
jurisdiction over charities, iii, 427.

jurisdiction in case of infants, lunatics, &c.,
iii, 426, 427.

favors creditor's children, &c., iii, 431, n.
remedy in case of bonds, mortgages, &c., iii,
434, 439.

jurisdiction to enforce agreements, iii, 435,
438.

relief against penalties in, iii, 435.
regards foreign law, when, iii, 436.
enforcing discovery by, iii, 437.
mode of proof in, iii, 437, 438.

jurisdiction in cases of fraud, iii, 437, 439.
mode of trial in, iii, 438.
examination of witnesses, id.

jurisdiction to perpetuate testimony, iii, 438,
450.

mode of relief, specific performance, iii, 438.
administration of assets by, iii, 439.
jurisdiction over loans and securities, id.
jurisdiction over trusts, iii, 431, 439.
proceedings in, iii, 442 et seq.

"

(See "Pleading;" Practice.")
right of parol to demur, iii, 430.
time given to infants by, iii, 430, n.
of statute, i, 61, 62, n.; iii, 431.
reserved, iii, 453.

Equity of redemption, ii, 159.
Erasure in deed, effect of, ii, 308, n.
Eriach, iv, 313.

Error, writ of, iii, 406; iv, 391.

where prosecuted, iv, 391.

differences between appeals and writs of,

iii, 56.

Estates in personalty, ii, 398.

conditional limitations, conditions and re-
mainders, ii, 169 et seq.

in remainder, ii. 163.

(See "Remainder.")

rules as to limitations by way of remainder,
executory devise and springing uses, ii,
165 et seq.

freehold to commence in futuro, ii, 144, 165.
alienation of, ii, 287 et seq., 290, n.

on condition, ii, 152 et seq.

(See "Condition," "Mortgage.")
in severalty, ii, 179.

in joint tenancy, ii, 179 et seq., 192.
lease by joint tenants, ii, 102.
severance of jointure, ii, 185.

crown cannot hold chattel in, ii, 409.
in coparcenary, ii, 187 et seq.
partition of, ii, 189.

in common, ii, 191.

adverse possession by tenant, ii, 194, n.
good faith required of tenants, ii, 194, n.
possession by tenants, ii, 194.
repairs by, ii, 194, n.
disclaimer of, ii, 309.
forfeiture of, ii, 274.
division of, ii, 163.

a freehold or a chattel, ii, 16.
in fee simple, ii, 104.

in demesne, ii, 105.

abeyance of the freehold, ii, 107.

rule in Shelly's Case, ii, 172, n., 242.

in fee in annuity, ii, 41.

fees simple, conditional and determinable
distinguished, ii, 109, 110.

base fee, ii, 109.

fee tail in personalty,
in lands, ii, 110 et seq.
in annuity, ii, 41, 112.
quasi in tail, iii, 113.
incidents to, ii, 115.

ii, 398; iii, 113.

destruction of entail, ii, 116, 348, 354, n., 364.
in copyholds, how barred, ii, 371.

forfeiture of entail, ii. 117.

liable for debts to the crown or of a bank-

rupt, ii, 119.

may be appointed to a charity, ii, 119.

cannot merge, ii, 177.

leases of, ii, 319.

after possibility, &c., ii, 124.

in term for years, ii, 398.

frank marriage, ii, 115.

not of inheritance, ii, 120.

indefinite grant passes estate for life of
grantee, when, ii. 121.

for life determinable, ii, 121.

less than freehold, ii, 140 et seq.

for years, ii, 140, 386.

goes to executor, ii, 431.

origin of, ii, 141.

requisites to lease, ii, 143.

(See "Lease.")

may commence in futuro, ii, 143.
inter esse termini, ii, 144.
entail of term, ii, 398.

from year to year, ii, 144, n., 147.
arising out of parol lease, ii, 147.
tenancy under mortgagee, ii, 150, n.
estovers and emblements, ii, 144, 145.
particular estate, remainder and reversion, ii,
176.

executory bequest of term, ii, 175, n.
notice to quit, ii, 146, n

tenant holding over, ii, 160.

forcible ejectment, ii, 151.

under lease and assignment, ii, 327, n
merger, ii, 177.

by statute and elegit, ii, 160.

(See "Judgment.")

at will, ii, 145.

emblements, in case of, ii, 146.
determination of the will, id.
copyholders, ii, 147.

(See "Copyholds.")

cannot support a remainder, ii, 165.

at sufferance, ii, 150.

Estates of the kingdom, i, 156.

Estoppel, iii, 307.

by possession, from disputing title, ii, 144, n.

by record, ii, 465, n.

by fine, ii, 354, n.

by recovery, ii, 361.

by deed, ii, 295, 308.

Estovers, common of, ii, 35.

tenant's right to, ii, 35, n.

of tenant for life, ii, 122.

of tenant for years, ii, 144.

of a wife, i, 441.

Estoveris habendis, writ de, i, 441.
Estrays, i, 297.

title of crown to, ii, 409.

Estreat of recognizance, &c., iv, 253.
Estrepement, writs of, iii, 224.

Evidence, written, iii, 367.

must be the best, nature of case will admit
of, iii, 368.

meaning of this rule, iii, 368, n.

privileged communications, iii. 368, n.

hearsay, when admissible, iii, 368.

demurrer to, iii, 372.

in equity, iii, 437, 438, 447, 449.

of witnesses abroad, iii, 438.

Exchequer chamber, iii, 56 and n.

Exchequer, court of, set up by William the
Conqueror, iii, 44.

why so called, id.

burial of deceased, id.

inventory, ii, 510.

contract, ii, 443.

estate, ii, 163.

remainder, ii, 169.

Exigent, writ of, iii, 283; iv, 319.
Exigi facias, writ of, iii, 283; iv, 319.
Exile, i, 137.

of offenders, &c., iv, 362.

Ex officio informations, iii, 427; iv, 308.
Ex officio oath, iii, 100, 447.

Ex parte remedies, iii, 1 et seq., 15, n.
Expatriation, right of, i, 369, 370 and n.
Expectancy, estates in, ii, 163.

Expenses of prosecution, iv, 362 and n.
of witnesses, iii, 369; iv, 362 and n.
Exportation of wool, &c., iv, 154, 428.
Exposing person, offence of, iv, 65.
goods for sale on Sunday, iv, 64.
infected persons, iv, 161.

Ex post facto laws, i, 46.

cannot be passed in America, i, 46, n.
constitutional meaning of the term, id.
Express malice, iv, 198.
condition, ii, 154.

contract, ii, 443; iii, 154.
warranty, ii, 301.

Extendi facias, iii, 420.

Extent, when issued, iii, 420.

Extinguishment of right, ii, 325.

Extortion by officers, iv, 141.

or blackmail, iv, 244.

Extra judicial remedy does not exclude ordi-

nary course of justice, iii, 22.

Extra parochial places, i, 114.

Extra parochial tithes, i, 284.
Extravagantes Joaunis, i, 82.
Eye, putting out, iv, 206, 207.

Eyre, justices in, iii, 58, 72; iv, 422, 423.
killing of, iv, 84.

Facto, king de, i, 204, 371; iv, 77.
Factor, i, 427; iii, 437.

goods in hands of, not distrainable, 8, n.

Fair, ii, 38; iii, 218.

who appoints, i, 274.

nuisance to, iii, 218.

False imprisonment, what constitutes, iii, 127;

iv, 218.

action of, iii, 138.

False judgment, writ of, iii, 34, 406.

False personation of bail, iv, 128.

of soldiers, seamen, &c., iv, 250.
False pretences, offence of, iv, 158.
False return, action for, iii, 110.
False rumors, when indictable, iv, 149.
False verdict, iii, 402; iv, 140.
False weights and measures, iv, 157:
Falsi crimen, iv, 89, 134, 156, 247.
Falsifying attainder, iv, 390.

coin, iv, 84, 88, 90, 98, 100, n.
judgment, iv, 390.
records, iv, 128.

Fealty, i, 367; ii, 45, 53, 86, 176, 367.
subtraction of, iii, 230.

how remedied, iii, 231
Fear, putting in, iv, 242.

of crime, security in case of, iv, 251.
Fee simple, ii, 104.

tail, ii, 112.

what words will pass a, ii, 108, n., 109, n.
(See "Estate.")

Fee farm rent, ii, 43.

Fees, ecclesiastical, must not be contrary to
common law, iii, 89.

action to recover back from barrister will
not lie, id.

counsel cannot maintain action for, iii, 28.
physician cannot recover, iii, 28, në
Feigned issue, iii, 452.

Felo de se, iv, 189 and n.

forfeiture of goods of, ii, 409, 499.
Felon cannot make will, ii, 499.
who is, iv, 94.

Felonious homicide, iv, 188.

(See "Murder," "Manslaughter.")
Felony, definition of, iv, 94,
appeal of, iv, 310.
compounding, iv, 134.
misprision of, iv, 121.

punishment of, iv, 98, 216, 222.
forfeiture by, ii, 284, 409, 499.

conveyance to felon, ii, 290.

Females, discrimination against, i, 445, n.
punishment of, for treason, iv, 93.

as reigning monarchs, i, 215.

petty treason by, iv, 75, 203.
stealing or seduction of, iv, 209,
jury of, iii, 362; iv, 395.

Feme covert, i, 442.

(See "Dower," "Husband and Wife."
Feoffment, ii, 310 et seq.

livery of seisin, ii, 311 et seq., 315.

Feorme, ii, 318.

Feræ naturæ, animals, ii, 389, 403.

Fern, setting fire to, iv, 246, n., 247.

Ferry near ancient ferry a nuisance, iii, 218.
Fetters, iv, 300, 322.

Feudal actions, iii, 117.

Feudal system, history of, ii, 44 et seq., 52, n.;

iv, 413, 418.

services due to the lord, ii, 54.
oath of fealty, ii, 53.
homage, ii, 54.

feuds not hereditary at first, ii, 55.
reliefs, ii, 56, 87.

descent, ii, 56.

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