Distress, party distraining not to be deemed | Drunkenness, how far it excuses crime, iv, 25. trespasser ab initio, iiii, 13. remedy by, for subtraction, iii, 231. irregularity in, does not make the landlord a infinite, iii, 231, 280; iv, 285, 318. punishment for, &c., iv, 64. Due process of law, what is, i, 135, n. Distribution of intestate's effects, ii, 315; iv, Dukes, i, 397, 409. 408, 424, 439. law of domicile, ii, 387, n. District of Columbia, i, 112, n. now abolished, iii, 280, n. of common, iii, 237. 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. offences against, iv, 250. right of bishops, iv, 436. 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. Dum fuit infra ætatem, writ of, iii, 183. Duplex querela, iii, 246. Duplicates, iii, 310. Duplicity in pleading, iii, 308, 311. Duress of imprisonment, i, 131, 136. wills made under, ii, 497. conveyance by person under, ii, 292. Durham, county palatine of, i, 117, 118. of the king, i, 233. Duty, origin of, ii, 8, n. action for breach or neglect of, iii, 164. 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 marshal, his court, iii, 68; iv, 267. Doctrines, illegal, asserting or publishing, iv, Earnest, ii, 447. Easements, distinguished from rights of com- n. description and classification of, ii, 36, 1 right of way, by grant, by prescription, by abandonment of, ii, 264, n. Eat inde sine die, iii, 316, 399. Ecclesiastical matters. (See" Advowson," "Simony." Ecclesiastical courts, separation of, from the what injuries are cognizable by, iii, 87. have no jurisdiction to try the right to tithes, method of proceeding in, iii, 98. jurisdiction, how limited at present, iii, 67, n when separated from civil, iv, 415, 421. Edgar, King, his laws, i, 66; iv, 412. Edward the Confessor, his laws, i, 66, 67, n. Egyptians, iv, 126. Ejectione firmæ, writ of, iii, 197. now the only mode of trying title of lands Ejectment, when it lies, iii, 199. introduction of judgment to recover the notice to be given to the tenant in posses- regular method of bringing an action of, invention of new method of trying titles notice to tenant in possession, iii, 203. landlord may be made defendant, iii, 204. must specify in the rule of court the premises consequence thereof, id. question may be retried, id. when a court of equity will interfere to pre- will not lie for incorporeal hereditaments, remedy where rent is in arrear, id. of magistrates, i, 340; iv, 413, 427. of members of parliament, i, 170, 177.. of Irish peers, i, 104, n. of widow between devise and dower, ii, of remedy in case of nuisance, iii, 220 and n. Electors in boroughs, i, 172, n. in counties, i, 172, n. privilege of, from arrest, iii, 289, n. Elegit, ii, 161. Emblements, rights of devisee and heir re- rights of incumbents, executors, &c., ii, 123. Eminent domain, i, 139, n. ; ii, 35, n. Enciente, capacity of child of which woman is jury to determine whether woman is, iii, 362; 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. right to bring suit suspended during war, ii, 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. 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, proceedings ordered to be in, except techni Engravings, copyright in, ii, 407. Engrossing, offence of, iv, 160. Enlarging statutes, i, 87. (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. in burglary, iv, 226 and n. son of, entitled to kill game, when, iv, 175. concurrent jurisdiction, when exercised, iii, Essoign day, iii, 277. 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. interferes in whose favor, iii, 431, u. proceedings in courts of, iii, 425, 442 et seq. jurisdiction in case of infants, lunatics, &c., favors creditor's children, &c., iii, 431, n. jurisdiction to enforce agreements, iii, 435, relief against penalties in, iii, 435. jurisdiction in cases of fraud, iii, 437, 439. jurisdiction to perpetuate testimony, iii, 438, mode of relief, specific performance, iii, 438. " (See "Pleading;" Practice.") Equity of redemption, ii, 159. 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- in remainder, ii. 163. (See "Remainder.") rules as to limitations by way of remainder, freehold to commence in futuro, ii, 144, 165. on condition, ii, 152 et seq. (See "Condition," "Mortgage.") in joint tenancy, ii, 179 et seq., 192. crown cannot hold chattel in, ii, 409. in common, ii, 191. adverse possession by tenant, ii, 194, n. a freehold or a chattel, ii, 16. 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 base fee, ii, 109. fee tail in personalty, ii, 398; iii, 113. destruction of entail, ii, 116, 348, 354, n., 364. 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 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. from year to year, ii, 144, n., 147. executory bequest of term, ii, 175, n. tenant holding over, ii, 160. forcible ejectment, ii, 151. under lease and assignment, ii, 327, n by statute and elegit, ii, 160. (See "Judgment.") at will, ii, 145. emblements, in case of, ii, 146. (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. title of crown to, ii, 409. Estreat of recognizance, &c., iv, 253. Evidence, written, iii, 367. must be the best, nature of case will admit 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 why so called, id. Executors, duties of executor of, ii, 507 et seq. burial of deceased, id. inventory, ii, 510. collecting and converting assets, id. payment of legacies, ii, 512. abatement and refunding of legacies, ii, 512. distribution among next of kin, &c., ii, 515 distribution by custom, ii, 517. promise by, to pay debt of estate, iii, 158. may be sued on simple contract demands, iii, when liable to pay costs, iii, 400 and n. contract, ii, 443. estate, ii, 163. remainder, ii, 169. Exigent, writ of, iii, 283; iv, 319. of offenders, &c., iv, 362. Ex officio informations, iii, 427; iv, 308. Ex parte remedies, iii, 1 et seq., 15, n. Expenses of prosecution, iv, 362 and n. Ex post facto laws, i, 46. cannot be passed in America, i, 46, n. contract, ii, 443; iii, 154. 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. Eyre, justices in, iii, 58, 72; iv, 422, 423. Facto, king de, i, 204, 371; iv, 77. 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. coin, iv, 84, 88, 90, 98, 100, n. Fealty, i, 367; ii, 45, 53, 86, 176, 367. how remedied, iii, 231 of crime, security in case of, iv, 251. tail, ii, 112. what words will pass a, ii, 108, n., 109, n. Fee farm rent, ii, 43. Fees, ecclesiastical, must not be contrary to action to recover back from barrister will counsel cannot maintain action for, iii, 28. Felo de se, iv, 189 and n. forfeiture of goods of, ii, 409, 499. Felonious homicide, iv, 188. (See "Murder," "Manslaughter.") punishment of, iv, 98, 216, 222. conveyance to felon, ii, 290. Females, discrimination against, i, 445, n. as reigning monarchs, i, 215. petty treason by, iv, 75, 203. Feme covert, i, 442. (See "Dower," "Husband and Wife." 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. Feudal actions, iii, 117. Feudal system, history of, ii, 44 et seq., 52, n.; iv, 413, 418. services due to the lord, ii, 54. feuds not hereditary at first, ii, 55. descent, ii, 56. restraints on alienation, ii, 57. 590 |