Middlesex, county court of, iii, 82. bill of, iii, 285. Migration, ii, 7. Military courts, i, 83; iii, 68. law, i, 417; iii, 103. offences, i, 415; iv, 101. power of the crown, i, 262. history of, i, 409. testaments, i, 418. service, i, 287; ii, 54, 57, 61. (See "Tenure.") Militia, i, 410, 412. Milk, may be sold on Sunday, iv, 64. right to dig turf, gravel, &c., ii, 34. destroying works of, 247. stealing ore out of, iv, 234. Ministers, responsibility of, i, 250. Mortgage, ii, 157 et seq. distinguished from pawn, ii, 452, who primarily liable upon, id. power of sale in, id. equitable mortgage by deposit of title tenancy under mortgagee, ii, 150, n. personal annuities of inheritance, ii, 41. license of, ii, 268, 272. Motion in court, iii, 304. Motives of legislators not inquirable into, i, 246, n. malice aforethought, iv, 198. when pardonable, iv, 194, 400. Mute, standing, iv, 324 and n. Mutilation, i, 130; iii, 121; iv, 207. punishment by, iv, 377. Mutiny act, i, 152, 415, 416. Mutual debts, iii, 305. Neife, ii, 94. Nembda, iii, 350. New assignment, iii, 311. New promise to revive debt, iii, 306, n. origin of practice of granting, iii, 388. News, spreading of false, iv, 149. right of, to administer, ii, 504. Nihil dicet, judgment by, iii, 396. commission of, iii, 60; iv, 269. clause of, in venire facias, iii, 352. Non sum informatus, judgment by, iii, 397. Mose, cutting or slitting, iv, 207, 377. Not guilty, plea of, iv, 338, 450. effect of plea in actions of trespass, iii, 305. Note of hand, ii, 467. small notes prohibited, ii, 468, n. Notice to quit, ii, 146, n., 147, n. to terminate estate at will, ii, 146, n. of trial, iii, 357. in ejectment, iii, 203, 463. Novel disseisin, assize of, iii, 186. Nuncupative will, ii, 500, 514. every continuance a fresh, iii, 220. liability of landlord for, ii, 144, n. when notice to remove must be given, iii, 5, n. to highways, bridges, rivers, &c., iv, 167. lotteries, fireworks, eavesdroppers and com- Oath against bribery at elections, i, 180. of allegiance, i, 367. of supremacy and abjuration, i, 368, n. to witness, form of, iii, 365. of the party, iii, 382, 437. ex officio, abolished, iii, 100, 447. to the government, refusal or neglect to take, when nature of not understood, trial may be voluntary and extra-judicial, iv, 137. Obligation of human laws, i, 43, 57, 59. Obstructing process, iv, 129. Occupancy the origin of property, ii, 3, 8, 258, Ifficers, arrest by, iv, 292. Officers, killing of, in execution of office, iv, 200. of revenue, assault on, iv, 155. constable, assault on, iv, 129. Offices, ii, 36. when grantable in reversion, ii, 36. curtesy of, ii, 126, n. pay of certain officers not assignable, ii, 36, and pensions, duty on, i, 327, 328, n. Old age does not disqualify from making will, Oleron, laws of, i, 419; iv, 423. Oppression of crown, how remedied, i, 243. damaging plants, &c., in, iv, 247. for money, &c., forgery of, iv, 250. Orders, holy, i, 383. Ore, stealing, iv, 234. Original contract of king and people, i, 211, 233. conveyances, ii, 310. writ, iii, 272, 273. teste and return of, iii, 274. process in king's bench by, iii, 284. Orphanage, ii, 519. Ouster, different methods of, iii, 167, 198. Outlawry, proceedings to, iii, 283. now abolished, iii, 280, n. in criminal cases, i, 142; iv, 319. - Overt acts of treason, iv, 79, 86, 357. Oysters, stealing of, iv, 236 and n. property in, ii, 393, n. Pains and penalties, act to inflict, iv, 259. act for, forbidden in America Pais, trial per, iii, 349; iv, 349. Matter in, ii, 294. Palace, court of, iii, 76. assault in, iv, 125. Palatine counties, i, 116, 119; iii, 79; iv, 421. Paudects of Justinian, i, 17, 81. Panel of jurors. iii, 354; iv, 302, 350. Papal encroachment, iv, 104. process, obedience to, iv, 115. Paper credit, ii, 466; iv, 441. Papists, disabilities of, ii, 257, 293. Papists, laws against, iv, 55, 87, 425. (See "Pope," "Roman Catholics.") Paraphernalia, ii, 435. Paravail, tenant, ii, 60. Parcels, construction of particular words, ii, 1 Parco fracto, writ de, iii, 146. for discovering accomplices or receivers, iv, not pleadable to impeachment, i, 334; iv, king's prerogative of, i, 269; iv, 397. Parents, remedy for abduction of children, iii, duties of, i, 446–452. powers of, i, 452-454. consent of to marriage of children, i, 437. deserting children, iv, 170, n. of bastard children, i, 458. Pares curiæ, ii, 54. Pares, trial per, iii, 349. Pari materia, statutes in, i, 60, n. clerk, i, 395. Parks, ii, 38, 416. Parliament, i, 141, 146; iv, 412, 425, 428. adjourning, i, 186. convention, i, 152, 211, 214. constituent parts of, i, 154. estates of, i, 154, n., 156. of France, i, 147. of Merton, i, 19. sessions of, i, 46, 186, 187. summons of, i, 150. contracts, ii, 296, 442, 447. evidence, iii, 369. pleadings, iii, 292. demurrer, iii, 300. demurrer by the, iii, 430. Parricide, iv, 202. Parsons and vicars, i, 384. appointment of, i, 388. powers and duties of, i, 391. Particular estate, ii, 165. Particulars of demand, iii, 300, n. Parties to suits in equity, iii, 442. Partitions, ii, 185, 189, 194, 300, 323; iii, 302. Partners, interest of, in personalty, ii, 399, n. Pasturage, right of, ii, 32, 34, n., 35, n. Pasture, writ of admeasurement, iii, 237. rolls and writs, ii, 346. for inventions, law of, ii, 407; iv, 159. of precedence, iii, 28. Patriam, trial per, iii, 349; iv, 349. Patronage, usurpation of, iii, 242. how remedied. iii, 243. Patterns, copyright in, ii, 407. Pauper, when excused from paying costs, iii, 400. support of. (See "Poor." Pawn of goods, ii, 452. Pawnbroker, nature of contract with, ii, 452. of debts of deceased person, ii, 511. place of tender, iii, 303. Peace and war, right of making, i, 257. justices of, i, 349; iv, 270, 282, 428. the king's, i, 118, 268, 350. security for, iv, 251, 254. clerk of, iv, 272. offences against, iv, 142-150. Peculatus, iv. 122. Peculiars, court of, iii, 65. Peerage, benefit of, in offences, iv, 367. trial of, id. Peers, privileges of, i, 401; iii, 359; iv, 253. great council of, i, 227, 228; iii, 56. hereditary councellors of the crown, i, 227. Irish and Scotch, i, 401. protests by, i, 168. process against, in equity, iii, 445. trial by, i, 401; iv, 260, 368. of the lords' court, ii, 54. answer of, in equity, i, 12, n. house of, i, 156. i, 175. sovereignty in, i, 49, n., 52, n. Per quod consortium amisit, iii, 140. in capital cases, iv, 138, 196. Persecution, religious, iv, 46, 428, 432. Personal actions, iii, 117. what die with the person, iii, 302. security, i, 129. Personalty, ii, 384, 389 et seq. little regarded in former times, ii, 384. chose in action, ii, 396. may be settled for life with remainder over, title by accession, confusion and intermix. copyright, designs, &c., ii, 405, 407. title by gift, grant and contract, ii, 440. Persons, natural, i, 123. artificial, i, 123, 467. rights of, i, 122. Peter pence, iv, 107. Petit sergeanty, ii, 81. Petition of appeal, iii, 454. of right, i, 128, 243; iv, 437. to what applicable, iii, 255, n., 256, 428 Petitioning, right of, i, 143; iv, 147. Petty bag office, iii, 428. why so called, iii, 49. Plough-bote, ii, 35. Pluries, writ, iii, 283; iv, 319. habeas corpus, iii, 135. Poaching in night, iv, 175, n. Poisoning, iv, 196 and n. administering poison with intent to murder, to woman quick with child, iv, 198. Police, offences against, iv, 162. Policies of insurance, iv, 441. court of, iii, 74. Political liberty, i, 125. rights, i, 129, 145. Polling at elections, i, 178. Polls, challenge to, iii, 361; iv, 352. Polygamy, i, 436; iv, 163. Pone, iii, 34, 37, 195, 280. Poor, i, 359. seminaries, education in, i, 451, iv, 55, 115. maintaining, iv, 115. Popular action, ii, 437, iii, 160. Portland, Isle of, i, 105. Ports and havens, i, 264. injuries to, iv, 144. neglecting to join, iv, 122. Possessio fratris, ii, 227. Possession, estate in, ii, 163, 389. right of, ii, 196; iii, 177, 180. when must be surrendered before adverse of land, insufficient to maintain trespass of land under contract of sale, ii, 140, n.,146, n. Possessory actions, nature of, ii, 198; ii, 179. Possibility upon a possibility, ii, 169. |