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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.
state, i, 408.

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.
Mill, customary dues to, iii, 235.
Mines, i, 295.

right to dig turf, gravel, &c., ii, 34.
included in land, ii, 18.
royal mines, ii, 18.
firing, iv, 246.

destroying works of, 247.

stealing ore out of, iv, 234.

Ministers, responsibility of, i, 250.
Ministry. (See "Cabinet.")
Minority, incidents of, i, 464.

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Mortgage, ii, 157 et seq.

distinguished from pawn, ii, 452,
tacking, ii, 160.

who primarily liable upon, id.

power of sale in, id.

equitable mortgage by deposit of title
deeds, id.

tenancy under mortgagee, ii, 150, n.
effect of bankruptcy of mortgagor, ii, 487.
jurisdiction of equity over, iii, 435, 439.
provision for reduction of interest, iii, 432.
parol evidence to show deed to be, ii, 158, n.
Mortmain, statutes of, i, 479; ii, 268; iv, 108.
424, 426, 441.

personal annuities of inheritance, ii, 41.
devises in, ii, 375.

license of, ii, 268, 272.
Mortuaries, ii, 425.
Mother church, i, 112.

Motion in court, iii, 304.

Motives of legislators not inquirable into, i,

246, n.

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malice aforethought, iv, 198.
punishment of, iv, 201.

when pardonable, iv, 194, 400.
Murdrum, iii, 321; iv, 195.
Music, copyright in, ii, 407, n.
Muta canum, ii, 427.

Mute, standing, iv, 324 and n.
advising it, iv, 126.

Mutilation, i, 130; iii, 121; iv, 207.

punishment by, iv, 377.

Mutiny act, i, 152, 415, 416.

Mutual debts, iii, 305.

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Neife, ii, 94.

Nembda, iii, 350.

New assignment, iii, 311.

New promise to revive debt, iii, 306, n.
New trial, when granted, iii, 387, 391.

origin of practice of granting, iii, 388.
promotes the ends of justice, iii, 391.
granting upon terms, iii, 393.
motion for, when to be made, id.
in criminal cases, iv, 361, 438.
New style, ii, 140.

News, spreading of false, iv, 149.
Newspaper, libel by, iii, 125, n.
Next of kin, ii, 224.

right of, to administer, ii, 504.
distribution among, ii, 515.
guardian for lunatic, &c., i, 305.
Nient culpable, plea of, iv, 339.
Night, in burglary what is, iv, 224.
Nightwalkers, iv, 292.
Nihil, return of, iii, 282.
Nihil debet, plea of, iii, 305.

Nihil dicet, judgment by, iii, 396.
Nisi prius, courts of, iii, 58.

commission of, iii, 60; iv, 269.
opening of commission, id.

clause of, in venire facias, iii, 352.
trial at, iv, 351.

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Non sum informatus, judgment by, iii, 397.
Northern borders, rapine on, iv, 244.
Norman conquest, i, 99; ii, 60; iv, 414, 415.
Normandy, grand coustumier of, i, 107.
Norman French, use of, in legal proceedings,
iii, 317.

Mose, cutting or slitting, iv, 207, 377.

Not guilty, plea of, iv, 338, 450.

effect of plea in actions of trespass, iii, 305.
in actions on the case, iii, 305.

Note of hand, ii, 467.

small notes prohibited, ii, 468, n.
of banking companies, id.
of a fine, ii, 351.

Notice to quit, ii, 146, n., 147, n.

to terminate estate at will, ii, 146, n.
of dishonor, ii, 470.

of trial, iii, 357.

in ejectment, iii, 203, 463.

Novel disseisin, assize of, iii, 186.
Novels in the civil law, i, 81.
Nudum pactum, ii, 296, 445.
Nul disseisin, plea of, iii, 305.
Nul tiel record, iii, 331.
Nul tort, iii, 305.

Nuncupative will, ii, 500, 514.
Nuper obiit, writ of, iii, 186.
Nurture, guardian for, i, 461.
Nuisance, definition of, iii, 216.
cases of, iii, 216 et seq.
indictment for, iii, 219.
when action lies for, id.

every continuance a fresh, iii, 220.
assize of, iii, 221, 413.

liability of landlord for, ii, 144, n.
abatement of, iii, 5, 220 and n.

when notice to remove must be given, iii, 5, n.
to private ways, iii, 241.

to highways, bridges, rivers, &c., iv, 167.
by offensive trades, disorderly houses, &c.,
iv, 167.

lotteries, fireworks, eavesdroppers and com-
mon scolds, iv, 168.

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,
iv, 116, 117, 123.

when nature of not understood, trial may be
put off, iv, 214, n.

voluntary and extra-judicial, iv, 137.
Obedience to parents, i, 452.

Obligation of human laws, i, 43, 57, 59.
or bond, ii, 340.

Obstructing process, iv, 129.

Occupancy the origin of property, ii, 3, 8, 258,

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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.
public, embezzlement by, iv, 230.
refusal to admit, iii, 264.

Offices, ii, 36.

when grantable in reversion, ii, 36.
property in, ii, 37, n.

curtesy of, ii, 126, n.

pay of certain officers not assignable, ii, 36,
141, n.

and pensions, duty on, i, 327, 328, n.
usarpation of, how remedied, iii, 262.

Old age does not disqualify from making will,
ii, 497.

Oleron, laws of, i, 419; iv, 423.
Omnipotence of parliament, i, 160.

Oppression of crown, how remedied, i, 243.
of magistrates, iv, 141.
Option of the archbishop, i, 381.
Optional writs, iii, 274.
Orchards, robbery of, iv, 233.

damaging plants, &c., in, iv, 247.
Ordeal, trial by, iv, 342, 414, 425.
Order of sessions, iv, 272.

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.
Ouster le main, ii, 68.

Outlawry, proceedings to, iii, 283.
consequences of, iii, 284.
reversal of, id.

now abolished, iii, 280, n.

in criminal cases, i, 142; iv, 319. -
Overseers of the poor, i, 359, 361.
antiquity of office of, i, 359.

Overt acts of treason, iv, 79, 86, 357.
market, ii, 449.

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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.
Paper books, iii, 317, 407.
Papirian code, i, 81.

Papists, disabilities of, ii, 257, 293.
children of, i, 449, 451.

Papists, laws against, iv, 55, 87, 425.
relief of.

(See "Pope," "Roman Catholics.")
Paramount lord, ii, 59, 91.

Paraphernalia, ii, 435.

Paravail, tenant, ii, 60.

Parcels, construction of particular words, ii, 1
Parceners, ii, 187.

Parco fracto, writ de, iii, 146.
Pardon, iv, 316, 337, 376, 396.

for discovering accomplices or receivers, iv,
331.

not pleadable to impeachment, i, 334; iv,
261, 339, 440.

king's prerogative of, i, 269; iv, 397.
Parent and child, i, 446.

Parents, remedy for abduction of children, iii,
140.

duties of, i, 446–452.

powers of, i, 452-454.

consent of to marriage of children, i, 437.
defence of children by, iii, 3, n.

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.
Parish, i, 112.

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.
dissolving. i, 188.

estates of, i, 154, n., 156.
intermission of, i, 153.
laws of, i, 160–163.

of France, i, 147.

of Merton, i, 19.
origin of, i, 147-149.
power of, i, 160.
privileges of, i, 164–167.
proroguing, i, 187.
rolls, 1, 181.

sessions of, i, 46, 186, 187.

summons of, i, 150.

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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.
survivorship between, ii, 399.

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Pasturage, right of, ii, 32, 34, n., 35, n.
common of, ii, 32.

Pasture, writ of admeasurement, iii, 237.
waste by plowing up, ii, 282.
Patent, letters, ii, 346; iii, 3.

rolls and writs, ii, 346.

for inventions, law of, ii, 407; iv, 159.
scire facias to repeal, iii, 260.
of peerage, i, 400.

of precedence, iii, 28.

Patriam, trial per, iii, 349; iv, 349.
Patron, ii, 21.

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.
Payment into court, iii, 304.

of debts of deceased person, ii, 511.
tender of, i, 277.

place of tender, iii, 303.

Peace and war, right of making, i, 257.
Peace, commission of, i, 351; iv, 270,
conservation of, i, 349.

justices of, i, 349; iv, 270, 282, 428.
(See "Justices of the Peace.")

the king's, i, 118, 268, 350.
breach of, iv, 142.

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.
Peeresses, i, 401.

trial of, id.

Peers, privileges of, i, 401; iii, 359; iv, 253.
273, 267.

great council of, i, 227, 228; iii, 56.

hereditary councellors of the crown, i, 227.
how created, i, 399.

Irish and Scotch, i, 401.
pedigrees of, iii, 106.
foreign, i, 401.

protests by, i, 168.
proxies of, id.

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.
spiritual, i, 157.

house of, i, 156.

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i, 175.
People, i, 366.

sovereignty in, i, 49, n., 52, n.
Per quod, iii, 124.

Per quod consortium amisit, iii, 140.
Peremptory challenges, iv, 353, 396.
Peremptory mandamus, iii, 111, 265.
Perfection of the king, i, 246.
Perjury, iv, 137 and n.

in capital cases, iv, 138, 196.
Permissive waste, ii, 281.
Perpetual curate, i, 394.
Perpetuating testimony, iii, 450.
Perpetuities, rule against, ii, 174.
Perpetuity of the king, i, 249.

Persecution, religious, iv, 46, 428, 432.
Person, larceny from the, iv, 242 and n.
injuries to and offences against, iii, 119: iv
177 et seq.

Personal actions, iii, 117.

what die with the person, iii, 302.
liberty, i, 134.

security, i, 129.

Personalty, ii, 384, 389 et seq.
property in animals, ii, 389, 400.

little regarded in former times, ii, 384.
chattels real and chattels personal, ii, 385.
succession to, regulated by domicil, ii, 387, n.
finder of, entitled to possession except as
against owner, ii, 396, n.

chose in action, ii, 396.

may be settled for life with remainder over,
ii, 398.

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title by accession, confusion and intermix.
ture, ii, 404.

copyright, designs, &c., ii, 405, 407.
distinctive trade-marks, ii, 405, n.
patents for inventions, ii, 407.

title by gift, grant and contract, ii, 440.
title of crown by prerogative, ii, 409.
fraudulent assignments of, ii, 441.
Personating others in courts, &c., iv, 128.
proprietors of stock, iv, 248.
bail, iv, 128.

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
de droit, iii, 256.

Petitioning, right of, i, 143; iv, 147.
tumultuous, id.

Petty bag office, iii, 428.

why so called, iii, 49.

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Plough-bote, ii, 35.
Pluralities, i, 392.

Pluries, writ, iii, 283; iv, 319.

habeas corpus, iii, 135.

Poaching in night, iv, 175, n.
Pocket sheriffs, i, 342.

Poisoning, iv, 196 and n.

administering poison with intent to murder,
id.

to woman quick with child, iv, 198.
attempts at, iv, 196, n.

Police, offences against, iv, 162.

Policies of insurance, iv, 441.
(See "Insurance.")

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.

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seminaries, education in, i, 451, iv, 55, 115.

maintaining, iv, 115.

Popular action, ii, 437, iii, 160.

Portland, Isle of, i, 105.
Port-reeve, iv, 413.

Ports and havens, i, 264.

injuries to, iv, 144.
Positive proof, iii, 371.
Posse comitatus, i, 343.

neglecting to join, iv, 122.

Possessio fratris, ii, 227.

Possession, estate in, ii, 163, 389.
title by, ii, 195.

right of, ii, 196; iii, 177, 180.
adverse, ii, 266, n.

when must be surrendered before adverse
claim can be set up, ii, 144, n.

of land, insufficient to maintain trespass
against stranger, iii, 210, n.

of land under contract of sale, ii, 140, n.,146, n.
writ of, iii, 202, 412.

Possessory actions, nature of, ii, 198; ii, 179.
limitation to, iii, 188.

Possibility upon a possibility, ii, 169.
not assignable, ii, 290.
Postea, iii, 386.

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