Armed, being unusually, iv., 149.
Armies, who can raise, i., 262, 366.
standing, i., 413, 414; iv., 419, 439, 441.
Armorial ensigns, ii., 428; iii., 105..
Armor, &c., embezzling the king's, iv.,
101.

statutes of, i., 411.

Arms, right of having, i., 143.
training to, iv., 102, n.

going armed, iv., 149, and n.

and ammunition, exporting, i., 265.
Army, regular, i., 413.

history of, i., 408.

how raised, i., 262, 366.

standing, i., 413, 414; iv., 419, 439, 441.
Arraingment, iv., 322, 449.

incidents to, iv., 324, and n.
Array, commissions of, i., 411.
challenge to the, iii., 358; iv., 352.
Arrest of judgment, iii., 393; iv., 375.
of persons, when allowed, iii., 287, n.
of seamen and soldiers, i., 421.
how made, iii., 288, and n.

what persons are privileged from, iii.,

288.

liability of soldiers, &c., to, iv., 417, n.,

421.

of persons in criminal cases, iv., 289.
by warrant, and by whom, and for
what granted, iv., 290, and n:
form of warrant, ib.

backing warrant, iv., 291, and 292, n.
time and place of, iv., 292, n.
by officers, without warrant, iv., 292,
and n.

by private persons, iv., 293, and n.

by hue and cry, iv., 293.

of clergyman going to perform divine

service, &c., iv., 218, and n.

in trespass, iii., 281.

Arrha, ii., 447.

Arson. See 66

Burning," "Fire."

in general, iv., 220, 372.

what a house to constitute this offense,
iv., 221.

where house must be burned, ib.
what a burning, iv., 222.
malice, ib.

Assault (continued).

in courts of justice, ib.

on constables, iv., 129, 217, n.
in rescues, iv., 131.

to raise price of wages, iv., 159, 217, n.
to stop progress of grain, &c., iv., 217, n.
with intent to commit felony, ib.
on deer-keepers and game-keepers, ib.
on persons saving wreck, ib.
on revenue officers, iv., 155.
on commissioners of taxes, iv., 158.
by furious driving, iv., 217, n.
with intent to rob, iv., 244, n.
jurisdiction of justices as to, iv., 217, n.
conviction for, on indictment for felony,
ib.

Assembly, riotous or unlawful, iv., 146,
and n.

Assembly of estates, i., 147.

Asses, ill treatment of, iv., 246, n.
Assessed taxes, i., 325, 327, n.
Assessments, i., 312.

Assets, ii., 510.

estates pour autre vie, ii., 260.

by descent, ii., 244, 302, 340; iii., 430.
when not liable for personal wrongs,
iii., 302.

real, iii., 430.

copyholds, iii., 430, n.

Assignees in bankruptcy, ii., 480. See
"Bankruptcy."

Assignments, ii., 326, 440.

fraudulent assignments, ii., 296, 441.
what things can not be assigned; as, of-
fices, officers' pay, &c., ii., 441, n.
chose in action, ii., 442.

distinguished from an under-lease, ii.,
176, n., 327, n.

of bills of exchange, &c., ii., 468.
of errors, iii., 406.

Assigns, ii., 289.

Assize, general, i., 148.

of arms, i., 411; ii., 66

for rent, ii., 42, n.

commission of, iii., 60; iv., 269, 424.

grand, iv., 422.

justices of, iii., 59; iv., 269.

killing them, iv., 84.

could not formerly be in their own
county, iii., 59, 335.

of bread, the offense of breaking the
iv., 157.

writ of, iv., 422.

of nuisance, iii., 220.

abolished, iii., 221.
courts of, iii., 58.
certificate of, iii., 389.
writ of, iii., 184.

of mort d'ancestor, &c., iii., 185.
turned into an inquest, iii, 402.
Association, writ of, iii., 60.

120; iv., 216, 217.

costs in actions for, iii., 400.

on king's chancellor, &c., iv., 84.

in king's palace, iv., 125.

consideration to support, ii, 443.
Assurance. See "Insurance."

Assurances, common, ii., 294.

covenant for further, ii., App.

Asylums, lunatic, i., 305, n.
Atheling, i., 199.

Attachment in pone, iii., 280.
against witnesses, iii., 369.
for contempts, iv., 433, 444.
Attachments, Court of, iii., 71.
Attainder, act of, iv., 259.

1

Average, the word, ii., 460, n.
general and particular, ib.
Averium, ii., 424.

Averment, iii., 313.

in indictments. iv.. 340.

Avowry, iii., 149.

Avulsion of land, ii., 261.

son, iv., 381.

in felony, iv., 385.

by præmunire, iv., 386.

forfeiture of personal property, ib.

difference between forfeiture of lands
and goods, iv., 387.

plea of previous attainder, iv., 336, and n.
escheat on, ii., 251, 290.

dower of felon's wife, ii., 253.

Attaint, grand jury in, abolished, iii.,
351, n.

writ of, iii., 402; iv., 361, and n.

verdicts formerly reversed by, iii., 388.
superseded by motions for new trials,
iii., 404.

abolished, iii., 351, n.
Attainted persons, iv., 380.

Attempt to rob, iv., 242, and 244, n.

to steal fish, iv., 235.

Attestation of deed, ii., 307.
royal attestation, ii., 308.
of wills, ii., 376, 501.

Attesting witness, proof by, iii., 368.
when proof of hand-writing of, suffi-
cient, iii., 368, n.
Attorney, iii., 25.

subject to censure of the judges, iii., 26.
when judges will interfere, iii., 26, n.
must be admitted and sworn, iii., 26.
examination of, iii., 26, n.
communications made to him in his pro-
fessional capacity, iii., 36, and n.
right of, to defend client for felony, iv.,
296, n., and 356, n.
embezzlement by, iv., 231, n.

by process of contempt, iii., 16.
Ayle, writ of, iii., 186.

BACHELOR, knight, i., 404.
Backing warrants, iv., 291.
Bail, above, iii., 290.

below, iii., 291.

common, iii., 287.

sheriff' obliged to take, iii., 289.
defendant, instead of putting in, may
make deposit with the sheriff, iii.,
290, n.

to the action, if not put in, plaintiff may
sue the sheriff's bail, iii., 290.
and sheriff will be responsible, ib.
when and how put in, ib., and n.
may deposit and pay money into court
instead of, iii., 290, and n.

special, when required, iii., 291.
plaintiff in error must find, iii., 411.
when may be proceeded against, iii.,

416.

scire facias against, ib.

in criminal cases, iv., 297.

taking excessive, i., 135; iv., 297.
taking insufficient, iv., 297.

what offenses bailable, iv., 298.

what to be done if offense not bailable,
iv., 300.

personating of, iv., 128, n.
bond, iii., 290.

piece, iii., 291.

Bailable or not, who, iv., 297, 298, 299.
Bailee, larceny by, iv., 230, and n.
larceny from, iv., 231, and n.

Attornment, ii., 72, 290.

wrongful, a forfeiture, ii., 275.
Aubaine, droit d', i., 372.

Audita querela, when it lies, iii., 405.

Augmentation of vicarages and curacies,
i., 388.

Aula regia. iii., 37; iv., 416, 422.
Aulnager, iv., 1, 275.

Aurum reginæ, i., 221.

Authorities in law, i., 72.

Autrefois acquit, iv., 335, and n.
attaint, iv., 336, n.

convict, ib.

Autre droit, ii., 177.

Autre vie ii., 120. See "Estate."
VOL. IV.-II

of hundreds, i., 116, 345.
special, i., 346.

Bailiwick, i., 344; ii., 38.
Bailment, ii., 295, 451, et seq.

Bakers, regulations as to baking, &c., on

Sunday, iv., 64, n.

regulation as to baking, &c., of bread,
iv., 157, and n.

selling bad bread, iv., 162, and n.
Ballot for jurors, iii., 358.
Balnearii, iv., 239.
Banc. See" Bank."

Bangorian Controversy, i., 279, n.
Banishment, i., 133, 137; iv., 377, 401.
Bank, what are days in, iii., 276.

sittings in, may be held in vacation, iii.,

278, n.

Bank of England. privileges of, ii., 468, n.
misbehavior of its officers, iv., 234.
embezzlement by, iv., 230.

notes, forgery of iv, 248, and 250, n.
stealing of, iv., 234, and n.

dictment, iv., 307, n.

Bank notes, small notes prohibited, ii.,
468, n.

notes of banking companies, ib.

may now be taken in execution, iii.,

417, n.

Bankers, checks of, ii., 466, n.

embezzlement by, iv., 231, n.
forging their plates, iv., 250, and n.
Banking companies, restrictions on, ii.,
468, n.

Bankrupt, the word, ii., 472.

promise to pay by, after certificate,
must be in writing, ii., 466, n.
embezzlement of effects by, iv., 155,
and n.

Bankruptcy, ii., 271, 488, n.; iv., 431, 436.
Roman law of, ii., 472, 483, n.

bankrupt formerly treated as an offend-
er, ii., 471, n.

confined to traders, ii., 473, 474.
what is a trading, ii., 476, 488, n.
feme covert, ii., 477, 488, n.
petitioning creditor's debt, ii., 475,
488, n.

act of bankruptcy, ii., 477, 488, n.
fraudulent, iv., 155, and n.
proceedings in, ii., 479, 488, n.
assignees' title to estate and property
of bankrupt, ii., 285, 485, 488, n.
reputed ownership by bankrupt, ii.,
488, n.

what dealings, &c., are protected, ii.,
286, n.

dividend, ii., 487, 488, n.
priorities of creditors, ib.

mutual credit and set-off, ii., 487, n.
securities held by creditors, ib.
landlord's rent, ii., 487.
contingent debts, ii., 488.
interest, ib.

superseding commission, ib.

court of bankruptcy, ii., 488, n.; iii.,
56, 428, n.

court of review, ii., 488, n.; iii., 428, n.
jurisdiction of equity, iii., 428.
Banks of rivers, &c., destroying, iv., 144,
n., 245, and n.

Banneret, knight, i., 403.
Banns, i., 439.

Bar, plea in, iii., 306; iv., 335, 396.
trial at, iii., 352; iv., 351.
Bargain and sale of lands, ii., 338.
for a year, ii., 339, App.
Barge, stealing from, iv., 240, n.
Barn, setting fire to, iv., 246, n.
riotously demolishing, iv., 143, n.

Baron, i., 398.

and feme, i., 433. See "Husband and
Wife."

Baronet, i., 403.
Baronies, ii., 62, 90.
Baronies of bishops, i., 156.
Barratry, ii., 460, n.; iv., 134.
Barrister, i., 23; ïïi., 26.

revising, i., 173, n.

no action lies to recover back his fee,
iii., 28, n.

defense of prisoner by, iv., 256, n.,

administration to, ii., 505.

concealment of its death, iv., 190, n.,
358.

punishment for having, iv., 65.
Bastardy, issue as to, iii., 335.
Bath, knight of the, i., 403.

Battel, trial by, iii., 105, 337, 346, 418,
421, 424.

Battery, iv., 216. See" Assault and Bat
tery."

of a clergyman, iv., 317.
what is, iii., 120.
when justifiable, ib.
remedies for, ib., and n.
inspection of, iii., 333.

Bawdy houses, iv., 29, 64, n., 167.
Beaconage, suit for, may be brought in
the Admiralty Court, iii., 107.
Beacons, i., 264.

Beasts of the plow, when they may be
distrained, iii., 9, n.

Beaumont, Viscount, i., 398.
Bedford Level, destroying works in, iv.,
245, n.

Bees, stealing of, 236, n.

Beggars, vagrants, iv., 170, n.
Behavior, good, security for, iv., 251, 256

402.

466, et seq.

notice of dishonor, ii., 470.
stamp, ii., 469.

action on, ii., 470.

interest on, ii., 463, n.

forging, iv., 248, 249, and 250, n.
stealing, iv., 234, and n.
Bill of lading, ii., 449, n.
Billa vera, iv., 305.
Billeting military, i., 413.
Bishops, i., 155, 377, 382.

are not peers, i., 401.
incomes of, i., 377, n.

mode of appointment, i., 377.
powers and duties, i., 381, 382.

crown entitled to hounds of, on death
of, ii., 413.

mortuary to crown on death of, ii.,
426.

used to sit in the county court, iii., 61.
what matters tried by certificate of, iii.,
335.

not electing or consecrating, iv., 115.
not entitled to trial as peers, i., 401; iv.,

264.

Bishoprics, nominating to, iv., 108, 115,
415, 430.

Bissextile year, ii., 141.

Black Act, threatening letters, iv., 144,
and n.

shooting at another, iv., 208, and n.
going disguised, &c., iv., 244, 245, n.
burning houses, iv., 246, and n.
mills, ib.

corn, wood, &c., ib.

breaking, &c., fish-ponds, ib.
injuring cattle, ib.

trees, iv., 246, 247, and n.

Black mail, ii., 43; iv., 244.

Blanch rent, ii., 43.

Blasphemy, iv., 59.

Blench-holding, ii., 43.

Blood, corruption of, ii., 251; iv., 388.

restitution in, iv., 402.

half, i., 70, 194; ii., 227.

royal, 225, 226.

Boat, stealing from, iv., 240, n.
Bocland, ii., 48, n., 90.

Bodies, remedy for stealing, &c., ii., 429.
Bodily injury dangerous to life, causing,
with intent to murder, iv., 208, n.
Body corporate, i., 467.

politic, ib.

protection of, i., 134.
Boiling to death, iv., 196.
Bona notabilia, ii., 509.
Bona vacantia, i., 296, 299.

442.

how far a charge on land, ii., 340.
effect of illegal or impossible condition,
ii., 340.

the whole penalty not always recover
able, ii., 341.

of arbitration, iii., 16.

to resign a living, when legal, ii., 280.
relief against penalty, iii., 432.
stealing of, v., 234, and n.
forgery of, iv., 249, and 250, n.
Bono et malo, writ de, iv., 270.
Books, copyright in, ii., 405.

popish, importing or selling them, iv.,

115.

and papers, production of, iii., 382.
Books of account, entries in, when may
be read in evidence, iii., 368.
Books of rates, i., 317.

Borough English, i., 75; ii., 83.
Boroughs, i., 115.

corporations of, i., 475, n.
parliamentary, i., 172, n.
election for, i., 174, n.
members for, i., 174.
Courts, iii., 80.
Borrowing, ii., 453.

Borsholder, i., 115, 356; iv., 413.
Botes or estovers, ii., 35, 122.
Bottomry, ii., 457, 461.
Bound bailiffs, i., 345.

Bounties on exportation, i., 315.
Bounty, Queen Anne's, i., 286.
Bourdeaux, mayor of, his certificate, iii.,

334.

Boxing, offense of, iv., 183, and n.
Bracton, i., 72, 425.

Brass, stealing, iv., 233, and n.
receiving stolen, iv., 133.
Breach of the peace, iv., 142.

chargeable upon him who begins an
affray, iii., 3.

Breach of prison, iv., 130, and n.

of close, iii., 209.

of pound, iii., 146.

Breaking, in burglary, iv., 226.

Brehon laws in Ireland, i., 100; iv., 313.

Brevia testata, ii., 307.

Bribery, of magistrates, &c., iv., 139,

and n.