Distress (continued).

fixtures can not be taken, iii., 9.
of emblements, ii., 123, m., 404.
hay, turnips, &c., iii., 404, n.
when corn may be taken, iii., 9.
when implements of trade may be tak-
en, iii., 9, n.

formerly looked upon as a mere pledge,
iii., 9.

must be made by day, iii., 10.
unless in case of damage feasant, ib.
may be made within six months after
determination of lease, ib.

goods clandestinely carried off premises
may be taken, stat. 8 Ann., c. 14, iii.,
10, and n.

can not be made twice, iii., 11.

must not be excessive, ib.

remedy for excessive, ib.

how to be disposed of, iii., 12.
impounding, ib.

sale of, iii., 13.

party distraining not to be deemed tres-
passer ab initio, iii., 14.

irregularity in, does not make the land-

lord a trespasser ab initio, iii., 213.
illegal for crown debts, iv., 423.
infinite, iii., 231, 280; iv., 285, 318.
Distribution of intestate effects, ii., 315;
iv., 408, 424, 439.

law of domicil, ii., 387, n.
Distringas, iii., 280.

modern writ of, iii., 287, n.
how issued, iii., 287, n.

notice to defendant to appear, ib.
its execution and return, ib.

in detinue, iii., 413.
in equity, iii., 445.
Disturbance, iii., 236.

of common, iii., 237.
of franchises, iii., 236.

of patronage, iii., 242.

of tenure, ib.

of ways, iii., 241.

Dogs (continued).

stealing, iv., 236, and n.

Dome-book of Alfred, i., 64; iv., 411.
Domicil, legitimacy with regard to, ii.,
248, n.

regulates succession to personalty, ii.,
387, n.

Dominions, foreign, i., 110.
Donatio mortis causâ, ii., 414.
Doomsday Book, ii., 49, n., 99; iii., 331.
Double plea, iii., 308.

Dowager, queen, i., 224; iv., 81.
princess, iv., 81.

Dower, title by, in general, iv., 424.
estate in, its origin, nature, and inci-
dents, ii., 129, et seq.

of wife of heir, who died without hav-
ing been seized, ii., 209, n.
of a trust, ii., 127, n., 132, n.
of wife of felon, ii., 253.

how prevented, ii., 136.
jointure in lieu of, ii., 137.

unde nihil habet, writ of, iii., 182.
writ of right of, ib.

writ of admeasurement of, ib.
Downing College, i., 28, n.
Draft for money, ii., 467.
Dramatic piece, right to represent, ii.,
407, n.

Drawbacks, i., 315.

Drawing to the gallows, iv., 92, 337.
Driving, furious, offense of, iv., 217, n.
Drover, traveling on Sunday, iv., 64, n.
Drowning, attempt to murder by, iv.,
208, n.

mine, iv., 246, n.

Druids, their customs, i., 63; iv., 408.
Drunkenness, how far it excuses crime,
iv., 25.

punishment for, &c., iv., 64, n.
Duchy court of Lancaster, iii., 78.
Ducking-stool, iv., 169, 377.

Dueling, iii., 337, 351; iv., 145, 185, 199,
and n.

54, and n.

Disturber, ii., 278.

Diversity of person, plea of, iv., 396.
Dividend warrants, forgery of, iv., 248,
250, and n.

clerks making false, iv., 250, and n.
Dividend on bankruptcy, ii., 487, 488,
Divine law, i., 42.

right of bishops, i., 20, n.; iv., 436.
of kings, i., 191.

Divine service, tenure by, ii., 102.
Divorce, i., 440; iii., 94.

Dumb and deaf persons, trial of, iv., 324

and n.

Dock, stealing from, iv., 240, and n.
Dock warrants, ii., 449, n.
Docket of judgment, ii., 511; iii., 397.
against bankrupt, ii., 488, n.
Doctrines, illegal, asserting or publishing,
iv., 91, 116, 123.
Dogs, property in, ii., 393.
right to keep, ii., 416.
damage by. ii, 153.

Duplicity in pleading, iii., 308, 311.
Duress of imprisonment, i., 131, 136.
per minas, i., 131.

Duress, conveyance by person under, ii.,

261.

Endowment of vicarages, i., 387.
Enemies, i., 257.

adhering to, &c., offense of, iv., 82.
Enemy, prize of goods of, ii., 401.
contract with, ib.

Enfranchisement of villeins, ii., 94.
of copyhold, ii., 150, n.
England, i., 111.
Engleschire, iv., 195.

English courts, not so subject to delays as
courts of civil law, iii., 424.
English law, proceedings in, iii., 322; iv.,
441.

variety of, arises from adapting their
redress exactly to the circumstances
of the injury, iii., 265.
causes of the intricacy of, iii., 266.
vindicated, iii., 327.

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

but practicers continued to take notes
in law French, iii., 318.

proceedings ordered to be in, except
technical words, iii., 322.

Engravings, copyright in, ii., 407.
Engrossing, iv., 160.

Enlarging statutes, i., 87.

Enrollment of annuity, ii., 461.

of bargain and sale, ii., 338.

Entails, ii., 112; iv., 427, 431. See "Es-
tate."

of personalty, ii., 398.

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

when it may be made, iii., 175.

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

could not formerly be made after aliena-
tion by tenant in tail, iii., 178.

nor upon deforcement, iii., 178.
tolled by descent, iii., 176, 177.
writ of, ii., App.; iii., 179.

a speedy remedy in Saxon times, iii.,
183.

forcible, iv., 148

in burglary, iv., 226, and n.

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433.

said to vary with the chancellor's foot,
iii., 432, n.

sometimes makes merely technical dis-
tinctions, iii., 432.

jurisdiction founded on a common-law
right and the want of a remedy at
law, iii., 434, 442.

rules of property, interpretation, and
evidence, the same as at law, iii., 430,
434.

general nature of, iii., 429.

can not alter the common law, ib.
follows the law, iii., 429, 430, 434, 441.
concurrent jurisdiction when exercised,
iii., 431, n.

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, ib.

interferes in whose favor, iii., 431, n.
proceedings in courts of, iii., 425, 442,
et seq.

jurisdiction in bankruptcy, iii., 428.
jurisdiction over charities, iii., 427.
jurisdiction over infants, lunatics, &c.,
iii., 426, 427.

favors creditors' children, &c., iii., 431, n.
jurisdiction in bankruptcy, iii., 428.
remedy in cases of bonds, mortgages,
&c., iii., 434, 439.

jurisdiction to enforce agreements, iii.,
435, 438.

relief against penalties, iii., 435.
relief from forfeitures in Ireland, ib.
regards foreign law, when, iii., 436.
enforcing discovery, iii., 437.
mode of proof in, iii., 437, 438, n.
jurisdiction in case of fraud, iii., 437,

439.

Equity (continued).

reserved, iii., 453.

Equity of redemption, ii., 159.

of statute, i., 61, 62, n.; iii., 431.
Eriarch, iv., 313.

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

where prosecuted, iv., 391.
differences between appeals and writs
of, iii., 56.

plaintiff in, must find bail, iii., 411.
costs in, iii., 399, 410.

in equity, iii., 454.

in lunacy, iii., 427.
Escape, iii., 290, 415.

upon mesne process, action on the case
for, iii., 165.

after judgment, action of debt for, ib.
sheriff liable for, iii., 415.

voluntary, prisoner can not be taken
after, ib.

negligent, when sheriff is excused for,
ib.

offense of, iv., 129, and n.
assisting in, iv., 131.

of vagrants, iv., 170, n.

Escheat, i., 302; ii., 11, 72, 89, 214; iv.,

338, 413, 418.

distinguished from purchase and de-
scent, ii., 201.

lord takes, subject to tenant's encum-
brances, ii., 245, n.

where there is a trust, ii., 246, n.

none when corporation becomes extinct,
ii., 256.

of gavelkind lands, ii., 84.

writ of, iii.. 194.

Escrow, ii., 307.

Escuage, ii., 74; iv., 422.
Esquire, i., 406.

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

174.

Essoign day, iii., 277, and n.
Estate in personalty, ii., 398.
tail in personalty, ib.

conditional limitations, conditions, and
remainders distinguished, ii., 175, n.
in reversion, ii., 175.

in remainder, ii., 163. See "Remain-
der."

rules as to limitations by way of remain-

der, 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" Con-
dition," "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 can not be joint-tenant of a chat-
tel with a subject, ii., 409.
in coparcenary, ii., 187, et seq.
partition by coparceners, ii., 189.
in common, ii., 191.

Estate (continued).

adverse possession by tenant in com-
mon, ii., 194, n.

partition by tenants in common, ii., 194.
disclaimer of, ii., 309.
forfeiture of, ii., 274.
division of, ii., 103.

a freehold or a chattel, ii., 16, 2.
in fee-simple, ii., 104.

in demesne, ii., 105.

abeyance of the freehold, ii., 107.
rule in Shelley's case, ii., 172, n., 242.
in fee in annuity, ii., 41.

grant to corporation, ii., 108.
grant to the crown, ii., 109.

fee-simple, conditional fee, and determ-
inable fee distinguished, ii., 109, n.,

110.

base fee, ii., 109.

tail, ii., 110, et seq.

tail, in an annuity, ii., 41, 112.
quasi in tail, iii., 113.
entail in personalty, ib.
frank-marriage, ii., 115.

incidents to estate-tail; waste, dower,
courtesy, ib.

destruction of entail, ii., 116, 348, 354,
n., 364.

tail, in copyholds, how barred, ii., 371.
forfeiture of entail, ii., 117.

tail, liable for debts to the crown, or of

a bankrupt, ii., 119.

tail, may be appointed to a charity, ib.
tail, can not merge, ii., 177.
tail, leases of, ii., 319.

not of inheritance, ii., 120.
indefinite grant passes estate for life of
grantee, when, ii., 121, and n.
for life, determinable, ii., 121.
joint life estate, ib.

civil death, ib.

estovers, emblements, &c., ii., 122.
apportionment of rent, ii., 124.
tail after possibility, &c., ib.
courtesy, ii., 126. See "Courtesy."
in dower, ii., 129. See "Dower."
pour autre vie, occupancy of, ii., 258
no general occupancy of copy holds, ii.,
260, n.

pour autre vie, in incorporeal heredita-
ments, ib.

pour autre vie, is assets, ii., 260, 379, n.
pour autre vie, entail of, ii., 113, 260,