Justice (continued).

taking reward to help to stolen goods,

iv., 132.

receiving stolen goods, ib.
theft-bote, iv., 133.

barratry, iv., 134.
maintenance, ib.
champerty, iv., 135.

compounding criminal informations, iv.,

136.

conspiracy, ib.

threatening letters, iv., 137.

perjury and subornation of perjury, ib.
bribery, iv., 140.

embracery, ib.

false verdict, ib.

negligence of officers, ib.

oppression of officers, iv., 141.
extortion, ib.

homicide in advancement of, iv., 179.
Justice-seat, court of, iii., 72.
Justices of the peace, i., 249.
antiquity of their office, i., 349.
mode of appointment, i., 350.
number and qualification, i., 352.
power and duty of, i., 353, 354, n.
should study law, i., 8.
Justicies, writ of, iii., 36.
Justifiable homicide, iv., 178.
Justification, special, iii., 306.
Justifying bail, iii., 291.
Justinian, Pandects of, i., 81.

32.

constitutional nature of, i., 470, n.
councils of, i., 227.
dignity of, i., 241.
duties of, i., 226.

Sovereignty of, i., 241.
title of, i., 190.

ubiquity of, i., 270.

expenditure of, i., 334, 335.

is the arbiter of commerce, i., 273.
fountain of justice, i., 266.

honor, &c., i., 271.
head of the Church, i., 279.
injuries by or to, iii., 254.
perfection of, i., 246.

perpetuity of, i., 249.
power of, i., 250.

prerogative of, i., 237.

compassing or imagining his death, iv.,
76.

contempt against courts of, iv., 124.
adhering to enemies of, iv., 82.

can not be joint owner of a chattel
with a subject, ii., 409.
prerogative copyright, ii., 410.
property in game, ib.

tithes of extra parochial lands, ii., 26, n.
may take a chattel by succession, ii., 438.
ancient jewels of, are heir-looms, ii., 432.
may have a rent out of an incorporeal
hereditament, ii., 42, n.

prerogative presentation to a living, ii.,
24, n.

no lapse of right to present by, ii., 277.
mortuary on death of bishop, ii., 413,

426.

forfeiture of lands to, ii., 267.

no general occupancy against, ii., 259.
words of limitation in grants to, ii., 109.
descent of crown to collateral relation
of half blood allowed, ii., 253.
extent for crown debts, ii., 161, n.
reversion in, not barrable, ii., 118.
not bound by sale in market overt, ii.,
449.

grants by, ii., 308, 346.

restrictions on alienations by, ii., 346, n.
mistake or deceit, ii., 348.

can not grant monopolies, except for in-
ventions, ii., 407.

revenue, extraordinary, of, i., 306.
ordinary, of, i., 281.

royal family of, i., 219, 225.
seals of, ii., 346; iii., 47.

suits formerly discontinued by the de-
mise of, iii., 295.

when preferred to other creditors, iii.,
420, and n.

judgment of, affects all lands of his offi-
cers, iii., 420.

neither pays nor receives costs, iii., 400.
exceptions, iii., 400, n.

jurisdiction of Exchequer, in matters
concerning, iii., 420.
petition of right, iii., 428.

palaces, of contempts against, iv., 124.
person, of contempts against, iv., 123.
prerogative, of contempts against, iv.,
122.

felonies against, iv., 98.

counterfeiting seals of, iv., 83, 89, 92, n.
levying war against, iv., 123.

refusing to advise or assist him, iv., 122.
Kingcraft, i., 74, n.

King's Bench, Court of, iii., 40; iv., 265.
judges of, iii., 40.

not fixed to any certain place, iii., 41.
its jurisdiction, ib.

King's Bench, Court of (continued).
fiction of defendant being in custody of
marshal of, abolished, iii., 42, n.
from what courts a court of appeal, iii.,
43, and n.

writ of error from it lies to the Excheq-

uer Chamber, iii., 43, n.
process in, by original, iii., 284.
by bill of Middlesex, iii., 285.
by latitat, ib.

justices of, killing them, iv., 84.
King's counsel, iii., 27.
King's silver, ii., 350.

Knight, the word, ïi., 62, n.
bachelor, i., 404.

banneret, i., 403.

of the bath, ib.

of the garter, i., 410.

to be returned on a lord's jury, iii., 359.
of the shire, i., 176.

his electors, i. 172.
Kuighthood, i., 404; ii., 69; iv., 437.
Knight's fee, i., 404, 410; ii., 62.
Knight's service, ii., 62.

Land, what, ii., 16.

what is an interest in, ii., 306, n.
left by the sea or a river, ii., 261.
history of the right to alien, ii., 287.
re-entry on, iii., 4.

limitation of actions for the recovery of,
iii., 188, n.

always inclosed in the eye of the law,
iii., 209.

possession of, sufficient to maintain tres-

pass against a stranger, iii., 210, n.
plea in abatement not admitted in suit
for, iii., 302.

judgment operates as a charge upon,
iii., 419, n.

from what time a judgment binds, iii.,

420.

judgment does not affect, unless a mem-
orandum be left with the senior mas-
ter of the Common Pleas, ib.
Landlord, when he may break open doors,
iii., 11.

may be made defendant in ejectment,
iii., 204.

who are considered such, iii., 204, n.
summary remedy by, when rent is in
arrear, iii., 206, n.

priority of, before execution creditor,
iii., 417, n.

Larceny, iv., 229.

simple, iv., 230, and n.

there must be a taking, ib.

by servants and clerks, iv., 231, and a.
by agents, bankers, &c., ib.

by manufacturers, ib.

by officers of Bank of England, ib.
by public officers in general, ib.
by servants, &c., in post-office, iv.,
235, n.

of South Sea Company, iv., 231, #.
by lodgers, iv., 231, and n. (3).
by party stealing his own goods, ib.,
and n. (4).

taking must be against owner's will,
iv., 231.

there must be a carrying away, ib.,
and n. (5).

and a felonious intention, iv., 232,
and n.

and a stealing of personal goods, iv.,
232, et seq.

lead, &c., fixed, iv., 233, and n. (7).
underwood, turnips, fruit, &c., iv.,
233.

trees, roots, shrubs, &c., &c., ib.,
and n. (8).

ore from mines, iv., 234, and n. (9).
writings relating to real estate, .,

and n. (10).

bonds, bills, choses in action, &c.,
ib. and n. (11).

letters, iv., 235, and n. (13).
from wrecks, ib., and n. (14).
animals, iv., 235.

deer, coneys, &c., ib., and n. (15).
fish, iv., 236, and n. (17).

oysters, ib.

hawks, iv., 236.

swans, ib.

domestic animals, ib., and notes
(18), (19).

larceny, where owner is not known,
iv., 236.

punishment of, iv., 237, 239, n. (21).
offense, when aggravated by circum-
stances, &c., iv., 239, and notes.
compound, iv., 241.

from the house, ib., and notes (29)-
(33).

above 12d. in churches, iv., 241.
in booths or tents at fairs, ib.
house, &c., breaking, ib., and n. (32).
stealing in a dwelling-house, iv., 241,

common, i., 63-67.

courts of, profits of, i., 289.

divine or revealed, i., 42.

interpretation of, i., 59-62, 87-91.
martial, i., 413.

merchant, i., 75, 273.

moral obligation of, i., 43, n., 57, 58.
municipal, i., 44.

of God, i., 41.

of nations, i., 43, 44, n.

of nature, i., 39.

parts of a law, i., 54, 58.

promulgation of, i., 6, n., 45.
statute, i., 85.

study of. See "Study."

amendment of, statute for, iv., 441.
canon, authority of, iv., 421, 422.
divine, offenses against, iv., 43.
feodal, iv., 418.

Lay corporations, i., 470.

investiture of bishops, i., 378.
Lazarets, escaping from, iv., 162.
Lead, stealing of, iv., 233, and n.
receiving stolen, iv., 133.
Leading interrogatories, iii., 449.
Lease, ii., 317, et seq., 144, n., 150, n.;
iii., 41. See "Estate."

when by parol and when by deed, ii.,
318, n.

who may make, ii., 318, et seq., 292, n.,
319, 322, n.

concurrent leases, ii., 820, n.

renewal of ecclesiastical lease, ib.
non-residence of incumbent, ii., 322.
college leases, ib.

corn rents, ib.

must be perfected by lessee's entry, ii.,

144, n., 314.

to an alien, ii., 293, n.

defeasance of, ii., 327, n.
liabilities of assignee, ib.

distinction between assignments ard
underleases, ib.

relief from forfeiture, iii., 435.

and release, ii., 339.

entry and ouster, iii., 204.

Lectures, copyright in, ii., 407, n.

Leet, iv., 273, 411, 424.

Legacies, ii., 512; iii., 98. See" Will."
Legacies, suits for, in ecclesiastical courts,
iii., 98.

in Court of Chancery, iii., 98, n.
Legal memory, former and present limits
of, i., 67; ii., 31.

Legal proceedings, wherein their uncer-
tainty consists, and to what owing,
iii., 325.

Legatine constitutions, i., 82.

Legislative power, i., 51, 53, 147.

Legislature, how far controllable, i., 161
Legitimacy, i., 446.

Legitimacy, English and Scotch laws re

specting, ii., 248, n.

Letter, threatening, &c., iv., 144, and n.
stealing of, 235, and n.
Letter missive, iii., 445.

Letter missive for electing a bishop, i., 379
Letters of marque, i., 258, 259, n.
Letters, copyright in, ii., 407, n
Letters patent, ii., 346.

for inventions, ii., 407.

Levant and couchant, meaning of, iii., 8,
n., 239.

Levari facias, iii., 417.
Levitical degrees, i., 435.

Levying money without consent of Parlia
ment, i., 140.

Levying war against the king, iv., 81.
Lewdness, iv., 64.

Lex talionis, iv., 12.

i., 20, n.

noble, i., 11, 25.

attempts to exclude from Parliament,
i., 177.

truth of, may now be proved on an in-
dictment for, iii., 126, n.

in action for, defendant may justify the
truth, ib.

Libel (continued).

may prove apology in mitigation of
damages, iii., 126, n.

in action for, in newspaper, apology may
be pleaded, ib.

what kind indictable, and how, iv., 150.
blasphemous, iv., 59, and n.

on king or government, iv., 123.
on judges, &c., iv., 150.

how far thing imputed must be crim-
inal, ib.

truth, when material, ib., and n.
malice, how far essential, ib.

by what mode of expression it may be
conveyed, ib.

what publication necessary, ib.
modes of prosecution, iv., 151.
mode of trial, ib., and n.

in newspapers, proof of, iv., 150, and n.
judgment and punishment, iv., 151, and

note.

in ecclesiastical courts, iii., 100.

348.

Liberties, ii., 37.

charters of our, i., 127-129.

Liberty, civil, i., 6, 125, 251.
natural, i., 125.

personal, i., 134.

political, i., 6, 125, 251.

of the press, iv., 151.

Liturgy, reviling of, iv., 50.
Livery of seizin, ii., 311.

of ward, ii., 68.

iii., 127; iv., 218.

License from the pope, iv., 115.

to mine, ii., 43, n.

of mortmain, ii., 269.

of alienation, ii., 72.

to administer oaths, iii., 59.
marriage, i., 439.

wine, i., 289.
Licensed curate, i., 394, n.
Licensing of books, iv., 152, 439.
Licentia loqueddi, iii., 299.
Liege, i., 367.

Lien of vendor of goods, ii., 449, n.
of bailee, ii., 453, n.

for salvage, ib.
Lieutenant, Lord, i., 412; iv., 272.
Life, i., 129.

distinction between natural and civil,
ii., 121.

presumption of death, ii., 177, n.
compelling production of cestuy que vie,
ii., 177.

Lodgers, larceny by, iv., 231, and n., 242, n.
Logic, its effects upon law and theology, i.,

33; ii., 58; iv., 417.

Lollardy, iv., 47.

London, franchises of, not forfeitable, iii.,

264; iv., 424.

courts of, iii., 81.

customs of, i., 75, 76, 427, n.
custom of, on intestacy, ii., 517.
market overt in, ii., 449.

trading by feme-covert in, ii., 477.
chamberlain of, may take bonds and
recognizances by succession, ii., 432.
customs of, tried by certificate of the
mayor and aldermen, iii., 333.
whether defendant be a citizen, tried
by sheriff's certificate, iii., 334.
Lord, feudal, ii., 53.

Lords, House of, i., 155, 168.
its peculiar laws, i., 167.
spiritual, i., 155, 156.
temporal, i., 157-159.

Lords' Act, ii., 488, n.

Lords committees for courts, iii., 57.
Lords triors, iv.. 259, 260, 440.
Lotteries, iv., 168, and n.

Lunacy, jurisdiction of chancellor, iii., 427.
appeal in matters of, ib.
Lunatic, iv., 24, 395.

See "Idiot."

conveyance by, ii., 291.
plea of non-competency, ib.
fine by, ii., 355, n.
will of, ii., 497.
marriage of, i., 439.

Lunatic (continued).

when chargeable for crimes, iv., 24,
195, App. (B.).

Lunatic asylums, i., 305, n.
Luxury, iv., 170.

Malicious destroying, &c. (continued).
buildings for manufactures, iv., 247, and

note.

rail-ways, ib.

mischief to value of £5 in general, ib.
Malt tax, i., 314.

247, and n.

exportation of, iv., 160, and n.

Mackerel may be sold on Sunday, iv., 64, n.

Madder roots, stealing them, iv., 233.
Mad-houses, i., 305, n.

Magistrates, i., 146.
subordinate, i., 338.
supreme, ib.

oppression by, iv., 141.

Magna assiza eligenda, writ de, iii., 351.
Magna Charta, i., 127; iv., 423, 425.
its contents, iv., 423, 424.

Mail, stealing from, iv., 235, n.
Mainor, iii., 71; iv., 307.

Mainpernors, iii., 128.

Mainprize, writ of, iii., 128.

Maintenance of bastards, i., 458.

of children, i., 447.

of parents, i., 454.

of suits, i., 428; iv., 134.

of wife, i., 242.

Making law, iii., 343.

Mandamus, writ of, when it issues, iii.,
110; iv., 441.

first called writ of restitution, iii., 110, n.
how issued, iii., 110.

action for a false return to, ib.
peremptory, when issued, ib.

return to, may be traversed, iii., 110, n.
demurrer to return to, ib.

writ of error may be brought, ib.
remedy for refusal to admit corporate
officer, iii., 264.

is now in the nature of an action, ib.
to elect corporate officers, iii., 265.
Mandates, royal, to the judges, i., 142, 229,
n.; iv., 426.

Mala in se, i., 54, 57.

Mala prohibita, i., 57, 58.

distinction reprobated, i., 58, n.

Male line preferred to female in descent

of the crown, i., 194.

Malice, express, iv., 199.
implied, ib., 200.

prepense, iv., 198, 206.

in libels, iv., 150.

in murders, iv., 198.

in arson, iv., 222, and n.
under Black Act, iv., 246.

intent to injure inferred from wrongful
act, iv., 222, n.

Malicious prosecution, action on the case
for, iii., 126.

Malicious destroying, &c., powdike in fens
in Norfolk and Ely, iv., 245.
destroying sea and river, &c., banks,
bridges, &c., iv., 144, 145.
locks and turnpikes, &c., ib.
canals, &c., iv., 245, n.
corn, &c., iv., 245.

corn, barns, stacks, &c., ib., and n.
horses, cattle, &c., iv., 246, and n.
crops, waste heath, fern, &c., iv., 245,
247, and n.

ships, &c., iv., 245, and n.
underwood, wood, &c., ib.
trees, &c., iv., 247, and n.

hop-binds, ib.

mines by fire, ib.

mine, engines, &c., ib.

fences, gates, &c., ib.

machinery, &c., ib.
frame-work, &c., ib.

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punishment of, iv., 192, and n.
conviction of, iv., 219, App. iii.
Man-traps, injury by, iv., 175, n.
Manufacturers, ordering them abroad, iv.,

injuries to, iv., 247, and n.
stealing from, iv., 240, and n.
Marchers, lords, i., 398.
Marechal, lord, iii., 38, 68.

Marine felonies, how triable, iv., 269, and n.
Marine insurance, ii., 460.
Marines, i., 416.

Mariners, wandering, iv., 164.
Maritagium, ii., 70, 80.
Maritime causes, iii., 106.
Maritime courts, iii., 69.
Maritime state, i., 419.
Mark, signature by, ii., 305.
Market, ii., 38.

how established, i., 274.
overt, sale in, ii., 449.

holding near another, a nuisance, iii., 218.
towns, i., 115.

clerk of, his court, iv., 275.

Marque and reprisal, letters of, i., 258,

259, n.
Marquesses, i., 397.
Marriage, i., 433.

acts, i., 435, 437, n., 438, n.
civil contract, iv., 433, 439.
clandestine, i., 439; iv., 162.
disabilities of, i., 434, 435.