Justice (continued). taking reward to help to stolen goods, iv., 132. receiving stolen goods, ib. barratry, iv., 134. compounding criminal informations, iv., 136. conspiracy, ib. threatening letters, iv., 137. perjury and subornation of perjury, ib. embracery, ib. false verdict, ib. negligence of officers, ib. oppression of officers, iv., 141. homicide in advancement of, iv., 179. 32. constitutional nature of, i., 470, n. Sovereignty of, i., 241. ubiquity of, i., 270. expenditure of, i., 334, 335. is the arbiter of commerce, i., 273. honor, &c., i., 271. perpetuity of, i., 249. prerogative of, i., 237. compassing or imagining his death, iv., contempt against courts of, iv., 124. can not be joint owner of a chattel tithes of extra parochial lands, ii., 26, n. prerogative presentation to a living, ii., no lapse of right to present by, ii., 277. 426. forfeiture of lands to, ii., 267. no general occupancy against, ii., 259. grants by, ii., 308, 346. restrictions on alienations by, ii., 346, n. can not grant monopolies, except for in- revenue, extraordinary, of, i., 306. royal family of, i., 219, 225. suits formerly discontinued by the de- when preferred to other creditors, iii., judgment of, affects all lands of his offi- neither pays nor receives costs, iii., 400. jurisdiction of Exchequer, in matters palaces, of contempts against, iv., 124. felonies against, iv., 98. counterfeiting seals of, iv., 83, 89, 92, n. refusing to advise or assist him, iv., 122. King's Bench, Court of, iii., 40; iv., 265. not fixed to any certain place, iii., 41. King's Bench, Court of (continued). writ of error from it lies to the Excheq- uer Chamber, iii., 43, n. justices of, killing them, iv., 84. Knight, the word, ïi., 62, n. banneret, i., 403. of the bath, ib. of the garter, i., 410. to be returned on a lord's jury, iii., 359. his electors, i. 172. Land, what, ii., 16. what is an interest in, ii., 306, n. limitation of actions for the recovery of, always inclosed in the eye of the law, possession of, sufficient to maintain tres- pass against a stranger, iii., 210, n. judgment operates as a charge upon, from what time a judgment binds, iii., 420. judgment does not affect, unless a mem- may be made defendant in ejectment, who are considered such, iii., 204, n. priority of, before execution creditor, Larceny, iv., 229. simple, iv., 230, and n. there must be a taking, ib. by servants and clerks, iv., 231, and a. by manufacturers, ib. by officers of Bank of England, ib. of South Sea Company, iv., 231, #. taking must be against owner's will, there must be a carrying away, ib., and a felonious intention, iv., 232, and a stealing of personal goods, iv., lead, &c., fixed, iv., 233, and n. (7). trees, roots, shrubs, &c., &c., ib., ore from mines, iv., 234, and n. (9). and n. (10). bonds, bills, choses in action, &c., letters, iv., 235, and n. (13). deer, coneys, &c., ib., and n. (15). oysters, ib. hawks, iv., 236. swans, ib. domestic animals, ib., and notes larceny, where owner is not known, punishment of, iv., 237, 239, n. (21). from the house, ib., and notes (29)- above 12d. in churches, iv., 241. common, i., 63-67. courts of, profits of, i., 289. divine or revealed, i., 42. interpretation of, i., 59-62, 87-91. merchant, i., 75, 273. moral obligation of, i., 43, n., 57, 58. 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. study of. See "Study." amendment of, statute for, iv., 441. Lay corporations, i., 470. investiture of bishops, i., 378. when by parol and when by deed, ii., who may make, ii., 318, et seq., 292, n., concurrent leases, ii., 820, n. renewal of ecclesiastical lease, 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. distinction between assignments ard 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." in Court of Chancery, iii., 98, n. Legal proceedings, wherein their uncer- Legatine constitutions, i., 82. Legislative power, i., 51, 53, 147. Legislature, how far controllable, i., 161 Legitimacy, English and Scotch laws re specting, ii., 248, n. Letter, threatening, &c., iv., 144, and n. Letter missive for electing a bishop, i., 379 for inventions, ii., 407. Levant and couchant, meaning of, iii., 8, Levari facias, iii., 417. Levying money without consent of Parlia Levying war against the king, iv., 81. Lex talionis, iv., 12. Lawyers, animosity between clergy and, Libel, remedies for, iii., 125. i., 20, n. noble, i., 11, 25. attempts to exclude from Parliament, truth of, may now be proved on an in- in action for, defendant may justify the Libel (continued). may prove apology in mitigation of in action for, in newspaper, apology may what kind indictable, and how, iv., 150. on king or government, iv., 123. how far thing imputed must be crim- truth, when material, ib., and n. by what mode of expression it may be what publication necessary, ib. in newspapers, proof of, iv., 150, and n. note. in ecclesiastical courts, iii., 100. Liberam legem, losing, iii., 340, 404; iv., Litigious church, iii., 244, 246. 348. Liberties, ii., 37. charters of our, i., 127-129. Liberty, civil, i., 6, 125, 251. personal, i., 134. political, i., 6, 125, 251. of the press, iv., 151. Liturgy, reviling of, iv., 50. of ward, ii., 68. Locks on rivers, destroying, iv., 144, and n. personal injuries to and crimes against, Loco parentis, i., 453, n. 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. wine, i., 289. Lien of vendor of goods, ii., 449, n. for salvage, ib. distinction between natural and civil, presumption of death, ii., 177, n. Lodgers, larceny by, iv., 231, and n., 242, n. 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. trading by feme-covert in, ii., 477. Lords, House of, i., 155, 168. Lords' Act, ii., 488, n. Lords committees for courts, iii., 57. Lunacy, jurisdiction of chancellor, iii., 427. See "Idiot." conveyance by, ii., 291. Lunatic (continued). when chargeable for crimes, iv., 24, Lunatic asylums, i., 305, n. Malicious destroying, &c. (continued). note. rail-ways, ib. mischief to value of £5 in general, ib. MACHINERY, destroying or injuring, iv., Man, Isle of, i., 406. 247, and n. exportation of, iv., 160, and n. Mackerel may be sold on Sunday, iv., 64, n. Madder roots, stealing them, iv., 233. Magistrates, i., 146. oppression by, iv., 141. Magna assiza eligenda, writ de, iii., 351. Mail, stealing from, iv., 235, n. 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., first called writ of restitution, iii., 110, n. action for a false return to, ib. return to, may be traversed, iii., 110, n. writ of error may be brought, ib. is now in the nature of an action, ib. Manors, ii., 20, 90. demesne lands, ii., 90. within manors or honors, ii., 91. court baron and customary court, ii., 90. can not now be created, ii., 91. Maladministration of government, iv., 121. Manslaughter, iv., 191. 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. prepense, iv., 198, 206. in libels, iv., 150. in murders, iv., 198. in arson, iv., 222, and n. intent to injure inferred from wrongful Malicious prosecution, action on the case Malicious destroying, &c., powdike in fens corn, barns, stacks, &c., ib., and n. ships, &c., iv., 245, and n. hop-binds, ib. mines by fire, ib. mine, engines, &c., ib. fences, gates, &c., ib. machinery, &c., ib. VOL. IV.-L L punishment of, iv., 192, and n. injuries to, iv., 247, and n. Marine felonies, how triable, iv., 269, and n. Mariners, wandering, iv., 164. how established, i., 274. holding near another, a nuisance, iii., 218. clerk of, his court, iv., 275. Marque and reprisal, letters of, i., 258, 259, n. acts, i., 435, 437, n., 438, n. |