RABBITS, taking, &c., 235, and n.
Racing, when unlawful, iv., 173, and n.
Rack, iv., 325.
Rack-rent, ii., 43.
Rail, stealing of, iv., 233, n.
destroying and injuring, iv., 247, n.
Rail-way acts, i., 85, n., 473, n.
obstructing, iv., 247, n.
Ransom, illegal, ii., 402; üi., 436; iv., 67,
n., 380.
Rape, of women, iv., 210.
evidence in, iv., 213, and notes.
assault to commit, iv., 217.
appeal of, iv., 314.
Rape, in counties, i., 117.
Rapina, iv., 248.
Rationabili parte, writ de, iii., 194.
Rationabili parte bonorum, writ de, ii.,
Ravishment of children, iii., 141; iv., 212.
of ward, iii., 141.
of wife, iii., 139.
Reading, on claim of clergy, iv., 367, 441.
Real actions, iii., 117, 177, 198, 232.
Real property. See "Property."
annuity of inheritance is not, ii., 41, n.
what is an interest in land, ii., 306, n.
Reasonable part, ii., 492, 516; iv., 408, 424.
Reassurance, ii., 460.
Rebellion, commission of, iii., 444.
Rebutter, iii., 310.
Record (continued).
nisi prius, iii., 356.
trial by, iii., 330.
Recordari facias loquelam, iii., 34, 19ǝ.
Recoveries, ii., 357, et seq.
common, invention of, ii., 116, 270.
single, double, and treble voucher, ii.,
358, 359, 360, n.
regarded as common assurances, ii., 360.
tenant to the præcipe, ii., 362.
estoppel by, ii., 362, n.
forfeiture by, ib.
change of descent by, ib.
deeds to lead or declare the use of, ïi.,
363.
abolished, and new mode of assurance
substituted, ii., 364, n.
of copyholds, ii., 371, n.; iii., 166.
certifying false, iv., 128, n.
forgery of, iv., 250, n.
Recreant, iii., 340; iv., 348.
Rector of a church, i., 384..
Rectorial tithes, i., 388.
Recusants, popish, iv., 55, 124.
Recusatio judicis, iii., 361.
Reddendum, ii., 299.
Redisseizin, writ of, iii., 188
Reditus, ii., 57. See "Rent."
Re-entry on land, iii., 4.
Re-entry after exchange, on eviction, ii.,
323.
Recall of subjects from abroad, i., 266; iv., Reeve land, ii., 48, n., 90.
Recaption, iii., 3; iv., 363.
goods obtained with a preconceived
idea of not paying for them, may be
retaken from the party, iii., 3, n.
rights of, must not be exerted where it
must occasion strife and bodily con-
tention, iii., 4.
Receipt, forgery of, iv., 250, and n.
Receiving stolen goods, offense of, in gen-
eral, iv., 132, 133, and n.
lead, &c., iv., 133.
plate, &c., ib.
ship's cargo, ib.
letters, iv., 234, n.
Reciprocity system, i., 419, n.
Recitals in a deed, ii., 297.
Recognizance, ii., 341, 465.
for the peace or good behavior, iv., 252.
to prosecute, iv., 296.
to give evidence, ib.
Reconciliation to the pope, &c., iv., 87.
Record, i., 69; iii., 24, 317; iv., 426.
is tried by nothing but itself, iii., 24.
must be brought down to the assizes by
plaintiff or his attorney, iii., 356.
transcript of, to be annexed to return
of writ of error, iii., 400, n.
alienation by, ii., 344.
debts of, ii., 465.
no prescription of right by, ii., 265.
embezzling, &c., of, iv., 128.
court of, iii., 24, 34, 406.
Reference to master, iii., 453.
Reform acts, i., 159, n., 172, n., 175, n.
Reformation of religion, iv., 430.
Refusal of a clerk, i., 389.
Regalia majora et minora, i., 241.,
Regard, Court of, iii., 72.
Regent, i., 248, and n.
Register of seamen, i., 419, 420, n.
Register of mariners, iii., 105, n.
falsifying, iv., 163, and n.
Registrum omnium brevium, iii., 183.
Registry of conveyances, ii., 342.
Regrating, iv., 160.
Rehearing, iii., 453.
Rejoinder, iii., 309.
Relation back, of title of bankrupt's as-
signees, ii., 485, 488, n.
of judgment, iii., 420, 421.
in forfeiture, iv., 381, 386, 387.
Relations, private, i., 422.
public, i., 146.
Relations, defense of, iii., 3.
Relative rights and duties, i., 123, 146.
Relator, iii., 264, 427; iv., 308.
Release, may operate as a grant, &c., ii.,
379, n.
by way of enlargement, ii., 324.
lease and release, ii., 339.
per mitter l'estate, ii., 324.
per mitter le droit, ii., 325.
by extinguishment, ib.
by entry and feoffment, ib.
Reliefs, ii., 56, 65, 87; iv., 418, 420.
Religion, offenses against, iv., 43, et seqq. | Repair of way, ii., 36, n.
Religious impostures, iv., 61, 62.
Rem, information in, iii., 262.
Remainders, ii., 163.
fee limited in remainder on a fee, ii.,
165, n.
alternative contingent remainders, ii.,
165.
freehold in futuro, ib.
what a sufficient particular estate, ii.,
failure of particular estate, ii., 167.
vested or contingent, ii., 168, 169.
possibility upon a possibility, ii., 169.
conveyance of contingent estates, ii.,
169, n., 290, n., 354, n.
destruction of, ii., 117, 119, 171, 364, n.
trustees to preserve contingent remain-
ders, ii., 171.
executory devises, ii., 172, et seq.
rule in Shelley's case, ii., 172, n.
rule against perpetuities, ii., 174.
distinguished from conditional limita-
tions, ii., 175, n.
distinguished from reversions, ii., 176.
cross, implication of, ii., 381.
in personalty, ii., 398.
formedon in, iii., 192.
Remainder-man might come in and de-
fend the freehold if tenant made de-
fault, iii., 204.
may cause tenant for life to be pro-
duced, iii., 211.
Remedial part of laws, i., 55; ii., 23.
statute, i., 86, 88.
Remitter, iii., 189.
what it is, iii., 19.
reason of, iii., 20.
to owner of stolen goods, ii., 450.
Remoteness, rule against, ii., 174.
Removal, fraudulent, iii., 11.
of poor, i., 364.
Renewals of copyholds for lives, ii., 98.
Rent, origin of, ii., 41, 57, 86, 299.
rent service, rent charge, and rent seck,
ii., 41, et seq.
rent of assize, quick-rents, rack-rents,
and fee-farm rents, ii., 42.
distinguished from annuity, ii., 41.
reservation of, ii., 297.
incident to the reversion, ii., 176.
rent-service may be reserved without
deed, ii., 41, n.
may issue out of tithes, ii., 42, n.
none out of personalty, ib.
seizin of rent, and remedy by assize, ib.
when and where payable, ii., 43; iii.,
appointment of, ii., 43, n., 124.
extinguishment of, ii., 43.
limitation of right to recover arrears,
ii., 266, n.
remedy for, iii., 6, 206, 231; iv., 441.
action of debt for, iii., 231.
assize of mort d'ancestor for, ib.
to be paid by sheriff, iii., 417.
Repleader, when it will be awarded, iii.,
394, and n.
Replevin, iii., 13, 170.
how made, iii., 147.
action of, when it may be brought, iii.,
proceedings in action of, iii., 149.
execution in, iii., 413.
bond, iii., 147.
Replication, iii., 309.
in equity, iii., 448.
in criminal cases, iv., 339.
Reports of adjudged cases, i., 71.
by master, iii., 453.
Representation not delegation, i., 159.
in descent of the crown, i., 194, 201.
distinguished from warranty, ii., 460, n.
Reprieve, several kinds of, iv., 394.
Reprisals on foreigners, i., 258.
of goods, iii., 4.
Reputation, protection of, i., 134; iii., 123.
Reputed ownership by bankrupt, ii., 488,
thieves, vagrants, when, iv., 170, n.
Requests, Court of, i., 230; iii., 51, 81.
Rere fiefs, ii., 57.
Rescous, what, and how remedied, iii.,
146.
Rescue, when it may be made, iii., 12,
170; iv., 125, 131.
Reservations, ii., 299.
Residence of spiritual persons, i., 391, 392.
Resignation, i., 382, 393.
legality of engagements to resign a liv-
ing, ii., 280.
Resistance, right of, i., 251; iv., 436, 440.
must not exceed bounds of mere de-
fense and prevention, iii., 4, and n.
Respite of jury, iii., 354.
Respondentia, ii., 458, 461.
Respondeat ouster, judgment of, iii., 303,
396; iv., 338.
Responsa prudentum, i., 80.
Restitution of temporalities, i., 380; iv.,
421.
in blood, &c., iv., 402.
of conjugal rights, iii., 94.
of stolen goods, iv., 362.
writ of, iv., 188, 363.
Restoration of, A.D. 1660, i., 210; iv., 438.
Restraining statute, i., 87; ii., 320; iv.,
Retainer of debts, ii., 511; iii., 18.
executor of his own wrong can not re
tain, iii., 19.
of servant, iii., 142.
Retaliation, law of, iv., 12.
Retorno habendo, plegii de, iii., 147.
writ de, iii., 150, 413.
Retraxit, iii., 295, 395.
Return days, iii., 277.
false or double, i., 180; iii., 111, 372.
irreplevisable, writ of, iii., 150.
Return days (continued).
of writs, iii., 273, 275.
Revealed law of God, i., 42.
Revenue, extraordinary, i., 307.
ordinary, i., 281.
jurisdiction of Exchequer, iii., 428.
causes, trial of, iv., 281.
officers, assaults on, iv., 155, and n.
Reversal of judgment, iii., 411; iv., 390.
of outlawry, iii., 284; iv., 320, 392.
Reversion, ii., 112, 175.
incidents to, fealty and rent, ii., 175.
may be for years, ii., 176, n.
merger, ii., 177.
sale of, ii., 444, n.
Reverter, formedon in, iii., 192.
Review, commission of, iii., 67.
court of, iii., 428, n.
bill of, iii., 454.
Reviling church ordinances, iv., 50.
Revivor in equity, iii., 448.
Revocation of uses, ii., 335, 339.
of will, ii., 376, 502.
Revolution of A.D. 1399, i., 203, n.
of A.D. 1688, 211, 216, n.; iv., 440.
Reward, taking of, to help to stolen goods,
iv., 132.
for apprehending offenders, iv., 294, 295,
and n.
for discovering accomplices, iv., 331.
Rhudd land, statute of, i., 94.
Ridings, i., 117.
Right, nature and varieties of, ii., 8, n., 14,
n., 197.
of property and possession, ii., 196.
release and extinguishment of, ii., 325.
of advowson, writ of, iii., 243, 250.
abolished, iii., 250, n.
close, writ of, ii., 99; iii., 34, 195.
where there is a legal, there is also a
legal remedy, iii., 23.
writ of, iii., 192.
when must formerly have been
brought, iii., 190.
in what court proceedings upon, iii., 195.
patent, writ of, iii., 141.
of dower, writ of, iii., 183.
of ward, writ of, iii., 141.
petition of, iii., 256.
Rights are of two sorts, rights of persons
and rights of things, iii., 2.
of persons, absolute and relative, iii.,
River, title to land left by, ii., 261.
Rivers, annoyances in, iv., 167, and n.
banks, destroying of, iv., 144, and z.
sluices on, destroying, ib.
thefts on navigable, iv., 239, and n.
Robbery, iv., 242, and 244, n. See "Lar
ceny."
there must be a taking, iv., 243.
not material when taken, ib.
must be a force or putting in fear, ib.
punishment, iv., 245, and n.
assaulting with intent to rob, ib.
men, iv., 245.
Roguery, incorrigible, iv., 169, n.
Rogues, iv., 169, n.
See "Vagrants."
Rolls, master of, iii., 451.
Roman division of money and interest, ii.,
Catholic, disabilities of, ii., 22, n., 257.
293; iv., 55. See "Popery."
Catholic schools, &c., i., 451.
Catholic members of Parliament, i.,
163, n.
Catholics, rights, disabilities, and pro-
tection of, iv., 58, and n.
Catholic patrons, rights of universities
to benefices belonging to, iii., 251.
Catholic guardians, i., 462, n.
law. See "Civil Law."
Rome, appeals to, in ecclesiastical causes,
iii., 66.
Romney Marsh, laws of, iii., 74.
Roots, destroying of, iv., 247, and n.
stealing of, iv., 233, and a.
Rope-dancers, iv., 167.
Routs, iv., 146.
Royal assent, i., 185.
authority, i., 250.
dignity, i., 241.
family, i., 219, 225.
marriages of, i., 225; iv., 117.
fish, i., 223, 290; ii., 403.
forests, i., 289.
income, i., 332-334.
liability, i., 243.
mines, i., 295.
perfection, i., 246.
prerogative, i., 237.
revenue, i., 281.
Rule in Shelley's case, ii., 172, n.,
of court, iii., 304.
Rural dean, i., 383.
deanery, i., 112.
Ryder to a bill, i., 183.
SABBATH breaking, iv., 63.
Sacramentum decisionis, iii., 342.
Safe-conducts, i., 259, 260; iv., 68.
Saint Martin le Grand, Court of, iii., 80.
Saladine tenth, i., 309.
Sale of chattels, ii., 9, 446.
after execution, ii., 447.
of distress, iii., 14.
bill of lading, ib.
vendor's lien, ib.
of horses, ii., 450.
of stolen goods, ii., 449.
warranty of title, ii., 451.
warranty of quality, ib.
Salt duty, i., 322.
Salvage, i., 293; ii., 458, 460.
lien for, ii., 453, n.
Sanction of laws, i., 56.
Sanctuary, iv., 332, 365, 436.
Sark, Isle of, i., 107.
Satisdatio, iii., 291.
Satisfaction, when to be entered on the
record, iii., 421; iv., 428.
Saxon laws, i., 64; iv., 410, 412.
Scale of crimes and punishment, iv., 18.
Scandal and impertinence in pleading, iii.,
442.
Scandalum magnatum, i., 402; iii., 123.
Scavage, package on, i., 317.
Schire-men, i., 398.
Schoolmaster, i., 453; iv., 54.
Sciences auxiliary to the study of the law,
i., 33.
Scire facias, in Chancery, to repeal pat-
ents, iii., 260.
against bail, iii., 416.
in detinue, iii., 413.
to remove usurper's clerk, iii., 248.
to repeal patent, iii., 261.
when necessary, to revive judgments,
iii., 421.
Scold, common, iv., 169.
Scot or assessment, iii., 74.
Scotch peers, their election, i., 169; iv.,
their privileges, i., 97, 99, 165, 401, n.
Scotland, i., 95-98.
arrest of offenders in, iv., 292.
offenses committed in, iv., 304.
Scripture, scoffing at, iv., 59.
Scutage, i., 310; ii., 74.
Sea, title to land left by, ii., 261.
rights of fishing, ii., 39, 40.
banks, destroying, iv., 144, and n.
marks, i., 264.
destroying them, i., 294.
Seal, great and privy, ii., 346, 347; iii., 46.
counterfeiting the king's, iv., 83, 89,
of a corporation, i., 475.
Sealing of deed, ii., 305.
Seamen, i., 420.
Seamen (continued).
wages of, iii., 107.
will or powers of, counterfeiting, iv.,
248, 250, n.
personation of, iv., 250, n.
Second deliverance, writ of, iii., 150.
surcharge, writ of, iii., 238.
Secretaries of state, i., 338.
Secta, iii., 295, 344.
ad molendinum, iii., 235.
Secunda superoneratione, iii., 239.
Security of person, i., 129.
for good behavior, iv., 251, 256.
for the peace, iv., 251, 254.
for money, iii., 439.
"Mortgage,"
""Statute."
Se defendendo, homicide, i., 130; v., 183.
Seduction, action for, iii., 142, n.
public offense of, iv., 64.
of women and children, iv., 209, 212.
of soldiers and sailors, iv., 102.
of artificers, iv., 160.
See, not necessarily a city, i., 115, n.
Seizin, formerly important in descents, ii.,
208.
in deed, ii., 209.
livery of, ii., 311.
in one's demesne, ii., 105.
of incorporeal hereditament, ii., 42,
106.
writ of, ii., 359; iii., 412.
Seizing of heriots, iii., 15.
Selden, conduct of the judges upon his
committal, iii., 134.
Selecti judices of the Romans similar to
our juries, iii., 366.
Self-defense, excuse for breaches of the
peace, iii., 3.
for homicide, i., 130; iii., 3; iv., 183.
Self-murder, iv., 189.
Semi-plena probatio, iii., 371.
Senatus consulta, i., 80, 86.
Senatus decreta, i., 86.
Separate estate of wife, ii., 293, n.
Septennial elections, i., 189, 433.
Sequestration, iii., 417, 444, 445.
| Sergeant-at-law, i., 24; iii., 26, 28.
premier, iii., 28.
at-arms, iii., 444.
Sergeantry, ii., 73, 77, 81.
Sermons, copyright in, ii., 407, n.
Servants, i., 423.
battery of, iii., 142.
characters to, i., 426, n.
false character of, ib.
fires by negligence of, i., 432.
husbandry, i., 425.
liability of, i., 429.
Servants (continued).
larceny by, iv., 230, and n.
Service, incidents of, i., 427.
Services, ii., 41, 60.
subtraction of, iii., 234.
remedy for, iii., 235.
Session of jail delivery, iv., 270.
great, of Wales, iii., 77.
of Parliament, i., 186, 187.
formerly one day, i., 46, n.
of oyer and terminer, ib.
quarter, iv., 271, 274.
Set-off, iii., 304; iv., 442.
must be pleaded, iii., 304, n.
in bankruptcy, ii., 487, n.
Settlement, act of, i., 128, 216; iv., 440.
of the poor, i., 362, 364.
Shrubs (continued).
stealing of, iv., 233, and n.
Si fecerit te securum, iii., 274.
Sign-manual, ii., 347.
forging it, iv., 89, 93, n.
Signature may be printed, ii., 297, .
by a mark, ii., 305.
Signet, privy, ii., 347.
Significavit, iii., 102.
Similitude of handwriting, iv., 358.
Simony, i., 389, 393; ii., 278, et seq.; iv.,
Simple contract, ii., 456. See" Parol."
larceny, iv., 229, et seqq.
Sinecure, i., 386.
Single combat, iv., 346.
Sinking fund, i., 332, n.
marriage, trustees to preserve contin- Si non omnes, writ of, iii., 61.
gent remainders, ii., 171.
protector of, ii., 364, n.
of personalty, ii., 398.
Severalty, estate in, ii., 179.
Severity of punishment, impolicy of, iv.,
Sewers, commissioners of, their jurisdic-
tion and powers, iii., 73.
Sextons, i., 395.
Sheep, &c., stealing, and killing them
with the intent to steal, iv., 239, and n.
Shelley's case, rule in, ii., 172, n., 242.
Shepway, court of, iii., 79.
Sheriff, i., 117, 339; iv., 292, 413, 428.
See "Execution."
duration of office, i., 342.
duties and powers, i., 343.
how chosen, i., 339.
trial before, iii., 61, n.
obliged to take bail, iii., 289.
responsible if bail is not put in to the
action, iii., 290.
may return two sets of jurors if direct-
ed by the judge, iii., 358, n.
liable for escape of prisoner, iii., 415.
can not retake prisoner after voluntary
escape, ib.
when excused for negligence, ib.
Sheriff's court in London, iii., 80.
Sheriff's tourn, iv., 273, 411, 424.
Ship, prize and ransom of, ii., 401, 402.
bottomry and respondentia, ii., 457, 458,
460, 461.
insurance, ii., 458.
in distress, plundering, i., 293, 294, n.
money, iv., 437.
seized as prize, remedy for, iv., 69.
receiving cargo stolen from, iv., 133, n.
plundering in distress, iv., 235, and n.
burning, destroying, &c., iv., 246, and n.,
king's ships, iv., 102, 245.
Shipwrecks, i., 291.
Six clerks, iii., 443, 451.
Skins, exporting of, iii., 154.
Slander, iii., 123.
when republication of, may be justified,
iii., 124, n.
when actionable, iii., 124.
truth, a justification in an action for, iii.,
Slanderous words, when privileged, iii.,
Slavery, i., 418, 423.
abolition act, i., 425, n.
Slaves, i., 127, and n., 423-425; ii., 402.
Sledge, drawing traitors on, iv., 92, 377.
Sluices on rivers, destroying, iv., 144, and n.
Small debts, courts for, iii., 81; iv., 441.
Small Debtor's Act, ii., 488, n.
Small tithes, i., 388.
Smoke farthings, i., 325.
Smuggling, i., 318; iv., 155, and n.
Socage, free and villein, ii., 78, et seq.;
iv., 409.
Society, origin and nature of, i., 47; ii., 8.
Sodomy, offense of, iv., 215, and n.
sending letters charging party with, iv.,
144, and n.
soliciting to commit, iv., 215.
assault to commit, iv., 217.
Sodor and Man, bishopric of, i., 106, 112.
Soil, when custom to exclude owner of,
good, iii., 237, n.
Sokeman, ii., 100.
Soldiers, i., 178, 408.
wandering, iv., 164.
Solicitor, iii., 26.
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