Marriage (continued).

royal, i., 225, 226; iv., 92, n.,
when good, i., 436, 439, 440.
of ward, ii., 70, 88.

settlement, ii., 364.

suit on contract of, iii., 93.
forcible, iv., 208, and n.

117.

in chivalry, iv., 418, 420, 421.
licenses and registers, forging or destroy-
ing, iv., 163, 249.

Marshal of the King's Bench, iii., 43, 285.
of the king's host, iii., 334.
Marshalsea, Court of, iii., 76; iv., 276.
Martial courts, i., 413, n., 416, 417, 418, n.
Martial law, i., 413, n., 418, n.; iv., 436.
Mass-books, iv., 115.
Master and servant, i., 423.
liability of, i., 429.

master may bring an action against one

who inveigles his servant, iii., 141.
action by, for battery of his servant, ib.
stinting servant in food, offense of, iv.,

217.

embezzlement by servant, iv., 231, and n.
Master in Chancery, iii., 442, 453.
Master of the court, reference to, to com-
pute principal and interest, iii., 398, n.
Master of the Rolls, iii., 56, 442, 451.
Matrimonial causes, iii., 92.
Matrimonii, divorce a vinculo, 440, 441.
Matrons, jury of, iii., 262; iv., 395.
Maxims, i., 68.

Mayhem, what is, and how remedied, i.,
130; iii., 121, 333.
appeal of, iv., 314.
offense of, iv., 205.

there must be a maiming, iv., 207.
a lying in wait, ib.

an intent to disfigure, ib.
present law against wounding, &c., iv.,
208, n.

malicious shooting at another, iv., 208,
and n.
Mayors, iv., 413.

Measures, i., 274-277; iv., 275, 424.
false, iv., 159.

Medietate, jury de, iü., 246, 360; iv., 118,
166, 278, 352.

Mediterranean passes, counterfeiting, iv.,
249.

Meeting for military training, forbidden,
iv., 143.

Members of Parliament, i., 153.

elections of, i., 170-180.

number of, i., 159.

qualifications of, i., 175.

should study law, i., 9, 10.

Memorial of annuity, ii., 461.

Memory, time of legal, i., 67; ii., 31.
Menaces, iii., 120.

Menial servants, i., 425.

Mensa et thoro, divorce a, i., 440 441;
iii., 94.

Mercen-lage, i., 65; iv., 412.

Merchants, custom of, i., 75.
foreign, i., 260; iv., 424.

Merchants (continued).

embezzlement by, iv., 231, n.
Mercheta, ii., 83.

Merger, doctrine of, ii., 177.
of terms of years, ii., 177, n.
none of estate-tail, ii., 177.
of trusts, ii., 337, n.

of debts, ii., 465, n.
Merton, Parliament of, i., 19.
Mesne profits, action for, iii., 205.
Mesne, writ of, iii., 234.

abolished, iii., 234, n.
Mesne lords, ii., 59.
Mesne process, iii., 279, 419.
Messuage, what, ii., 19, n.
Metal, stealing, iv., 233, and n.
Metaphysics, their effects upon law and
theology, ii., 58; iv., 447.
Michel-gemote, i., 147.
getheaht, i., 147, n.
synoth, i., 147.

or great council, i., 147, 148.
Middlesex, county court of, iii., 82.
bill of, iii., 285.

Military courts, i., 83; iii., 68.
law, i., 417; iii., 103.

offenses, i., 415; iv., 101.
power of the crown, i., 262.
state, i., 408.

history of, i., 409.

testaments, i., 418.

Military service, i., 287; ii., 54, 57, 61.
See "Tenure."

Militia, i., 410, 412, 413, n.

Milk, may be sold on Sunday, iv., 64, n.
Mines, i., 295.

labor in, i., 427, n.

right to dig turfs, gravel, &c., ii., 34,
and n.

included in land, ii., 18.

royal mines, ii., 18, 43, n.

ownership of, and rights respecting, ii.,
43, n.

firing, iv., 246, and n.

destroying their works, &c., iv., 247,
and n.
drowning, ib.

stealing ore out of, iv., 234, and n.
Minority, incidents of, i., 464.
none in the king, i., 248.

Minors not to sit in Parliament, i., 162.
Misadventure, homicide by, iv., 182.
Mischief, malicious, iv., 244, et seq.
Misdemeanor, iv., 1, 5.

forcible, owner may justify beating tres-
passer, iii., 3, n.

but must not kill, ib.

Mise, iii., 305.

Misprision (continued).

of felony, iv., 121.
concealing treasure-trove, ib.
positive,

maladministration of justice, ib.
contempts against prerogative, iv., 122.
against the king's person and govern-
ment, iv., 123.

palaces, courts, &c., iv., 124.
violence, &c., iv., 125.

dissuading witnesses, &c., iv., 126.
Mistake, iv., 27.

remedies at law and in equity, iii., 431.

parol evidence of, ii., 382, n.

Mittimus, iv., 300.

Mixed actions, iii., 118.

larceny, iv., 239.

Modus, ii., 29.

Morda, iv., 194.

See "Tithes."

Molliter manus imposuit, iii., 121.
Monarchy, i., 49.

not elective, but hereditary, i., 192.
Monasteries-effect of dissolution with re-

gard to tithes, ii., 32.

Money, i., 276.

bills, i., 170, 184.

payment of, into court, iii., 303.

Mortuaries ii., 425.
Mother Church, i., 113.
Motion, iii., 304.

Mount or bank, i., 328.
Mountebanks, iv., 167.

Movables, ii., 384. See "Personalty."
Mulier puisnè, 248.

Municipal corporation, i., 475, n. See
"Corporation."

Municipal law, i., 44; iii., 1.
primary objects of, ib.

Murder, definition of, iv., 194.

offender must be of sound memory, &c.,
iv., 195.

must be an unlawful killing, ib.
by perjury, iv., 138, 196.

person killed must be a reasonable crea-
ture in king's peace, iv., 197.

there must be malice aforethought, iv..
198.

punishment of, iv., 201, and n.
indictment of, iv., App.
conviction of, ib.

when pardonable, iv., 194, 400.
Murdrum, iii., 321; iv., 195.
Music, copyright in, ii., 407, n.
Muta canum, ii., 427.

paid for another, iii., 163.

received to another's use, ib.
counterfeiting, iv., 84, 88, 100, n.

"Coin."

Monk, i., 132.

See

Monopolies, statute against, ii., 407; iv.,
160, 436.

none in almanacs, ii., 410, n.
of suits therein, iv., 116.
Monster, can not inherit, ii., 246.
Monstrans de droit, iii., 256.

Monuments are heir-looms, ii., 428.
Month, lunar and calendar, ii., 140.
Moral consideration, ii., 444, n.

advising it, iv., 126.

Mutilation, i., 130; iii., 121; iv., 207.

punishment by, iv., 377.

Mutiny Act, i., 152, 415, 416.
Mutual debts, iii., 305.

NAMIUM VESTITUM, iii., 148.
National debt, i., 328-331.
Nations, law of, i., 43, 44, n.

offenses against laws of, iv., 66.
general observations, ib.

violation of safe-conducts, &c., iv., 68.
offenses against embassadors, iv., 70.
piracy, iv., 71.

Natural liberty, i., 125.

life, i., 132.

persons, i., 123.

born subjects, i., 366, 371.

Naturalization, i., 374; ii., 249, 293, n.

Nature, state of, as to property, ii., 3, 8, n.
guardian by, i., 461.

law of, i., 39.

crime against, iv., 215, and n.
Navigation Acts, i., 419; iv., 439.
Navigations, destroying, iv., 144, and n.
hard labor for the benefit of, iv., 371.
Navy, articles of, i., 420.
Ne admittas, writ of, iii., 247.
Ne exeat regno, i., 137, 266; iv., 122.
Ne injustè vexes, writ of, iii., 233.

abolished, iii., 234, n.

Necessaries, liability for, i., 449, 446, n.
Necessity, when it excuses crime, iv., 27,

31.

homicide by, iv., 178.
Negative in corporations, i., 178.

of the king, i, 154, 184, n., 474, n.

OATH (continued).

may be administered by an arbitrator,
iii., 16, n.

if administered in the form declared by
jurymen or witness to be binding, he
may be convicted of perjury, iii.,
365, n.

of the party, iii., 382, 437.

ex officio, abolished, iii., 100, 447.
to the government, refusal or neglect
to take, iv., 116, 117, 123.
when nature of, not understood, trial
put off, iv., 214, n.

voluntary and extra-judicial, iv., 137.
unlawful administering or taking, iv.,
102, n.

Obedience to parents, i., 452.
Objects of the laws of England, i., 121.
Obligation of human laws, i., 43, 57, 59.
Obligation or bond, ii., 340.

Obscene prints, exposing, vagrancy, iv.,

Orders, holy, i., 388.

Ore, stealing, iv., 234, and n.
Original contract of king and people, i.,
211, 233.

Original writ, iii., 272.

was either a præcipe or a si te fecerit
securum, iii., 273.

how teste'd, iii., 274.
return of, ib.

process in the King's Bench by, iii., 284.
Ouster, different methods of, iii., 167, 198.
Ouster le main, ii., 68.

Outlawry, proceedings to, iii., 283.
consequences of, iii., 284.
reversal of, ib.

in criminal cases, i., 142; iv., 319.
Overseers of the poor, i., 359.
antiquity of office, ib.

mode of appointment, i., 360.
power and duty, i., 360, 361, n.
Overt acts of treason, iv., 79, 86, 357.
market, ii., 449.

pound, iii., 12.

Owling, ii., 421; iv., 154.
Oyer, iii., 299.

Oyer and terminer, commission of, iv.,
269, 448.

justices of, killing them, iv., 84.
Oyez, iv., 340.

Oysters, stealing of, iv., 236, and n.

PAINS AND PENALTIES, act to inflict,

iv., 259.

Pais, trial per, iii., 349; iv., 349.

matter in, ii., 294.

Palace court, iii., 76.

assault in, iv., 125.

Palatine counties, i., 117, 119; iii., 79; iv.,

431.

Pandects, i., 81.

when discovered, i., 17, 81.

and n.

Offices, ii., 36.

when grantable in reversion, ib.

courtesy of, ii., 126, n.

pay of certain officers not assignable, ii.,
441, n.

certain offices not assignable, ii., 36,

441, n.

and pensions, duty on, i., 327, 328, n.
Officio oath, ex, iii., 101, 447.
Oleron, laws of, i., 419; iv., 423.
Omnipotence of Parliament, i., 160.
Oppression of crown, how remedied,

243.

of magistrates, iv., 141.
Option of the archbishop, i., 381.
Optional writs, iii., 274.

Orchards, robbing of, iv., 233, and n.
damaging plants, &c., in, iv., 247, n.
Ordeal, trial by, iv., 342, 414, 425.
Order of sessions, iv., 272.

and n.

for money, &c., forgery of, iv., 250, and n.
Order and disposition of bankrupt, ii.,
488, n.

Parceners, ii., 187. See "Estate."
Parco fracto, writ de, iii., 146.
Pardon, iv., 316, 337, 376, 396.

for discovering accomplices or receiv-
ers, iv., 331.

not pleadable to impeachment, i., 334;
iv., 261, 339, 440.
king's prerogative to, iv., 397.
Pardoning, prerogative of, i., 269.
Parent and child, i., 446.

dren, iii., 140.

deserting family, &c., vagrants, iv., 170,

note.

duties of, i., 446–452.
powers of, i., 452-454.

their consent to marriage, i., 437.
Pares curiæ, ii., 54.

Pares, trial per, iii., 350.

Pari materia, statutes in, i., 60, n.
Parish, i., 112.

clerk, i., 395.

Parks, ii., 38, 416.

adjourning, i., 186.

convention, i., 152, 211, 214.

constituent parts of, i., 154.

dissolving, i., 188.

estates of, i., 154, n., 156.

intermission of, i., 153.
laws of, i., 160-163.

of France, i., 147.

of Merton, i., 19.

origin of, i., 147-149.
power of, i., 160.

privileges of, i., 164-167.
proroguing, i., 187.
rolls, i., 181.

session of, i., 46, 186, 187.
summons of, i., 150.

process against member of, in Chance-
ry, iii., 445.

court of, the king in, iv., 259, 263.

disuse of, iv., 437.

proceedings of, stealing when sent by
post, iv., 235, n.

houses of, public meeting near, iv., 148.
Parliamentum indoctum, i., 177.
Parol, distinguished from writing, ii., 296,
n., 446, n., 382, n.

contracts, ii., 296, n., 442, 447.
evidence, iii., 369.

evidence to explain, vary, or contradict
writings, ii., 382, n.

evidence of illegality or fraud, ib.
pleadings, iii., 292.

demurrer, iii., 300.

demurrer by the, iii., 430.

Parricide, iv., 202.

Parsons and vicars, i., 384.

how appointed, i., 388.

powers and duties of, i., 391.

Particular estate, ii., 163.

Payment into court, iii., 304, n.

Peace and war, right of making, i., 257.
Peace, commission of, i., 351.

conservation of, i., 349.

justices of, i., 349; iv., 270, 282, 290,
292, 428. See "Justices."
conviction by, iv., 281.

the king's, i., 118, 268, 350.
breach of, iv., 142.

security for, iv., 251, 254.
clerk of, iv., 272.

offenses against, iv., 142.

felonious: riotous assembling, iv., 142,
and n.

hunting in night, iv., 143, and n.
threatening letters, iv., 144, and я.
destroying flood-gates, ib.

not felonious: affrays, iv., 145.
riots and unlawful assemblies, iv.,
146.

tumultuous petitioning, iv., 147.
forcible entries, iv., 148.

going armed with weapons, iv.,

149.

spreading false news, ib.

false prophesying, ib.

challenges to fight, iv., 150.
libels, ib.

Peculatus, iv., 122.

Peculiars, Court of, iii., 65.

Peerage, benefit of, in offenses, abolished,
iv., 367.

ered, iii., 300, n.

Parties to suits in equity, iii., 442.

Partitions, ii., 185, 189, 194, 300, 323; iii.,

trial of, ib.

Peers, privileges of, i., 401; iii., 359; iv.,

253, 273, 367, and n.

great council of, i., 227, 228; iii., 56.
how created, i., 399.

pedigrees of, iii., 106.

protests by, i., 168.
proxies of, ib.

trial by, i., 401; iv., 260, 348.

Peers, House of, i., 155.

its jurisdiction upon appeals and writs

of error, iii., 57.