lands, iii., 302.

to indictments, iv., 332.

sanctuary, ib.

and n.

benefit of clergy, iv., 332, 364.
to the jurisdiction, iv., 333,
demurrer, ib., and n.

in abatement, iv., 334, and n.
autrefois acquit, iv., 335, and n.
autrefois convict, iv., 336, and n.
autrefois attaint, ib., and n.
pardon, iv., 337, and n.
not guilty, iv., 338, et seqq.
in bar of execution, iv., 396.
of lunacy, ii., 291.

Pleading, times for, iii., 299, n.
departure in, iii., 309.

Pleading in equity, iii., 442, et seq.

commencement of suit, bill, iii., 422.

information, iii., 437.

parties to suit, iii., 442.

demurrer, iii., 446.

pleas, ib.

plea to the jurisdiction, to the person, or
in bar, ib.

answer, iii., 443, 446.

Poisoning (continued).

attempting to poison, iv., 196, n.
Police acts, i., 355, n.

Policies of insurance, iv., 441.
court of, iii., 74.

Policy, the word, ii., 458, n.
Political liberty, i., 125.

rights, i., 129, 145.

Polling at elections, i., 178, n.
Polls, challenge to, iii., 361; iv., 352.
Polygamy, i., 436; iv., 163, and n.
Pone, iii., 34, 37, 195, 280.

Poor, i., 359.

law amendment act, i., 361, n.
laws, history of, i., 359–362; iv., 432.
overseers of. See "Overseers."
settlements, i., 362.

returning to parish, &c., vagrants, iv.,
170, n.

Pope, his authority, how abolished, iv.,
104, 421, 428, 430.

encroachments of, iv., 104, 419, 424,425.
jurisdiction defending it, iv., 87, 115.
reconciliation to, iv., 87.

Popery, iv., 55. See" Roman Catholics."

Popish books, importing or selling, iv., 115,
priests, iv., 57, 87, 115.

recusants, iv., 56, 124.

seminaries, education in, iv., 55, 115.
maintaining, iv., 115.

iii., 446.

answer in amicable suit, ib.

swearing of, and other requisites, iii., 447.
cross-bill, iii., 448, 451.

amended and supplemental bill, iii., 448.
bill of revivor, ib.
interpleader, ib.

bill to perpetuate testimony, iii., 450.
bill of review, iii., 453.

right of the parol to demur, iii., 430.
Pleadings, formerly vivâ voce, now in
writing, iii., 293.

judges empowered to make rules con-
cerning, iii., 293, n.

in criminal cases, iii., 427.

required to be in English, iii., 317.
Pleas of the crown, iv., 2, 424.

Pledge, ii., 157, 452.

Portland, isle of, i., 105.
Port-reeve, iv., 413.
Ports and havens, i., 264.
injuries to, iv., 144.
Posse comitatus, i., 343.

neglecting to join, iv., 122.
Possessio fratris, ii., 228.
Possession, estate in, ii., 163, 389.
title by, ii., 195.

right of, ii., 196; iii., 177, 180.
adverse, ii., 266, n.

of land sufficient to maintain trespass
against a stranger, iii., 210, n.
writ of, iii., 202, 412.

Possessory actions, nature of, ii., 198; iii.,

179.

limitation to, iii., 188.

Possibility upon a possibility, ii., 169.

claim, iii., 147, 274.

of appearance, iii., 280.

Plenarty, iii., 243.

amendment of, iii., 386, n.

Post-fine, ii., 350.

Post, writ of entry in, iii., 182.

trained, iii., 9, n.

Plow-bote, ii., 35.

Pluralities, i., 392.

Pluries, writ, iii., 283; iv., 319.

habeas corpus, iii., 135.

Poaching in night, iv., 175, n.
Pocket sheriffs, i., 342.
Poisoning, iv., 196, and n.

administering poison with intent to
murder, ib.

administering poison, &c., to woman
with child, iv., 215, n.

Postman in Exchequer, iii., 28.

Post letters, &c., stealing, &c., iv., 235, n.

Post-office, duties, &c., 322-324.
embezzlement by servants in, iv., 231, n.
misbehavior of its officers, iv., 234.
Posthumous children, i., 130.
Pound, iii., 12.

Pound breach, what, and remedies for,
iii., 146.

Pound troy of gold and silver, i., 276, n.
Poundage, i., 316; iv., 437.
Powdike, cutting, iv., 244.

will, ii., 379, n.

of the crown, i., 250.

sovereign, where lodged, i., 51.
Poynings' laws, i., 102, 103.
Practice in equity, iii., 442, et seq.
injunction, iii., 442, 443.
subpoena, ib.

filing of bill, iii., 443.
six clerks' office, ib.
title of court, iii., 443, n.
accountant-general, iii., 443.
master in Chancery, ib.
clerks of records, ib.
affidavits, ib.
answer, ib.

contradictory answer, iii., 438, n.
process of contempt, iii., 443.
attachment, iii., 444.
appearance, iii., 443, 445.
commission of rebellion, iii., 444.
sergeant-at-arms, ib.
sequestration, ib.

taking bill pro confesso, ib.

process against corporations by dis-
tringas, iii., 455.

process against a peer or member of
Parliament, ib.

defendant may demur, plead, or answer,
ib.

amendment, iii., 446, 488.

swearing, &c., of answer, iii., 447.
hearing of the cause, iii., 448, 450.
order of hearing counsel, iii., 451.
examination of witnesses, iii., 449.
publication of evidence, ib.
dismissing bills for want of prosecution,
iii., 451.

subpoena to hear judgment, ib.

decree interlocutory or final, iii., 451,
453.

decree against infant, iii., 430, n.
costs, iii., 451.

feigned issue, iii., 452.

case sent to law, ib.

reference to the master, iii., 453.

master's report, ib.

final decree, effect of, ib.
rehearing, ib.

appeal, iii., 453, 454.

enforcement of decree, iii., 453.
enrollment of decree, ib.
bill of review, iii., 454.

new evidence on appeal, iii., 455.
Præcipe, ii., 350; iii., 195, 274.

tenant to, ii., 358; iii., 182.

Precaria, ii., 52, n.

of royal family, i., 225.

letters patent of, iii., 27.

Precedents, followed in equity, iii., 432.
authority of, i., 70, n.

Precept of election to Parliament, i., 177.
Pre-contract of marriage, i., 434.
Pre-emption, i., 387; iv., 116, 424, 439.
Pregnancy, plea of, iv., 394.
trial of, iv., 395.

Premier sergeant, iii., 28.
Premises in a deed, ii., 298.

Prerogative, different kinds of, i., 239.
limited, i., 141.

review of its progress, i., 336; iv., 431,

432.

causes of its increase and decline, iv.,
433.

contempts against, iv., 122.

offenses relating to coin and treason, iv.,
98, 99, 100, n.

offenses against king's council, iv., 100
in serving foreign states, iv., 101.
in embezzling stores, ib., and n.
desertion, iv., 102.

title to chattels by, ii., 408. Ser
"Crown."

Prerogative Court, ii., 509; iii., 65, 77, n
Prescription, title by, ü., 28, 263, 264.
266, n.

abandonment of right by, ii., 264, n.
by copyholder, ii., 265, n.

none, of right arising by record, ii., 37,

under 2 & 3 Will. IV., c. 71, ii., 266, n.
donative advowson by, ii., 23, 24, n.
discharge from tithes, ii., 28, et seq.
commencement of time of legal memo-
ry, ii., 31.

in respect of common, ii., 33.
to right of way, ii., 36

for pews, ii., 429.

franchises, fisheries, &c., ii., 38, et seq.
corporation by, i., 473.

Presentation to benefices, i., 389. See
"Advowson."

Presentment of offenses, iv., 301.
President of the council, i., 230.
of corporations, i., 478.
Press, liberty of, iv., 151.
Pressing to death, iv., 328.
of seamen, i., 418.
Presumption, iii., 371.
of a grant, ii., 31, n.,
of death, ii., 177, n.

36, n.,

266, n.

table of, i., 405, n.; iii., 257.

Primer fine, ii., 350.

Primer seizin, ii., 66, 87; iv., 418.

See "Descent."

Prince of Wales, i., 94, 225.

Procuration money, iv., 157.
Prodigals, i., 305.

i., 226.

Princess of Wales, i., 94, 225.

violating her, iv., 81.

Principal and accessory, iv., 34, et seqq.
principals, iv., 34, and n.
accessories, iv., 35.

what offenses admit of, ib.
before the fact, iv., 36.
after the fact, iv., 37.
punishment of, iv., 39, and n.
challenge, iii., 363.

Prints, copyright in, ii., 407.
Prior, i., 155.

Prisage, i., 315.

Prison of the fleet, iii., 444.
breach of, iv., 130, and n.

Prisoner, insolvent, relief of, ii., 488, n.
of war, ii., 402.

Prisons, statutes for regulations of, iv., 377.
Prit, iv., 339.

Private act of Parliament, i., 86; ii., 344.
Private property, right to, i., 138.
Private persons, arrest by, iv., 293, and n.
Privately stealing from the person, iv., 242,

and n.

Privies to a fine, ii., 355.

Privilege, king fountain of, i., 272.

of Parliament, i., 164-167.

bill of, iii., 289.

from arrest, ib.

Privileged places, iv., 129.

Privilegia, i., 46.

Privilegium clericale, iv., 365.

Privy council, i., 229-232, 280, n.

judicial committee of, i., 231, n.; iii.,
67, n.

appeal to, in lunacy, iii., 427.

Privy counselor, killing or attempting to
kill, i., 232; iv., 100.
signet, forging, iv., 89.

Privy verdict, iii., 377; iv., 360.
Privy seal and signet, ii., 347.
forging, iv., 89.

Privy purse, i., 334.

Prize of enemy's goods, &c., ii., 401.
Prize Court, iii., 108, n.

commission of, iii., 69.

Prizes, Admiralty Court has no jurisdiction
as to, iii., 68, n., 108, n.

Probate. See

Procedendo, writ of, i., 353; iii., 109.
Process, iii., 279, 286.

in equity, iii., 426, 443.

Profession of arms, i., 408.
religious, i., 133.
Profits of courts, i., 289.
Progress, royal, iv., 411.
Prohibition, writ of, iii., 112.
to what courts may issue, ib.
in what cases issues, ib.

methods of proceeding upon, iii., 113.
Promise, what it is, iii., 158. See "Con-
tract."

remedy for breach of, ib.

Promissory note, ii., 466. See "Bill of
Exchange."

Promulgation of laws, i., 6, n., 45, 185, m.
Proof, when positive, required, iii., 370.
Proofs, iii., 368.

in ecclesiastical court, iii., 100.
Property, right to, in general, i., 138; ii.,
1, 2, 8, n., 12, 197.

origin of rights of alienation and de-
scent, ii., 9.

some things still in common, ii., 14.
title by occupancy, ii., 400.

division according to the nature of the
subject and the estate therein, ii., 16,

Proprietate probanda, writ de, iii., 148.
Prorogation of Parliament, i., 187.
Prosecution by the king, i., 268.

expenses of, iv., 362.

of offenders, different modes of, iv.,
malicious, iii., 126.

Prostitutes, vagrants, jv., 170, n.
Protection of children, i., 450.

of embassadors, i., 254.
writ of, iii., 289.

tuted, iii., 287, n.

Prochein amy, i., 464.

of settlement, ii., 364, n.
Protest of bill of exchange, ii., 469.

iv., 431.

of estrays, i., 298.

writ of, iii., 283.

in outlawry, iv., 319.

under the Riot Act, iv., 143.

301.

Protestant succession, i., 216, 217; iv., 90.

Protestation, iii., 311.

abolished, iii., 312, n.

Province, i., 111.

Provincial constitutions, i., 82.

Provincial (continued).

governments in America, i., 109.
Provisions, papal, i., 60; iv., 107.
selling unwholesome, iv., 162.
forestalling, &c., iv., 158.
Proviso, trial by, iii., 356.

Provisors, statutes against, iv., 110, &c.
Proxies in the House of Lords, i., 168.
Puberty, age of, iv., 22.

Public, act of Parliament, i., 85.
debts, i., 328-331.

companies, stock in, may be charged
with a judgment debt, iii., 419, n.
policy, no copyright in immoral work,
ii., 407, n.

verdict, iii., 377; iv., 360.
Publication of depositions, iii., 450.
Pueritia, iv., 22.

Puis darrein continuance, plea of, iii., 315.
must be accompanied by affidavit that
matter arose within eight days before
pleading, iii., 317, n.

Puisnè barons of Exchequer, iii., 44.
judges, iii., 40, 41.

Pulling down churches, houses, &c., iv.,

143.

Pulsation, iii., 120.

Punishments, nature of, i., 133; iv., 7.
capital, iv., 9, 18, 236.
certainty of, iv., 377.
end of, iv., 11, 252.

mode of inflicting, iv., 258.

measure of, iv., 12.

power of punishing, iv., 7.
severity of, iii., 404; iv., 16.
Pur autre vie. See" Estate."
Purchase, i., 215.

distinguished from escheat and descent,

ii., 201, 241, 243, 245, n.
rule in Shelley's case, ii., 242.
five modes of taking by, ii., 244.
when heir takes by, ii., 240, n.
of writs, iii., 273, 274.
Purgatio vulgaris, iv., 342.

Purgation, canonical, iii., 342; iv., 368.

oath of, iii., 100, 447.
Purlieu, ii., 419, n.
Purprestler, iv., 167.

Pursuit of remedies, iii., 270.
Purveyance, i., 287; iv., 116, 424, 439.
Putting in fear, iv., 242.

QUADRUPLICATIO, iii., 310.
Qualification, for killing game, iv., 175.
of electors to Parliament, i., 171–175.
of justices of the peace, i., 352.

of members of Parliament, i., 197.
of jurors, iii., 362; iv., 352.

Qualified fee, ii., 109, n. See "Estate."
Quantum meruit, iii., 161.

valebat, ib.

Quarantine, irregularity in, iv., 161.

of widow, ii., 135.

Quare ejecit infra terminum, writ of, iii.,

199.

when it lies, iii., 206.

Quare ejecit, &c. (continued).
abolished, ii., 207, n.

Quare clausum fregit, iii., 281.
Quare impedit, proceedings previous to
bringing writ of, iii., 246.

against whom the writ should be
brought, iii., 247.

form of writ of, ib.
proceedings upon, iii., 248.
costs in, iii., 249, n.

patron only, and not the clerk, can sue
in, iii., 251.

execution in, iii., 412.
Quare incumbravit, iii., 248.
Quare non admisit, iii., 250.
Quarreling in church or church-yard, iv.,

her attorney and solicitor, i., 219; iii., 28.
her revenue, i., 219.

regnant's husband, i., 222.

consort, compassing or imagining her
death, iv., 76.

violating her, iv., 81.

offenses against the person of, not trea-
sonable, iv., 102, n.

Question or torture, iv., 325.

Qui tam actions, iii., 160; iv., 307.
Quia dominus remisit curiam, iii., 195.

Quia emptores, statute of, ii., 91, 102; iv.,
426.

Quick with child, plea of, iv., 395.
Quinto exactus, iii., 283; iv., 319.
Quit-rents, ii., 42.

Quod ei deforceat, writ of, for whom it
lies, iii., 192.

Quod nocumentum amoveatur, iii., 413
Quod permittat, iii., 240.

Quod permittat prosternere, iii., 221.
abolished, ib.

Quo minus, writ of, not now used, iii., 45, n.
writ of, in Exchequer, iii., 286.

Quo warranto, writ of, when it lies, iii.,
262, and n.