Charge to grand jury, iv, 303. void gifts to, ii, 268, 273, 376. estate tail may be appointed to, ii, 119. Chivalry, court of, iii, 68; iv, 267. Chose in action, ii, 396, 442. what are assignable, ii, 468, 470, n. Christian courts, iii, 64. Christianity, offences against, iv, 43 et ser rate, i, 395; iii, 92. burglary in, iv, 224. larceny in, iv, 241. riotously demolishing, iv, 143. church yards, of affrays in, iv, 145. Cinque ports, courts of, iii, 79. Citation in ecclesiastical courts, iii, 100. City, i, 115. (See "Boroughs.") benefit of, i, 377, 402, n, iv, 333, 365 413, 429, 441. ples of, iv, 334. prayer of, iv, 447. abolition of, iv, 365, n. Clergyman, beating of, iv, 217. mortuary to bishop on death of, ii, 425 when prohibited from hunting, ii, 419. Clerical privileges and disabilities, i, 37 habit and tonsure, iv, 336. Clerico admittendo, writ de, iii, 413. in orders, i, 388; iv, 367. parish, i, 395. of the market, his court, iv, 275. of the peace, iv, 272. or servant, embezzlement by, &c, iv, ‘?? felonies and misdemeanors relating to, iv, Coinage, instruments of, offences relating to, right of, i, 277. Coke, Sir Edward, i, 72, 73. causes of his removal from the office of Collatio bonorum, ii, 517. Collation to a benefice, iv, 391. their visitors, i, 482. leases by, ii, 322. Collegia in the civil law, i, 469. Collieries, malicious injuries to, iv, 246. Colonial assemblies, i, 109. Colonies, i, 107-110. transportation to, iv, 401. Colonization, right of, ii, 7. Color, in pleading, iii, 309. Combinations, among workmen, &c., iv, 133, 160. Combustio domorum, iv, 374. Comburendo heretico, writ de, iv, 46, 439. Commenda, iv, 107. Commendams, i, 393. Commentaries, plan of the, i, 34. Commerce, king the arbiter of, i, 273. Commission of array, i, 411. of lunacy, i, 305, 306, n. of the peace, i, 351; iv, 270. in bankruptcy, ii, 480. of rebellion, iii, 444. high court of, iii, 68. of review, iii, 67. to examine witnesses, &c., iii, 75, n., 383, under the statute of charitable uses, iii, 427. reason for which it is made must be ex- Committee, judicial, of the privy council, i, how organized, iii, 69, n. of peers, iii, 56. Common assurances, ii, 294. Common, estate in, ii, 191, 399. Common, right of, ii, 32 et seq., 263. of estovers, ii, 35. disturbance of, iii, 236. distress for surcharging, iii, 237. action on the case for surcharging, iii, 239. when the lord may enclose, iii, 240. Common bench, iii, 37. justices of, killing, iv, 84. action against, iii, 164. Common jury, how returned, iii, 358. Common law, i, 63, 67; iii, 267; iv, 411, 412. distinguishable into three kinds, i, 67. guardian by, i, 461. preference of operation of a deed by, ii, Common informer, iii, 160. Common nuisances, iv, 166. Common pleas, court of, its origin, iii, 38. writ of error from, id. Common prayer book, offence of reviling, iv, 50. Compassing the death of the king, &c., iv. 76. Compensatio, iii, 305. Composition with creditors, ii, 484. Compound larceny, iv, 239. (See "Larceny.") Compounding felony, iv, 133. Compurgators, iii, 343; iv, 368, 414. Computation of time, ii, 140, n. Concealment from the crown, iv, 436. of bastard's death, iv, 198. Conclusion of pleas, iii, 303, Concord in a fine, ii, 304; iii, 157. Condemnation of goods in the exchequer, ü 262. of deodands, i, 300; iii, 259. Condition, distinguished from a remainder and a conditional limitation, ii, 156. estates upon, ii, 152. implied or express condition, ii, 152, 154, 299. in deed and in law, ii, 155. (SeeMortgage.") Conditional fee, ii, 109, n. (See "Estate.") Conditional limitation, ii, 156. of debt barred by statute, iii, 306, n. of bishops, i, 378, 380; iv, 115. Confiscations, part of royal revenue, i, 299. Congregations, religious, disturbance of, iv, 54 and n. Congress of United States, meetings of, i, 153, how composed, i, 160, n. Conies, taking, killing or stealing, iv, 235. Conquest, the words, ii, 48, 242. introduction of feudal tenures on, ii, 48. degrees of, ii, 202, 206. Conscience laws binding on the, i, 54, 57, n. Consecration of bishops, i, 380; iv, 115. Conservators of the peace, i, 350; iv, 413, 431. (See "Justice.") Conservators, truce and safe-conducts, iv, 69. moral obligation, ii, 445, n. different kinds of, ii, 444. Consideratum est per curiam, iii, 396. Conspiracy, law of, in general, iv, 136. to raise wages, iii, 160. action of, iii, 126. Constable, i, 355, 411; iv, 292. high, i, 115. lord high, i, 355; iii, 37; iv, 268. his court, iii, 68; iv, 267. American, how they restrain legislative Construction of deeds and wills, ii, 115, 297 rules of, in equity, the same as at law, iii, of statutes, rules for, i, 87, 91. (See also "Interpretation of Law.") taking, in larceny, iv, 230, n. Consul, offences to his person, iv, 70, n. in courts of law, iv, 283. of court, process in equity, iii, 443. Contingent remainders, ii, 169. (See "Remainder.") conveyance of, ii, 290, 354. legacy, ii, 513. Continual claim, ii, 316; iii, 174. Continuando, laying trespass with a, iii, 212. implied in the organization of government, original, between king and people, i, 233. are either special or parol, ii, 446, 465. signature by one party only, ii, 442. consideration to support, ii, 296, 443. kinds of, ii, 446. his duty, on arrest in criminal cases, iv, 296. by matter of record, ii, 344. devisee of, by unadmitted heir, devisee or surrenderee, ii, 367, n. estate of surrenderor, ii, 368. forfeiture for breach of custom, ii, 284. when affected by an act of parliament, ii, could not formerly be taken in execution, iii, but may now, iii, 419, n. Copyright, ii, 405 et seq., 410. prerogative copyright of crown in acts of sporting, &c., in, iv, 174. stopping it going to market, iv, 158. Corn rents, ii, 322. Cornage, ii, 74. Cornwall, duchy of, i, 225, n. Corody, 1, 284; ii, 40. Coronation oath, ancient, i, 236. modern, i, 235. made use of to prevent tholic emancipa- tion, i, 235, n. visitors of, i, 484. franchises of, are granted upon condition, ii, proceedings against, in the reign of Charles process by distringas against, iii, 445. property passes by succession, ii, 430. when may take chattel by succession, ii, 431. no escheat or extinction of, ii, 256. (See "Mortmain.") Corporeal hereditaments, ii, 17 house of, iv, 370, 371, 377. Corruption of blood, ii, 251; iv, 388, 413, 438, 440, Corsned, trial by, iv, 345, 414. Costs, title to, by judgment, ii, 432. statutes by which they are given, iii, 399. when executors liable to pay, iii, 400. in actions on the case, when plaintiff re- covers less damages than 40s., iii, 214, 400, in trespass, iii, 214. on not going to trial, iii, 357. in equity, iii, 451. in criminal cases, iv, 362 and n. Council, judicial commitee of privy, i, 232, n. 280, n.; iii, 61, n. 80, n. president of the, i, 230, n. its present organization, i'i, 69, n. the great, i, 148. Councils of the king, i, 22 Counsel, iii, 26. for prisoners. iv, 355. Count, i, 116, 398. in declaration, iii, 293, 295. in indictment, iv, 98, 306, n. Counterfeiting the king's coin, iv, 84, 88, 100, n. palatine, i, 117-119; iv, 431. members for, i, 159. Country, trial by the, iv, 349. County court, i, 267; iii, 35: iv, 411, 441. of Middlesex, iii, 82. holden by the sheriff, i, 343. its jurisdiction, iii, 36. when holden, id. formerly a court of great dignity, id. formerly as much a spiritual as a temporal Court-baron, ii, 90; iii, 33; iv, 411. may hold plea of personal actions under 40s. ; writ of false judgment lies to courts at West- Court, payment into, when it may be, iii, 304, n. Courts, their nature and incidents, iii, 23; iv, derived from the power of the crown, iii, 23. assaults in, iv, 125. Christian, and others, which receive peculiar inartial, i, 416; iii, 68. profits of, i, 239. of piepoudre, iii, 32 baron, iii, 33. customary, ii, 90. of bankruptcy, iii, 56, 428, n. hundred court, iii, 34. county, iii, 35. of wards and liveries, ii, 69. of common pleas, iii, 37. of exchequer, equitable jurisdiction of, iii, 426. jurisdiction of, in respect of royal matters, Courts of exchequer, general jurisdiction of, of high commission, iii, 447. of parliament, iii, 56; iv, 259. of star chamber, i, 230; iii, 445; iv, 266, 310. of chivalry, iii, 68; iv, 267. of admiralty, iii, 68; iv, 268. of oyer and terminer, iii, 58; iv, 269. of general quarter sessions, iv, 271 and n. sheriff's tourn, iv, 273. court-leet, or view of frank-pledge, id. of clerk of market, iv, 275. of special and private jurisdiction, id. of duchy of Lancaster, iii, 78 429. of London, &c., iii, 81. Costumier of Normandy, i, 107. who may take advantage of, iii, 157 and n. against devisees, iii, 430, n. by or with persons not parties to the deed, implied, ii, 443, n. real, ii, 304; iii, 157 when it runs with the land, ii, 304, n. writ of, ii, 350; iii, 156. (See "Husband and Wife.") Craven, iv, 348. meaning of the word, iii, 340, n. Creditors, payment of debts of, by executor, ii, appointing debtor executor, ii, 511 and n. conveyances and assignments, when frauda lent against, ii, 296. Crimes, divisions of, iv, 1, 2, 5. punishments, i, 133; iv, 7-16, 252, 258, 377. Crops of corn, &c., setting fire to, iv, 246. Cross-remainders, implication of, ii, 381. Crown, decent of the, i, 191: iv, 413. lands, i, 286. |