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Charge to grand jury, iv, 303.
to traverse jury, iii, 375.
Chariots and cabriolets, i, 325.
Charitable uses, i, 479.

void gifts to, ii, 268, 273, 376.

estate tail may be appointed to, ii, 119.
Charities, jurisdiction of chancery, iii, 427.
remedy for breaches of trust, iii, 427.
Chapel, breaking and stealing from, iv, 241.
Charles I, his judges, i, 209, 316.
Charter, ii, 395.

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Chivalry, court of, iii, 68; iv, 267.
its jurisdiction, iii, 103; iv, 267.
proceedings in, iii, 104.
guardian in, i, 462.

Chose in action, ii, 396, 442.

what are assignable, ii, 468, 470, n.
how assigned, iii, 441, 442.
stealing, iv, 234.

Christian courts, iii, 64.

Christianity, offences against, iv, 43 et ser
part of the law of England, iv, 60.
Church, head of, i, 279.
marriages in, i, 439.

rate, i, 395; iii, 92.
title to pews in, ii, 429.
repair of, iii, 92.

burglary in, iv, 224.

larceny in, iv, 241.

riotously demolishing, iv, 143.
offences against, iv, 50.

church yards, of affrays in, iv, 145.
societies in America, i, 376, n.
Churchwardens, i, 394.

Cinque ports, courts of, iii, 79.
Circuits, iii, 58, 356; iv, 422, 424.
Circumstantial evidence, iii, 371.

Citation in ecclesiastical courts, iii, 100.
Citizens in Parliament.

City, i, 115.

(See "Boroughs.")

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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.
Clerk in office, i, 17.

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, ‘??

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felonies and misdemeanors relating to, iv,
84, 88, 90 et seq.

Coinage, instruments of, offences relating to,
iv, 90 et seq.
duties, i, 295.

right of, i, 277.

Coke, Sir Edward, i, 72, 73.

causes of his removal from the office of
chief justice of the king's bench, iii, 55.
Collateral consanguinity, ii, 204, 220.
Collateral issue, iv, 338, 396.

Collatio bonorum, ii, 517.

Collation to a benefice, iv, 391.
Colleges, i, 471.

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,
438, 449.

under the statute of charitable uses, iii, 427.
Commitment of persons accused, iv, 296.

reason for which it is made must be ex-
pressed, iii, 133.

Committee, judicial, of the privy council, i,
231, n., 280, n.

how organized, iii, 69, n.
of lunatic, i, 306.

of peers, iii, 56.

Common assurances, ii, 294.

Common, estate in, ii, 191, 399.
(See "Estate.")

Common, right of, ii, 32 et seq., 263.
approvement and inclosure of, ii, 34.
of piscary, ii, 34, 39, 40.
of turbary, ii, 34.

of estovers, ii, 35.

disturbance of, iii, 236.

distress for surcharging, iii, 237.

action on the case for surcharging, iii, 239.
enclosure or obstructing, id..

when the lord may enclose, iii, 240.
Common barretor, iv, 133.

Common bench, iii, 37.

justices of, killing, iv, 84.
Common carriers, ii, 451, n.

action against, iii, 164.

Common jury, how returned, iii, 358.

Common law, i, 63, 67; iii, 267; iv, 411, 412.
despised by the clergy, i, 20.

distinguishable into three kinds, i, 67.
corporation by, i, 472.

guardian by, i, 461.

preference of operation of a deed by, ii,
380.

Common informer, iii, 160.

Common nuisances, iv, 166.

Common pleas, court of, its origin, iii, 38.
fixed at Westminster, i, 22, 23; iv, 424.
only sergeants admitted, iii, 28.
number of judges, iii, 40.

writ of error from, id.

Common prayer book, offence of reviling, iv,

50.

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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.
other prosecutions, iv, 136.
Compulsion, iv, 27.

Compurgators, iii, 343; iv, 368, 414.
in equity, iii, 447.

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, ii, 17, n., 110, 299.

Condition, distinguished from a remainder and

a conditional limitation, ii, 156.

estates upon, ii, 152.

implied or express condition, ii, 152, 154, 299.
precedent or subsequent, ii, 154.

in deed and in law, ii, 155.
effect of breach of, ii, 156, 281.
impossible or illegal, ii, 156, 340.
estate in mortgage, ii, 157.

(SeeMortgage.")

Conditional fee, ii, 109, n.

(See "Estate.")

Conditional limitation, ii, 156.
Conditional pardon, iv, 401.
Confession by prisoners, iv, 357.
of indictment, iv, 329.
in divorce cases, i, 441, n.
of cause of action, iii, 303, 397.
in ejectment, iii, 203.

of debt barred by statute, iii, 306, n.
Confinement to the realm, i, 265.
Confirmation, ii, 325,

of bishops, i, 378, 380; iv, 115.
Confiscation, iv, 377.

Confiscations, part of royal revenue, i, 299.
Confusion and intermixture of goods, ii, 405.
Conge d'eslire, i, 379, 382; iv, 421.

Congregations, religious, disturbance of, iv, 54

and n.

Congress of United States, meetings of, i, 153,
n,, 189, n.

how composed, i, 160, n.
revenue bills in, i, 170, n.
approval of bills, i, 185, n.

Conies, taking, killing or stealing, iv, 235.
Conjugal rights, suit for restitution of, iii, 94.
Conjuration, iv, 60, 436.

Conquest, the words, ii, 48, 242.
Conquest, Norman, i, 199; iv, 414, 415.

introduction of feudal tenures on, ii, 48.
Consanguinity, i, 434, 435, n.

degrees of, ii, 202, 206.
collateral, ii, 204.

Conscience laws binding on the, i, 54, 57, n.
courts of, iii, 441.

Consecration of bishops, i, 380; iv, 115.
Consequential damages, iii, 153.

Conservators of the peace, i, 350; iv, 413, 431.

(See "Justice.")

Conservators, truce and safe-conducts, iv, 69.
Conservatory, robbery of, iv, 233, and n.
Consideration for a contract, ii, 443, 444, n.,
483.

moral obligation, ii, 445, n.
in a deed, ii, 296.

different kinds of, ii, 444.
inadequacy of, ii, 444, n.

Consideratum est per curiam, iii, 396.
Consilium, or imparlance, iv, 356.
Consimili casu, writ of entry in, iii, 183.
Consistory court, iii, 64.
Consolidated fund, i, 331.
Consort, queen's, i, 219.

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.

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American, how they restrain legislative
power, i, 49, n., 52, n., 58, n., 89, n., 125, n.
(See "American States.)

Construction of deeds and wills, ii, 115, 297
et seq., 397 et seq.

rules of, in equity, the same as at law, iii,
430.

of statutes, rules for, i, 87, 91.

(See also "Interpretation of Law.")
Constructive treason, iv, 75, 85.

taking, in larceny, iv, 230, n.

Consul, offences to his person, iv, 70, n.
Consultation, writ of, why so called, iii, 114.
Contempt against the king, iv, 121.

in courts of law, iv, 283.

of court, process in equity, iii, 443.
Contentment, iv, 379.

Contingent remainders, ii, 169.

(See "Remainder.")

conveyance of, ii, 290, 354.
uses, ii, 334.

legacy, ii, 513.

Continual claim, ii, 316; iii, 174.
Continuances, iii, 316.

Continuando, laying trespass with a, iii, 212.
Contract of marriage, i, 439; iii, 93.

implied in the organization of government,
iii, 158.

original, between king and people, i, 233.
Contracts, ii, 442 et seq.

are either special or parol, ii, 446, 465.
when to be in writing, ii, 442, 447.
partial execution, ii, 447.

signature by one party only, ii, 442.
express or implied, ii, 443; iii, 153, 158.
executed or executory, ii, 443.
simple or special, ii, 465.

consideration to support, ii, 296, 443.
improvidence of, ii, 444.
nudum pactum, ii, 445.

kinds of, ii, 446.

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his duty, on arrest in criminal cases, iv,

296.

by matter of record, ii, 344.

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devisee of, by unadmitted heir, devisee or

surrenderee, ii, 367, n.

estate of surrenderor, ii, 368.
entails of, how barred, ii, 113.
free bench, ii, 132.

forfeiture for breach of custom, ii, 284.

when affected by an act of parliament, ii,
113.

could not formerly be taken in execution, iii,
418.

but may now, iii, 419, n.

Copyright, ii, 405 et seq., 410.

prerogative copyright of crown in acts of
parliament, bibles, &c., ii, 410.
Corn, may be distrained, iii, 9.
destroying, iv, 246.

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

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tion, i, 235, n.

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visitors of, i, 484.

franchises of, are granted upon condition, ii,
153, n.

proceedings against, in the reign of Charles
II, iii, 263.

process by distringas against, iii, 445.
courts of, iii, 80.

property passes by succession, ii, 430.

when may take chattel by succession, ii, 431.
conveyance to, ii, 108, 290.

no escheat or extinction of, ii, 256.
leases by, ii, 319 et seq.
grants to, in mortmain.

(See "Mortmain.")

Corporeal hereditaments, ii, 17
Corpse, stealing of, ii, 429.
Corpus juris canonica, i, 82.
Corpus juris civil, i, 81.
Correction of apprentices, i, 428.
of children, i, 452, 453; iv, 182.
of scholars, i, 453; iv, 182.
of servants, i, 428; iv, 182.
of wives, i, 444.

house of, iv, 370, 371, 377.

Corruption of blood, ii, 251; iv, 388, 413, 438, 440,
Corse-present, ii, 425.

Corsned, trial by, iv, 345, 414.
Cosinage, writ of, iii, 186.

Costs, title to, by judgment, ii, 432.

statutes by which they are given, iii, 399.
king neither pays nor receives, iii, 400.
exceptions, iii, 400, n.

when executors liable to pay, iii, 400.

in actions on the case, when plaintiff re-

covers less damages than 40s., iii, 214, 400,
paupers excused from paying, iii, 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.

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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.
the king's seals, iv, 83, 89.
Counterpart of deed, ii, 296.
Counties, i, 116; iv, 411.
corporate, i, 120.

palatine, i, 117-119; iv, 431.
courts of, iii, 79.

members for, i, 159.
electors for, i, 172, 173.

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
tribunal, iii, 61.

Court-baron, ii, 90; iii, 33; iv, 411.

may hold plea of personal actions under 40s. ;
iii, 34.

writ of false judgment lies to courts at West-
minster, id.

Court, payment into, when it may be, iii, 304, n.
Court hand, iii, 323.

Courts, their nature and incidents, iii, 23; iv,
258, 414.

derived from the power of the crown, iii, 23.
some are of record, others not, iii, 24
their constituent parts, iii, 25.

assaults in, iv, 125.

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Christian, and others, which receive peculiar
laws, i, 83; iii, 61.

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,
iii 428.

Courts of exchequer, general jurisdiction of,
iii, 43.

of high commission, iii, 447.
of master of rolls, iii, 451.
of vice chancellors, iii, 426.
criminal, iv, 259, et seq.

of parliament, iii, 56; iv, 259.
of lord high steward, iv, 261.
of king's bench, iii, 41; iv, 265.

of star chamber, i, 230; iii, 445; iv, 266, 310.
429, 433, 437.

of chivalry, iii, 68; iv, 267.

of admiralty, iii, 68; iv, 268.

of oyer and terminer, iii, 58; iv, 269.
commission of assize and nisi prius, iii, 57:
iv, 269.

of general quarter sessions, iv, 271 and n.
central criminal court, iv, 271, n.

sheriff's tourn, iv, 273.

court-leet, or view of frank-pledge, id.
of coroner, iv, 274.

of clerk of market, iv, 275.

of special and private jurisdiction, id.
of lord steward, treasurer, or comptroller of
king's household, iv, 276.

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of duchy of Lancaster, iii, 78 429.
of counties palatine, iii, 79.
stannary, iii, 80.

of London, &c., iii, 81.
of the Universities, iii, 83.

Costumier of Normandy, i, 107.
Covenant, what it is, iii, 156.

who may take advantage of, iii, 157 and n.
what run with the land, iii, 157, n.

against devisees, iii, 430, n.

by or with persons not parties to the deed,
iii, 296, n.

implied, ii, 443, n.

real, ii, 304; iii, 157
for title, 304.

when it runs with the land, ii, 304, n.
to stand seized, ii, 338.

writ of, ii, 350; iii, 156.
Covert-baron, i, 442.
Coverture, i, 442.

(See "Husband and Wife.")

Craven, iv, 348.

meaning of the word, iii, 340, n.
Credible witness, iii, 370.

Creditors, payment of debts of, by executor, ii,
511.

appointing debtor executor, ii, 511 and n.
executor, iii, 18.

conveyances and assignments, when frauda

lent against, ii, 296.

Crimes, divisions of, iv, 1, 2, 5.
Criminal conversation, ii, 139.
information, iv, 303.

punishments, i, 133; iv, 7-16, 252, 258, 377.
Croft, what, ii, 19.

Crops of corn, &c., setting fire to, iv, 246.
Cross-bill, iii, 448, 451.

Cross-remainders, implication of, ii, 381.

Crown, decent of the, i, 191: iv, 413.
office, iv, 265, 308.

lands, i, 286.

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