and resemblance to some of the modern doctrines of our English law may be collected from Cæsar's account of the tenets and discipline of the ancient Druids in Gaul, who were sent over to Britain to be instructed? 408. 2. Why is it impossible to trace out when the several mutations of the common law were made; and whence the great variety of our ancient established customs? 408-410. 3. What did Alfred for the constitution and laus? 410, 411. 4. What was the Dane-lage, what the WestSaxon-lage, and what the Mercen-lage? 412. 5. What did Edgar; and what is the most probable original of the common law? 412. 6. What nine may be reckoned among the most remarkable of the Saxon laws? 412-414. 7. What five alterations in our laws did the Norman invasion work? 415-418. 8. What did William Rufus; and what did Henry I.? 420, 421. 9. What did Stephen? 421. 10. What did Henry II.; and what four things peculiarly merit the attention of the legal antiquary in the reign of this king? 421-423. 11. What did Richard I.? 423. 13. What did Edward I.; to what principal fifteen general heads may the regulations of this king be reduced; and what is the best proof of the excellence of his constitutions? 425-427. 14. What did Edwards II. and III.? 428. 15. What was done from this time to that of Henry VII.; and what two things do we owe to the civil wars and disputed titles to the crown? 428, 429. 16. What was done by Henry VII.? 429, 430. 17. What did the Reformation effect; and what was done with regard also to our civil polity by Henry VIII.? 430, 431. 18. What did Edward VI. and Mary? 431, 482. 19. What did Elizabeth for the religious liberties of the nation; and what for the political 432-435. 20. What did James I.? 436. 21. What did Charles I.? 436-438. 22. What was done upon the restoration of Charles II.? 438–440. 23. What has been done from the revolution in 1688 to the present time; and what have been the chief alterations cf moment in the administration of private justice during that period? 12. What did John and Henry III.; and what were the effects of magna carta and carta de fo- | 440-442. resta 428-425. 709 INDEX. The small numerals denote the Books; the ciphers the Pages of the Commentaries. Abatement of freehold, iii. 167. indictment, iv. 334. nuisance, iii. 5. writ, count, or suit, iii. 301. plea in, iii. 301, iv. 334. Abbey-lands, ii. 32, iv. 116. molesting their possessors, iv. 116. Abbots, i. 155. Abbreviations, iii. 323. Abdication, i. 212, iv. 78. Abduction of child, iii. 140. ward, iii. 141. wife, iii. 139. women, i. 443. or kidnapping, iv. 219. Abearance, good, security for, iv. 251, 256. Abigei, iv. 239. Abjuration, oath of, i. 368. of the realm, iv. 56, 124, 332, 377. rights and duties, i. 123. after the fact, iv. 37. when to be tried, iv. 323. Accidents, where relieved against, iii. 431. Account-books, when evidence, iii. 868. Accroaching royal power, iv. 76. disobedience to, iv. 122. private, i. 86, ii. 344. public, i. 85. when binding on the crown, i, 261. Action at law, iii. 116. chose in, ii. 397. ex contractu, iii. 117. delicto, iii. 117. feodal, iii. 117. Action at law, mixed, iii. 118. personal, iii. 117. property in, ii. 396. real, iii. 117. Actual right of possession, ii. 196. Adherence to the king's enemies, iv. 82. Adjoining county, trial in, iii. 383. Admeasurement of dower, ii. 136, iii. 188 cum testamento annexo, ii. 504. court of, iii. 69, iv. 268. Advocatus fisci, iii. 27. Advowson, ii. 21, iv. 426. Equitas sequitur legem, ii. 330, iii. 441. Affirmance of judgments, iii. 411*. Age, action suspended by, iii. 300. of consent to marriage, i. 436. fund, i. 331. Agistment, ii. 452. Agnati, ii. 235. Agnus Dei, &c., iv 115. Agriculture, its original, ii. 7. Aid-prayer, iii. 300. Aids, feodal, ii. 63, 86, iv. 418, 419 parliamentary, i. 308. Air, right to, ii. 14. Albinatus jus, i. 872, 378. Alderman, i. 116. Alienation, i. 287. fine for, ii. 71, iv. 418. Alien priories, i. 386, iv. 113. Aliens, i. 366, 371, ii. 249, 274, 298, iv. 111. duy, i. 316, 372, 374. Allegiance, i. 366, iv. 74. cath of, i. 867, iv. 274. Allowance of franchise, iii. 263. Alluvion, ii. 261. Almanac, its authority, iii. 833. Alteration of deeds, ii. 308. Amended bill in equity, iii. 448. Amendments at law, iii. 407, iv. 489. Areopagus, court of, ii. 565, iv. 169, 348. Armed, being unusually, iv. 149. standing, i. 414, iv. 419, 439, 441. Armorial ensigns, ii. 428, iii. 105. Armour, &c., embezzling the king's, iv 101. Arms and ammunition, exporting them i. 26 Arraignment, iv. 322, app. 3. incidents to, iv. 824. Amercement, ii. app. 19, iii. 876, iii. app. 5, 6, Array, challenge to, iii. 359, iv. 352. commission of, i. 411. Arrest of judgment, iii. 393, app. 11, iv. 876 of persons, iii. 288, iv. 289. seamen and soldiers, i. 421. Arson, iv. 220. appeal of, iv. 314. Articles of the navy, i. 420. war, i. 415. Artificers, i. 407. residing abroad, iv. 160*. transporting them, iv. 160*. As, Roman divisions of, ii. 462. Ascendants excluded from inheriting, ii. 21€ Assault, iii. 120, iv. 145, 216. costs in action for, iii. 401. Assembly of estates, i. 147. riotous or unlawful, iv. 148. Assensu patris, dower ex, ii. 182. Assets, ii. 510. Bank, misbehaviour of its officers, iv. 284 cognizance of, iii. 428. Bar of dower, ii. 136. plea in, iii. 306, iv. 335, 396. trial at, iii. 352, iv. 351. Bargain and sale of lands, ii. 338, app. 2 Bargemaster, action against, iii. 165. Baron, i. 398. and feme, i. 433. Baronet, i. 403. Baronies of bishops, i. 156. Barretry, iv. 134. Barristers, i. 23, iii. 26. Base fees, ii. 109. services, ii. 61. tenants, ii. 148. Bastard, i. 454. administration to, ii. 505. concealment of its death, iv. 198, 858 eignè, ii. 248. incapacity of, i. 458. maintenance of, i. 457. punishment for having, iv. 65. Bath, knight of the, i. 403. Battel, trial by, iii. 337, app. 8, iv. 846, 418 422, 424. Augmentation of vicarages and curacies, 1. 388. Battery, iii. 120, iv. 216. Bachelor, knight, i. 404. Backing warrants, iv. 291. below, iii. 291. in error, iii. 410*. justifying or perfecting, iii. 291. refusing, iv. 297. special, iii. 287, app. 19. taking insufficient, iv. 297. to the action, iii. 290. to sheriff, iii. 290. Bailable or not, who, iv. 297, 298, 299. Bail-bond, iii. 290, app. 19. Bailiffs, i. 345, 427. of hundreds, i. 116, 345. Bailiwick, i. 344, ii. 88. Bailment, ii. 396, 451. Bail-piece, iii. 291, app. 20. Ballot for jurors, iii. 358. Banishment, i. 137, iv. 377, 401 inspection of, iii. 333. servant, iii. 142. Bawdy-houses, iv. 29, 64, 167. Beacons, i. 264. Benefit of clergy, iv. 333, 865, 413, 429, 441 Benevolence, compulsive, i. 140, iv. 436. part of England, ib. Bill for patents, &c., ii. 846 indictment, iv. 802. Middlesex, iii. 285, app. 18 rights, i. 128, iv. 440. Billa vera, iv. 306. certificate of, iii. 335. 249 not electing or consecrating, 1v. 115. right of, to try or be tried, as a peer, i. 401, Bishoprics, nomination to, i. 378, iv. 108, 115, 415, 430. Bissextile year, ii. 140. Black act, iii. 161, iv. 144, 207, 235, 245. lead, stealing of, iv. 234. maile, ii. 48, iv. 244. |