GENERAL INDEX. The Roman numerals denote the Books; the Arabic numbers refer to ★ pages of the Commentaries. Abatement of action by death of a party, | Accroaching royal power, iv, 76. iii, 399, n. of freehold, iii, 167. plea in, iii, 301; iv, 334. writ, count, or suit, iii, 301. what may be pleaded in, iii, 302, n. molesting their possessors, iv, 116. Abbots, i, 155. Abbreviations, iii, 323. Abduction of child, iii, 140. of heiress, iv, 208. or kidnapping, iv, 219. punishment for, iv, 208, n. under Eng. statutes, iv, 210, n. when parent can recover damages for, iii, 141, n. Abearance, good security for, iv, 251, 256. of freehold estates, ii, 107, n. Abigei, iv, 239. Abjuration, oath of, i, 368. of the realm, iv, 56, 124, 332, 377. rights under the U. S. laws, i, 125, n. Abstract of a fine, ii, 351, app. 15. Acceptance of bills, ii, 469, n. 469. after the fact, iv, 37, 38, n., 39, n. I could not be tried until after the principal, may be tried now without the principal, when to be tried, iv, 323. Accidents, where relieved against, iii, 431. Accord, iii, 15. and satisfaction, consideration necessary Account, cognizable in equity, iii, 426, n., 437. Account-books, when evidence, iii, 368. Accretion, ii, 262, n. disobedience to, iv, 122. its ancient form, i, 182. private, i, 86; ii, 344. public, i, 85. ii, 171, n. Additions, i, 407; iii, 302; iv, 306, 334. Admeasurement of dower, ii, 136; iii, 183. cum testamento annexo, ii, 504. jurisdiction, i, 264, n.; ii, 401, n.; iii, 68, jurisdiction of English courts, iii, 108, n. Admission of a clerk, i, 390. under English decisions, ii, 370–372, n. what constitutes in England and in the Advancements, ii, 519, n. Adverse possession, ii, 194, 196, 198, n.; iii, Advice to lawyers, i, 37, n. Advocatus fisci, iii, 27. Advowson, ii, 21; iv, 426. appendant and in gross, ii, 22, n. Affirmance of judgments, iii, 411. Age, action suspended by, iii, 300. of consent to marriage, i. 436. persons, how reckoned, i, 463; iv, 22. Agency, general and special, i, 430, n.; iii, 158, n. Agriculture, its original, 7. Aid-prayer, iii, 300. Aiding in any theft is felony, iv, 132, n. Aids, feodal, ii, 63, 86; iv, 418, 419. parliamentary, i, 308. Air, right to, ii, 14. Albinatus jus, i, 372, 373. Alderney, island of, i, 106. Alehouses, iv, 64, 167. Alfred, his dome-book, i, 64; iv, 411. Alias writ, iii, 283, app. 15; iv, 319. fine for, ii, 71; iv, 113. forfeiture by, ii, 268. of affections of husband or wife, action Alien priories, i, 386; iv, 113. in England and in the U. S., i, 365, 366, right to hold property, i, 372, 373, n. ii, 293, n. rights of, under U. S. supreme court deci- under English statutes, ii. 250, n. Aliens, treaties of 1794 and 1850, ii, 249, n. definition of, iii, 94, n. oath of, i, 367; iv, 274. and ministers, protection afforded them in their servants, iv, 70, n. Amended bill in equity, iii, 448. of the record, iii, 408, n. to constitutions in the United States, i, 162, n. judgments in criminal trials, iv, 376, n. Amercement, ii, app. 19, iii, 376, app. 5, 6. American colonies, i, 108. how numerous, ii, 203. what necessary for inheritance, ii, 220, n. Ancient demesne, i, 286; ii, 99. tenants in, ii, 101, n. lights, doctrine of, in England, ii, 402, n. Animals, larceny of, iv, 235. property in, ii, 5. Animus furandi, iv, 230, 232. revertendi, ii, 392. Anne Boleyn, i, 222, n. Annual parliaments, i, 153. Annuities, ii, 40. are real estate, how far, ii, 40, n. not within the statute de donis, ii, 113, n. Answer in chancery, iii, 446. Apparel, excess in, iv, 171. right of possession, ii, 196. Appeal as a criminal action, iv, 317, n. wife or child, iii, 143, n. how differing from writ of error, iii, 455. death, iv, 314, 424. Appointment to charitable uses, ii, 376. Appraisement, commission of, iii, 262. Apprentice-fee, duty on, i, 324. Apprentices, i, 426, 427; iv, 160. earnings of, i, 429, n. rights of, i, 429, n. Arrest, may be made by whom, iii, 288, n.; of a defendant made under what writs in judgment, iii, 393, app. 11, iii, 395; n. when a party may move for, iii, 393, n. seamen and soldiers, i, 421. privilege from, iii, 289, n. under defective warrants, iv, 292, n. what acts may be done to enforce, iii, 288, n. without a warrant, may be made when, Arson, iv, 220. appeal of, iv, 314. punishments for, in England and the U. S., under English statutes, iv, 221, n. Apprenticeship, time to be served in, iv, Articles found, ii, 402, n. of the navy, i, 420. Union between England and Scotland, i, 97, n. 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, 210. Assault, iii, 120; iv, 145, 216. and battery, force which may be used to who may repel in behalf of another, iii, costs in action for, iii, 120; iv, 145, 216. riotous, iv, 146. unlawful, what is, iv, 146, n. Assensu patris, dower, ex, ii, 132. Assent, as manifested by formal act, ii, 448, Association, writ of, iii, 59. Assumpsit, action of, iii, 158, n. Averium, ii, 424. Averment, iii, 309, 313; iv, 340. Avulsion, ii, 262, n. Award, iii, 16. by arbitrators, iii, 16, n. by a surety against the principal, iii, 163, n. | Ayle, writ of, iii, 186. express, iii, 158. implied, iii, 159. Bachelor, knight, i, 404. whom it may be maintained against, iii, Backing warrants, iv, 291. in England and the U. S., ii, 251, n. Attainted persons, ii, 290; iv, 380. to kill or wound, punishment for iv, to maim, how punished, iv, 194, n. to murder, iv, 194, n. to rob, iv, 242. to steal fish, iv, 236. Attestation of deeds, ii, 307, app. I, 3, 12, 13. to wills, ii, 376, 377, n. Attorney, action against, iii, 165. and client in equity, iii, 426, n. under Roman law, iii, 26, n. different kinds of, iii, 25, n., 165, n. information by, iii, 261, 427; iv, 308. under English decisions, ii, 290, n. Audita querela, under English and Ameri- can decisions, iii, 406, n. writ of, iii, 405. Auditors in account, iii, 164. Augmentation of vicarages and curacies, i Aula regia, or regis, iii, 38; iv, 416, 422. Aurum reginæ, i, 221. Auter droit, ii, 177. Auterfoits acquit, iv, 335. attaint, iv, 336. Bail above, iii, 290. below, iii, 291. common, iii, 287. excessive, i, 135; iv, 297. granted when, in England, and in the in criminal cases, iv, 297. justifying or perfecting, iii, 291, n. special, iii, 287, app. 19. in England, iii, 291, n. sheriffs, iii, 290. under English decisions, iii, 290, n. Bailee, gratuitous, ii, 453, n. how exempted from liability, ii, 452, power to affect liability by express con- Bailiffs, i, 345, 427. of hundreds, i, 116, 345. by an officer of court, ii, 396, n. what constitutes, ii, 451, n. for jurors, iii, 358. Banishment, i, 137; iv, 377, 401. misbehavior of its officers, iv, 231. consolidation act, 1849, in England, ii, 286, n. Baronet, i, 403. Baronies of bishops, i, 156. Barristers, i, 23; iii, 26. Barter or exchange, analagous to sale, ii, 447, n. Base fees, ii, 109. services, ii, 61. tenants, ii, 148. Bastard, i, 454. administration to, ii, 505. concealment of its death, iv, 198, 358. incapacity of, i, 458. in Scotland, ii, 248, n. U. S. presumption against, i, 457, n. mother of, iv, 66, n. ownership of real estate, by, i, 459, n. support of, in the U. S., i, 458, n. Bill of exchange, Middlesex, iii, 285, App. 18. patents, etc., ii, 346. peace in equity, iii, 426, n. quia timet, iii, 426, n. to discover evidence, iii, 426, n. perpetuate testimony in equity, iii, secure property in litigation, iii, 426, n. Bishops, i, 155, 377, 393. n., 394, 401. not electing or consecrating, iv, 115. right of, to try or be tried as a peer, i, who presumed to be, in England, i, 457, Bishoprics, nomination to, i, 378; iv, 108, 115, what constitutes, iii, 120, 121, n. 415, 430. Bissextile year, ii, 140. Black Act, iii, 161; iv, 144, 207, 235, 245. lead, stealing of, iv, 234. maile, ii, 43; iv, 244. Blanch rent, ii, 43. Blanch-holding, ii, 43. Blasphemy, iv, 59. Battle, trial by, iii, 337, app. 3; iv, 346, 418, Blood corrupted, ii, 251; iv, 338. 422, 424. last instance of, iv, 348, n. Bawdy-houses, iv, 29, 64, 167, n. Beaconage, suit for, iii, 108. Beacons, i, 264. Beast-gate, ii, 34, n. Bees, ii, 393, n. Behavior, good security for, iv, 251, 256, 402. Benefit of clergy, iv. 333, 365, 413, 429, 441. in America, iv, 372, n. Bequest by testator to a debtor, ii, 512, n. part of England, i, 99. Besayle, writ of, iii, 186. inheritable, ii, 246. of the first purchaser, ii, 220. whole and half, ii, 227. Boiling to death, iv, 196. Bona notabilia, ii, 509; iii, 65, n. Bond, ii, 340, app. 13; iii, app. 19; iv. 442. in equity, iii, 426, n. of arbitration, iii, 16. tenants, ii, 148. penalty of, under statutes in England, iii, 398, n. what is, ii, 340, n. Bible, the right to print in England, ii, 410, n. Bono et mala, writ, de, iv, 270. Bigamy, iv, 163. in the U. S., iv, 163, n. under English decisions, iv, 164, n. statutes, iv, 164, n. Bill and note payable to bearer, ii, 469, n. for compelling the delivery of deeds, iii, 426, n. contribution, iii, 426, n. in equity, iii, 442. parliament, i, 181. how passed, i, 181. of exceptions, iii, 372. in the U. S. Courts, iii, 372, n. of exchange, ii, 466. indictment, iv, 302. interpleader in equity, iii, 426, n. lading, effect of endorsement, ii, 449, n. |