INDEX, The small numerals denote the Books; the ciphers the Pages of the Commentaries. ward, iii 141 wife, iii 139 and n women, i 443 and n or kidnapping, iv 219 and n when freehold cannot be put in, ii 107 n Abjuration, oath of, i 368 of the realm, iv 56 124 332 377 Absolute power of the crown, i 250 rights and duties, i 123 after the fact, iv 37 and n Account books, when evidence, iii 368 Act of bankruptcy, ii 477 and n disobedience to, iv 12 endeavouring to repeal, is treason, iv 82 n its ancient form, i 182 power, i 185 private, i 86 ii 344 and n 345 n when binding on the crown, i 261 Action at law, iii 116 ex contractu, iii 117 Action at law, feodal, iii 117 for debt below 40s. in superior court, iii 36 n Actual right of possession, ii 196 cum testamento annexo, ii 504 durante minore aetate, ii 503 n limited or special, ii 506 granted to creditor when executor out of Administrator, ii 496 iv 428 when privileged from arrest, iii 289 n court of, iii 69 iv 268 no appeal from, to privy council, i 230 n letters of marque granted by, ib to copyholds, ii 370 Admittendum clericum, writ ad, iii 250 rights, &c. of wife guilty of, i 441 Advocate, iii 26, see Counsel canon law forbids clerks becoming, i 20 n Advowson, iv 426 in general, ii 21 cannot pass without deed, ii 22 n is saleable, ii 22 n tenant by curtesy of, ii 127 n purchase of, not simoniacal, ii 279 n Equitas sequitur legem, ii 330 Affectum, challenge propter, iii 363 iv 352 to hold to bail in action, iii 287 Affirmance of judgments, iii 411 Agistment, ii 452 Agnati, ii 235 Agnus Dei, &c. iv 115 Alderney, island of, i 106 Alfred, his dome-book, i 64 iv 411 fine for, ii 71 iv 418 forfeiture by, ii 268 274 n Alien priories, i 386 iv 113 rights, &c. of, in general, i 366 371 nii 293 n petty custom, duty on, abolished, i 316 n may hold house or shop by agreement, ii 293 n Allegiance, i 366 iv 74 natural, i 369 oath of, i 367 iv 274 refusing it, iv 116 withdrawing from, iv 87 Allowance of franchise, iii 263 pardons, iv 401, 402 Alluvion, ii 261 and n Almanac, its authority, iii 333 Ambassador, king's prerogative as to, i 253 arrest of, and servants, i 256 n iii 289 n Ancestors, how numerous, ii 203 Anchors, injuries, &c. to, iv 245 n demesne, i 286 ii 99 Animals, see Cattle, Game property in, ii 5 monkey and parrot, property in, 11 391 n what protected by statutes, ib Annual parliaments, i 153 for lives, ii 461 INDEX. Arbitrary consecrations of tithes, i 113 ii 26 Arbitration in general, iii 16 Archbishop, i 155 377 and n his court, iii 64 dean of, iii 65 Areopagus, court of, iii 365 iv 169 348 Aristocracy, i 49 Armed, being unusually, iv 149 standing, i 414 iv 419 441 Armorial ensigns, ii 429 iii 105 Armour, &c. embezzling the king's, iv 101 Arms and ammunition, exporting them, i 265 going armed, iv 149 incidents to, iv 324 and n Array, challenge to, iii 359 iv 352 Arrest of judgment, iii 393 app 11 iv 375 of persons in civil cases, iii 288 for what cause of action, iii 287 n persons privileged from, iii 289 n remedy for malicious, iii 126 of persons in criminal cases, iv 289 by warrant, and who may grant it, and for what, iv 290 and n form of warrant, ib and n backing warrant, ib 291 and n place of, ib by officers without warrant, ib 292 and n by private persons without warrant, ib 293 and n cry, in general, iv 220 373 what a house to constitute offence, iv 221 where house must be burnt, iv 221 malice, ib punishment, ib appeal of, iv 314 Articles of the navy, 420, 421 war, i 415 Artificers, their station in the state, i 407 combination laws, iv 136 n leaving kingdom, i 269 n iv 160 seducing, iv 160 embezzlements by, iv 230 n As, Roman divisions of, ii 462 Ascendants excluded from inheriting, ii 210 Assault, what constitutes, iii 120 and n when justifiable, ib 3-5 and n if death ensue, no civil remedy, iii 119 n civil action after acquittal of, ib offence in general, iv 216 217 and n to raise price of wages, iv 136 n in churchyard, iv 145 on king's chancellor, &c. iv 84 by descent, or real, ii 244 302 340 real estates devised liable to debts, ii 378 n Assignees of bankrupt, ii 480 Assignment of bankrupt's effects, ii 485 estate, ii 326 reversions, iii 157 of choses in action, ii 442 290 n of lease, how far assignee bound by cove- of wife's chose in action by husband, ii of personal property, requisites of, ii 140 n Assise, certificate of, iii 389 general, i 148 grand, iii 341 iv 422 justices of, iii 59 iv 269 killing them, iv 84 of arms, i 411 ii 66 turned into a jury, iii 403 Assurances, common, ii 294 Attachment against witnesses, iii 369 forfeiture of real property in treason, iv 381 in petit treason and felony, iv 385 forfeiture of personal property, ib 387 and n Attaint, grand jury in, iii 351 writ of, iii 402 Attainted persons, ii 290 iv 380 to steal fish, iv 235 and n to commit crime, iv 100 n 131 n 140 n devises, ii 376 Attorney at law, iii 25 and n action against. iii 166 and n 362 Attorney at law, may appear for defendant in no right to be present at examination of how far responsible for errors, &c. ib summary proceedings against, iv 284 n information by, iii 261 427 iv 308 Attornment, ii 72 288 when made, and use of, ii 290 n Auctioneer, see Agent, Master and Servant, when not entitled to compensation, i 428 n Averium, ii 424 Averment, iii 309 313 iv 340 Augmentation of vicarages and curacies, i 388 Aula regia, or regis, iii 38 iv 416 422 Avowry, iii 149 Aurum reginae, i 220 Auter droit, ii 177 Auterfois acquit, iv 335 and n Auter vie, tenant pur, ii 120 excessive, i 135 iv 297 justifying or perfecting, iii 291 special, iii 287 taking insufficient, iv 297 to the action, iii 290 to sheriff, iii 290 and n affidavit to hold to, ii 287 n when protected from arrest, iii 289 n agreement with bailiff to put in, iii 290 n what offences bailable, ib 298 Bailment, law of, ii 451 n 1. depositum, or deposits, ib 2. Mandatum, to do without recompense ib, Bail-piece, iii 291 app 20 Baking, regulations as to baking, &c. of bread, Ballot for jurors, iii 358 selling bad bread, iv 162 and n Banishment, i 137 iv 377 401 misbehaviour of its officers, iv 234 Banks of rivers, &c. destroying, iv 244 and n embezzling effects, iv 156 n principles and objects of law, ii 471 n who may become bankrupt, it acts of bankruptcy, ib free from arrest, iii 289 n fraudulent bankruptcy, iv 156 n Banns, i 439 Bar of dower, ii 136 plea in, iii 306 iv 335 396 trial at, iii 352 iv 351 Bargain and sale of lands, ii 333 app 2 and feme, i 433, see Husband and Wife Baronies, ii 62 90 of bishops, i 156 Barratry, iv 134 Barristers, see Advocate hints to, i 23 their station in society, 1 406 n their office, &c. in courts, iii 26 and n may be made serjeant in vacation, iii 27 n attorney and solicitor-general precedence of may lead at nisi prius in common pleas, iii 28.n when silenced, iii 29 liabilities and privileges of, iii 28 n action against, iii 165 when free from arrest, iii 289 n not to disclose confidential communications, what to be done if offence not bailable, ib Base fees, ii 109 300 services, ii 61 tenants, ii 148 Bastard, i 454 administration to, ii 505 concealment of its death, iv 198 and n 358 incapacity of, i 459 maintenance of, i 458 punishment for having, iv 65 Bath, knight of the, i 403 vagrants, iv 170 n Behaviour, good security for, iv 251 256 402 Benefit of clergy, iv 333 365 413 429 441 part of England, i 99 parliament, i 181 standing orders, i 181 n exchange, ii 466 469 n or note, forging, iv 248, 249 Billa vera, iv 306 Bishop, i 155 377 401 not electing or consecrating, iv 115 not one of the three estates of realm, i 153 n Scotch presbytery established, ib of St. David's deprived for simony, i 380 n commendams granted to, i 393 n when may refuse to accept resignation, i 393 require incumbent to employ curate, i 394 n may fix curates' salaries, and enforce pay- their rank, &c. in state, i 405, 406 Bishoprics, nomination to, i 378 iv 108 115 430 Black Act, remedies against hundred, iii 160 shooting at another, iv 208 and n VOL. II.-95 Black Act, going disguised, &c. iv 245 mills, ib corn, wood, &c. ib breaking, &c. fish-ponds, ib and n Blood corrupted, ii 251 iv 388 of the first purchasor, ii 220 whole and half, ii 227 Body corporate, see Corporation, i 467 Boiling to death, iv 196 and n Bona notabilia, ii 509 n vacantia, i 298 Bonds in general, ii 340 app 3 iii app 19 iv 442 for purchase of foreign estate when usurious, voluntary, when postponed on death of ob- of arbitration, iii 16 stealing of, iv 234 Bono et malo, writ de, iv 270 Book of rates, i 316 n Book land, ii 90 Books, (see Copyright) and papers, production popish, importing or selling them, iv 115 courts, iii 82 English, i 75 ii 83 vote by residence in, i 175 n Borrowing, see Bailment, Loan, Usury, ii 453 Botes, ii 35 Bottomry, in 457 Bound bailiffs, i 346 Bounties on exportation, i 315 Bourdeaux, mayor of, his certificate, iii 334 offence of, iv 183 and n receiving stolen, iv 132 n covenant, ii 155 prison, iv 130 and n Brehon law in Ireland, i 100 iv 313 how punishable, ib n Bricks, combinations to raise price of, iv 159 n annoyances in, iv 167 and n islands, i 105 |