INDEX. The small numerals denote the Books; the ciphers the Pages of the Commentaries. Abbots, i. 155. Abbreviations, iii. 323. Abdication, i. 212, iv. 78. Abduction of child, iii. 140. heiress, iv. 208. 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. 368. 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. plea to, iii. 303. 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. Adjournment of parliament, i. 186. Admeasurement of dower, ii. 136, iii. 183. pasture, iii. 238. 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. Affectum, challenge propter, iii. 363, iv. 352. Affirmance of judgments, iii. 411*. Age, action suspended by, iii. 300. Agistment, ii. 452. 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. 372, 373. Alderman, i. 117. Alderney, island of, i. 107. Alehouses, iv. 64, 167. Alfred, his dome-book, i. 64, iv. 411. Alias writ, iii. 283, app. 15, iv. 319. Alienation, ii. 287. fine for, ii. 71, iv. 418. Alien priories, i. 386, iv. 113. Aliens, i. 366, 371, ii. 249, 274, 293, iv. 111. duty, i. 316, 372, 374. Alimony, i. 441, iii. 94. Allegiance, i. 366, iv. 74. oath of, i. 367, iv. 274. Allowance of franchise, iii. 263. Alluvion, ii. 261. Almanac, its authority, iii. 333. Alteration of deeds, ii. 308. Amended bill in equity, iii. 448. Amendments at law, iii. 407, iv. 439. Archbishop, i. 155, 377. his court, iii. 64. dean of, iii. 65. Areopagus, court of, iii. 365, 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. 265. Arraignment, iv. 322, app. 3. incidents to, iv. 324. Amercement, ii. app. 19, iii. 376, iii. app. 5, 6, Array, challenge to, iii. 359, iv. 352. 25, 26, iv. 379, 423. action for, iii. 159. American colonies, i. 108. Ancestor, ii. 209. Ancestors, how numerous, ii. 203. Ancestral actions, iii. 186. Animals, larceny of, iv. 235. property in, ii. 5. Animus furandi, iv. 230, 232. revertendi, ii. 392. Annual parliaments, i. 153. Annuities, ii. 40. for lives, ii. 461. Annulum et baculum, investiture per, i. 378. Annus luctus, i. 456. Answer in chancery, iii. 446. Answer upon oath, iii. 100. Ancient demesne, Apostasy, iv. 43. 286, ii. 99. Apparel, excess in, iv. 171. right of possession, ii. 196. Appeal by approvers, iv. 330. how differing from writ of error, iii. 455. of arson, iv. 314. death, iv. 314, 424. felony, iv. 314. larceny, ib. mayhem, ib. rape, ib. treason, ib. prosecution by, iv. 312, 424. Rome, iv. 115, 421. Appearance to actions, iii. 290. day of the term, or return, iii. 278. common, ii. 33. Appointment to charitable uses, ii. 376. Appraisement, commission of, iii. 262. Apprentice-fee, duty on, i. 324. Apprentices, i. 426, 427, iv. 159*. Apprenticii ad legem, iii. 27. Appropriations, i. 384. 712 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. costs in action for, iii. 401. riotous or unlawful, iv. 146. Averium, ii. 424. Averment, iii. 309, 313, iv. 340. Bank, misbehaviour of its officers, iv. 234. cognizance of, iii. 428. Bar of dower, ii. 136. plea in, iii. 306, iv. 335, 896. 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, 358. 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. 3, iv. 346, 418, 422, 424. Augmentation of vicarages and curacies, i. 388. Battery, iii. 120, iv. 216. Aula regia, or regis, iii. 38, iv. 416, 422. Aurum reginæ, i. 221. Aulnager, i. 275. Avowry, iii. 150. 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. 38. Bailment, ii. 396, 451. Bail-piece, iii. 291, app. 20. Ballot for jurors, iii. 358. Balnearii, iv. 239. Banishment, i. 137, iv. 377, 401. inspection of, iii. 333. servant, iii. 142. Bawdy-houses, iv. 29, 64, 167. Behaviour, good security for, iv. 251, 256, 402. Benefices, iv. 107. Benefit of clergy, iv. 333, 365, 413, 429, 441. part of England, ib. Bill for patents, &c., ii. 346. of exceptions, iii. 372. Middlesex, iii. 285, app. 18. or note, forging, iv. 247, 249. Billa vera, iv. 306. Bishop, i. 155, 877, 401. certificate of, iii. 335. not electing or consecrating, iv. 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. 43, iv. 244. Blanch rent, ii. 43. Blood corrupted, ii. 251, iv. 338. of the first purchaser, ii. 220. whole and half, ii. 227. how protected, i. 134. Boiling to death, iv. 196. Bona notabilia, ii. 509. vacantia, i. 299. Calais, captain of, his certificate, iii. 334. Canonical obedience, iv. 106, 112, 203. Canon law, i. 14, 19, 79, 82, 83, iv. 421, 422. of inheritance, ii 208. Capite, tenants in, ii. 60. Caption of indictment, iv. 351, app. 1. Captives, ii. 402. Captures at sea, ii. 401. Caput lupinum, iv. 320. Carnal knowledge of infants, iv. 212. Case, action on, iii. 52, 122, iv. 442. Casu consimili, writ in, iii. 51. proviso, writ of entry in, iii. 183. Cattle, malicious killing or maiming, iv. 244, 245. Causa matrimonii prælocuti, writ of entry, iii. Cause, challenge for, iv. 353. Causes of demurrer, iii. 315, app. 24. Centeni, i. 117, iii. 35. Centumviri, iii. 315. Cepi corpus, iii. 288, app. 15, 18, 19. into chancery, iii. 453. of assize, iii. 389. of bankrupt, ii. 482. poor, i. 364. trial by, iii. 333. Certiorari facias, iv. 262, 265, 272, 320, 321. Cessio bonorum, ii. 473, 483. in the hand, iv. 367, 369, 370, 372, 377, app. 4. Cestui que trust, ii. 328. vie, ii. 123. use, ii. 328. Chains, hanging in, iv. 202. Chamberlain, lord great, iii. 38. Chancellor, his name and office, iii. 47. lord, iii. 38, 47. killing him, iv. 84. of a diocese, i. 382. the duchy of Lancaster, iii. 78. university, his court, iii. 83. Chance-medley, iv. 184. Chancery, court of, iii. 47, iv. 436. Charge to grand jury, iv. 303. Charitable uses, ii. 273, 376. commission of, iii. 428. Charities, cognizance of, iii. 427. informations for, ib. Charter, ii. 295. Charter of the king, ii. 346. Charter-governments in America, i. 109. Charter-land, ii. 90. Chase, ii. 38, 416, iv. 415. beasts of, ii. 38, 415. Chastity, homicide in defence of, iv. 181. tenants in, ii. 60. Children, duties of, i. 453. evidence of, iv. 214. Chirograph, ii. 296. of a fine, ii. app. 15. Chivalry, court of, iii. 68, iv. 268. tenure in, ii. 62. Chose in action, ii. 397. how assigned, ii. 442, iv. 441. marriage in, i. 439. or churchyard, affrays in, iv. 146. repairs of, iii. 92. | Civil injuries, iii. 2. law, i. 14, 19, 79, 81, 83, iv. 121, 422. liberty, i. 6, 125, 251. list, i. 332, iv. 440. state, i. 396. subjection, iv. 28. Clarendon, constitutions of, iv. 422. Clearing contempts in chancery, iii. 445. averse to the common law, i. 19, 20. prayer of, iv. app. 4. Clergymen, beating them, iv. 217. in orders, i. 388, iv. 367. of the market, his court, iv. 275. Clients, iii. 28. Clipping the coin, iv. 90. Clothes, malicious destroying of, iv. 244. Clocks, when introduced, iii. 410. Close, breach of, iii. 209. rolls, ii. 346. writs, ib. Cloth, stealing, from the tenters, iv. 238. Coat-armour, ii. 306, iii. 105 Code of Justinian, i. 81. Theodosius, i. 81. Codicil, ii. 500. Cognati, ii.235. Cognizance, claim of, iii. 298, iv. 278. 352. |