Jurisdiction, decisions of courts of co-ordinate, 32. effect of statutes on, 337, 401. Jury, duty of, 56, 117. KEBLE's reports, 8. Knowledge of law, testator's, 548. LAND," general devise of, 600. statutory definition of, 295, 298. "Lands Clauses Acts," statutory definition of, 632. permissive, 328. statutory, 291. Lapse, doctrine of, 606. Latent ambiguity, definition of, 83, 134. 66 in contracts, 134. in instruments, 83. in wills, 580, 582. 'Lawful, it shall be," &c., 328–331. Laws governing contracts, 93. Legacies, conditional, 605. substituted, 620. Legal and equitable construction, 108. and illegal parts of deeds, 190. interpretation, defined, see p. lxxv. relevancy, 12. sense in statutes, 320. Leges posteriores priores contrarias abrogant, 451, 471, 473, 474, 475. Legislation by reference, 377, 386. Legislative expositions, 433. "Legislature," statutory definition of, 632, 639. Leonard's reports, 9. Letter and spirit, 535. Letters patent, how interpreted, 214. "Letters patent," statutory definition of, 639. Levinz's reports, 9. Lex fori, application of, 102. Lex loci contractûs, 93. Limitations by deed of settlement, 199. Literal sense, 76, 305, 526. Local and personal statutes, 379. "Local government register of electors," statutory definition of, 631. Long standing decisions, 20, 362. Lord Chancellor's Court, 37. "Lord Chancellor," statutory definition of, 627. Lord Wensleydale's Golden Rule, 74, 133, 302, 522. effect of decisions of, in Scotland, 47. MANDATORY statutes, 434. Map, 191, 632. Marginal notes of a statute, 263. Masculine gender, words implying, 297, 625. Maxims, 52. Ad proximum antecedens fiat relatio, nisi impediatur sententia, Ambiguitas verborum latens verificatione suppletur nam quod ex facto oritur ambiguum verificatione facti tollitur, 83, 580, 581. Contemporanea expositio est optima et fortissima in lege, 125, 358. Designatio unius est exclusio alterius, 78. Expressio unius est exclusio alterius, 78, 129, 131, 310, 458. Expressum facit cessare tacitum, 78, 90, 129, 130. Falsa demonstratio non nocet, 191, 192, 577, 578. Generalia specialibus non derogant, 382, 383, 385, 466. Generalia verba sunt generaliter intelligenda, 63, 296, 311. Ignorantia juris non excusat, 373. In testamentis plenius testatoris intentionem scrutamur, 516. Jura naturæ sunt immutabilia, 347. Leges humana nascuntur, vivunt, et moriuntur, 1. Leges posteriores priores contrarias abrogant, 451, 471, 473, 474. Mobilia sequuntur personam, 496, 497, 498, 499. Nihil facit error nominis cum de corpore constat, 191. Non accipi debent verba in demonstrationem falsam quæ com- Noscitur a sociis, 161, 311, 313, 314, 554. Nova constitutio futuris imponere debet non præteritis, 414, 415, Optimus interpres rerum usus, 125. Optimus legis interpres consuetudo, 358, 359, Maxims-continued. Præsentia corporis tollit errorem nominis, et veritas nominis tollit errorem demonstrationis, 191, 577. Quoties in verbis nulla est ambiguitas, ibi nulla expositio contra Securus judicat orbis terrarum, 289. Semper præsumitur pro negante, 39. Semper proximo antecedente refertur, 66, 67, 315, 556. Sic utere tuo ut alienum non lædas, 400. Stare decisis, 20. Ut res magis valeat quam pereat, 58, 145, 146, 219, 231, 343, Verba cartarum fortius accipiuntur contra proferentem, 175, Verba intentioni et non è contra debent inservire, 145. Verba relata inesse videntur, 191. Vox emissa volat litera scripta manet, 90. Misdemeanour," statutory definition of, in Scotch Acts, 633. Mistakes in statutes, 322. in wills, 577. Mobilia sequuntur personam, 496. Modern cases in law and equity, 9. Modification of express words, 74, 295, 568, Modifying sections, repeal of, 476. "Month," meaning of, in contracts, 112. "Month." statutory definition of, 252, 295, 298, 625, 637. NAKED powers, construction of, 224. National Debt Commissioners," statutory definition of, 628. Negative covenants, 185. New right, obligation, duty or liability, and its remedy, 429. Nihil facit error nominis cum de corpore constat, 191. Nisi Prius report, 610. Non accipi debent verba in demonstrationem falsam quæ competunt in Non-user, repeal by, 454, 478. Noscitur a sociis, 161, 311, 313, 314, 554. Notice of statutes, judicial, 372. private, 374. Nova constitutio futuris imponere debet non præteritis, 414, 415, 416, 418, 419, 421, 423. of deed, 151. testator's, 522. Objects of statutes, 279. Obligations, imposition of, 564. Obligatory provisions in statutes, 331. Obsolete and obsolescent statutes, 454. Offence, new, and its remedy, 431. same, with different punishments, 452. Offences under two or more laws, provisions as to, 453, 634. Old Court of Appeal, 36. Reports, 7. Omission in wills supplied, 572. Operating several ways, contracts, 133. two ways, deeds, 156. unreasonably or absurdly, statutes, 324. Operative part of deeds controlling recitals, 165. Optimus interpres rerum usus, 125. legis interpres consuetudo, 358, 359. B. UU Parliamentary borough," statutory definition of, 630. Parliamentary election," statutory definition of, 631. "Parliamentary register of electors," statutory definition of, 631. Parties, subsequent declarations of, 127. Parts of statutes, 243. Patent ambiguity, in contracts, 135. in instruments, 83. in wills, 580, 582. Patents, how interpreted, 214. specification, 214. Peculiar terms, 68, 204. Peere Williams's Reports, 9. Penal statutes interpreted strictly, 443. application of, to bodies corporate, 297, 625. Penalties, accumulative, 451. "Performing" covenants, 184, 185. Permissive phrases, 328. statutes, 328. Perpetuities, rule against, 598. "Person," meaning of, 296. "Person," statutory definition of, 296, 625, 632. Personal covenants, 186. Personal statutes, 379. Petty Sessional Court," statutory definition of, 629. Petty Sessional Court-house," statutory definition of, 629. Phrase, insensible, in statutes, 324. Phrases in statutes in pari materiâ, 318. |