61.

Invention, title by, 25.

Inventions, protection of, 41.
Inventory of deceased's effects, 212.
Irish peers, 337, 354,370,372,617.
Irregular marriages, 269, n.
Issue, dying without, 218.

actions against, 655, n.
number of, 651, 652.

office of, how determined,

653.

origin of, 618.

power, office and duty of,
654.

qualification of, 651, 652.

virtute officii, 648.

can do no wrong, 489.
coronation, oath of, 403.
councils of, 465.
death of, 488.

declaration of war by, 503.
de facto and de jure, 438, 439.
dignity of, 486.

dispenser of justice, 515.
family of, 453-461.
forces of, 590-607
fountain of honour, 525.
grant by, 490.

head of the Church, 533.
his general relation to the
people, 401.

how far barred by lapse of
time, 493, 494.
legislative power of, 509.
letters of marque and reprisal
by, 505.

may issue writ of ne exeat

peerage, 614, n.

Ligan, 549.

Lighthouses, 513.

390, n.

Lapsed legacy, 217.

Larceny Act, 73.

664.

in parishes,

ib.

of children, 294.

Maintenance of parents, 301.
of wife, 278, 285.

Majora regalia, 485.
Maladministration of government,
489, 492.

Male preferred to female in de-
scent of Crown, 426.

Malt, excise on, 575.

Manufacture, patent for, 26.
Marches, the, 609.

Margaret, queen of Scotland, 434.

Marine forces, 600.
insurance, 126.

Marines, the, 604.

Market and fair, 527.
overt, 52, 71, 72.

Marque. letters of, 505.

verture on per-

son, 273.

on property, ib.

on transactions,

277.

liabilities of, 279,

280.

protection of, 276,

278, 279.

Martial, courts, 596, 598.
law, 598, n.

Mary, queen, 426, 440.
Master and servant, 236.

menial servant, 239.
labourers, 240.

clerks, 239, 240.

apprentices, 240.

power of master over the
servant, 242.

may protect servant, 244.
liable for acts of servant,

Negro slaves, 477.
Net profits, 161, n.

Newspapers, stamps on, 579, n.
Next of kin, 205, 206, 219.
Night, poaching by, 20, n.
Nobility, 335, 525, 608—624.
Nobleman, tried by his peers, 615.
Non compos - see LUNATICS.
Nonsuited, Crown cannot be, 518.
Norman Conquest, 431.
Note of hand, 123.

Notice of action to justices, 655.
of dishonour, 117, 118.
of marriage, 262, 266.
Nudum pactum, 58.

Nulli vendemus, &c. rectum vel
justitiam, 481.

Nullum tempus occurrit regi, 493.
Nuncupative will, 200, 201.
Nurture, guardianship for, 315.

0.

Oath against bribery, 380, n.
by members of parliament,

344.

coronation, 403.

of abjuration, allegiance and
supremacy, 408, 628.
declaration in lieu of, 627, n.,
628.

of office, 627.

Obligor and obligee of a bond, 106.
Occupancy, title by, 16.

Occupation, franchise by, 359, 367.
Office, definition of, 626.

how conferred, 627.
how forfeited, 628.

of trust, 626, 627.

ministerial, 627.

not a tenement when, 626, n.
swearing in to, 627.

Officers of State, 468, n.

Offices and pensions, duty on, 581.
creation of, by Crown, 525.

Official assignee, 159.

Ordinance of parliament, 337, 342.

Ordinary, 195, n.

Orphans, court of, 321.

Overt, market, 52, 71.

Outlawry, 481.

P.

Pantomime, 40, n.

Paraphernalia, 276.
Pardon, 518.

not pleadable to impeach-
ment, 605.

Pardoning, prerogative of, 518.
Parens patriæ, 194, 519.
Parent and child, 289.

duty of, towards child, 294.
powers of, over child, 298-
see CHILD.

Parish apprentices, 241.

Parks, 543, n.