INDEX. The small numerals denote the Books; the ciphers the Pages of the Commentaries. Abatement of freehold, iii. 167. indictment, iv. 334. nuisance, iii. 5. writ, count, or suit, iii. 301. plea in, iii. 301, iv. 334. Abbey-lands, ii. 32, iv. 116. molesting their possessors, iv. 116. Abbots, i. 155. Abbreviations, iii. 323. 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. before the fact, iv. 36. 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. its ancient form, i. 182. 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. personal, iii. 117. 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. durante absentia, ii. 503. durante minore ætate, ii. 503. 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. of consent to marriage, i. 436. 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. forfeiture by, ii. 268. Alien priories, i. 386, iv. 113. Aliens, i. 366, 371, ii. 249, 274, 293, iv. 111. du.y, i. 316, 372, 374. oath of, i. 367, iv. 274. Allowance of franchise, iii. 263. Almanac, its authority, iii. 333. Amendments at law, iii. 407, iv. 439. Alteration of deeds, ii. 308. Amended bill in equity, iii. 448. 25, 26, iv. 379, 423. action for, iii. 159. 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. commission of, i. 411. Arrest of judgment, iii. 393, app. 11, iv. 375. of persons, iii. 288, iv. 289. seamen and soldiers, i. 421. Arson, iv. 220. appeal of, iv. 314. Articles of the navy, i. 420. 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. Assembly of estates, i. 147. riotous or unlawful, iv. 146. Assets, ii. 510. by descent, or real, ii. 244, 302, 340. Assignees of bankrupt, ii. 480. Assignment of bankrupt's effects, ii. 485. errors, iii. app. 24. estate, ii. 326. reversions, iii. 158. Assigns, ii. 289. Assize, certificate of, iii. 389. commission of, iii. 60, iv. 269, 424. general, i. 148. grand, iii. 341, 351, app. 5, iv. 422. killing them, iv. 84. of arms, i. 411, ii. 66. turned into a jury, iii. 403. Averium, ii. 424. Averment, iii. 309, 313, iv. 340. Bank, misbehaviour of its officers, iv. 231. cognizance of, iii. 428. Bar of dower, ii. 136. plea in, iii. 306, iv. 335, 396. 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. 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. Bachelor, knight, i. 404. Backing warrants, iv. 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. Balneari, iv. 239. Banishment, i. 137, iv. 377, 401. inspection of, iii. 333. servant, iii. 142. Bawdy-houses, iv. 29, 64, 167. Beacons, i. 264. 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. rights, i. 128, iv. 440. or note, forging, iv. 247, 249. Billa vera, iv. 306. Bishop, i. 155, 377, 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, 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, of inheritance, ii 208. 422. Capias ad audiendum judicium, iv. 375. satisfaciendum, iii. 160, 414, app. 26 pro fine, iii. 398. utlagatum, iii. 284, app. 17, iv. 320. Capiatur, judgment quod, iii. 398, app. 12. succession per, ii. 218. Capital punishment, iv. 9, 18, 236*, 376 413, 441. 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, ii. 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, 821. Cessio bonorum, ii. 473, 483. in the hand, iv. 367, 369, 370, 372, 377, app. 4. Cestui que trust, ii. 328. malicious, iv. 244, 245, 246. the king's ships, &c., iv. 102. to death, iv. 93, 204, 216, 222, 376, 408. Butlerage, i. 315. By-laws, i. 475. action on, iii. 160. vie, ii. 123. use, ii. 328. Chains, hanging in, iv. 202. Chamberlain, lord great, iii. 88. 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. commission of, iii. 428. Charities, cognizance of, iii. 427. 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. personal, ii. 387. real, ii. 386. Chaud-medley, iv. 184. Cheat, action against, iii. 165*. at play, iv. 173. Cheek, burning in, iv. 99, 370, 377. Chester, county palatine of, i. 117. Chevisance, ii. 474. Chichele, archbishop, vindicated, iv. 113. justiciary of England, iii. 38, iv. 416. 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. Churchwardens, i. 394. Cinque ports, courts of, iii. 79. Circuits, iii. 59, iv. 422, 424. Civil injuries, iii. 2. law, i. 14, 19, 79, 81, 83, iv. 421, 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. de droit tantum, fine sur, ii. 353. in replevin, iii. 150. of pleas, ii. 38. wrongs, iii. 86. Cognizee of a fine, ii. 351, iii. 157. Cognizor of a fine, ii. 350, iii. 157. Cognovit actionem, iii. 304, 397. Coin, falsifying, &c., iv. 84, 88, 90, 98, 120. treasons relating to, iv. 84, 88, 90. Coinage, instruments of, treason relative to, iv. right of, i. 277. Coke, Sir Edward, i. 72, 73. Collateral consanguinity, ii. 204. issue, iv. 396, app. 5. warranty, ii. 301. Collatio bonorum, ii. 517. Collation to a benefice, i. 390. Collative advowsons, ii. 22. Collecting the goods of the deceased, ii. 510. Colleges, i. 471. their visitors, i. 482. Collegia in the civil law, i. 469. Colligendum bona defuncti, letters ad, ii. 505 Colour in pleading, iii. 309. |