INDEX. A. ABANDONMENT of execution, 763 of distress, 289, 290, 294 of sunken vessel, effect of, 403, 404 of trade mark, 727 ABATEMENT of nuisance. (See SELF-PROTECTION.) ABSOLUTE DUTIES, 12, 430-452, 465–490, 516–518 statutory authority, 12-13 public, extent of, 36-38 of bailee under contract to redeliver, 271 duty of sheriff to pay landlord is not, 767 ABUSE OF PROCESS, 659 debtor presenting petition in bankruptcy, 44, note (c), 659 ACCORD AND SATISFACTION, 135, 164-167 sum paid to workman, 100 case of a criminal offence, 165 bare accord, 165, 174 mere agreement taken in satisfaction, 165 mere receipt not sufficient, 169 accord self-executing, 165–6 consideration for accord, 166 by arbitration, 166 conditional, 166–167 with joint tort-feasors, 167 ACKNOWLEDGMENT, barring operation of Statutes of Limitation, 374 ACT OF GOD. (See VIS MAJOR.) ACT OF STATE. (See GOVERNMENT.) ACTIO PERSONALIS MORITUR CUM PERSONA, 51–53, 39, 222, 227 (See PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES; LORD CAMPBELL'S ACT.) ACTION against public authority. (See PUBLIC AUTHORITY.) notice of. (See NOTICE OF ACTION.) right of discharge of, Ch. VIII. by death. (See PARTIES; ACTIO PERSONALIS MORITUR previous, test whether bar to action, 167, 168 summary conviction for assault no bar to action against prosecutor, 190 causes of, when the same, 168 continuing injury, 170-172 against constable, 778, note (b), 779 ADMINISTRATORS. (See PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES.) ADULTERATED GOODS, sale of, 274 ADVERSE POSSESSION, 364-365, 369-373 ADVOCATES, privilege of, 576–578 AGENT. (See PRINCIPAL AND AGENT.) AGGRAVATION, MATTER OF. (See DAMAGES.) AGRICULTURE, within Workmen's Compensation Acts. (See MASTER AND damage to land or crops by sparks from engines, 12, 13, 120 agricultural tenant, 286, 287 agricultural machinery and stock, distress of, 297, 300-302 AIR over land, part of land, 337–339 pollution of, 389, 393, 404 AMBASSADORS, privilege of, 42-43, 177 waiver of privilege, 43 privilege of, against distress, 295, 304 AMENDS, tender of. (See NOTICE OF ACTION.) for irregular distress, 305, 307, 308 ANCIENT LIGHTS, obstruction to, 139, 392, 786, 788-9 extent of right in, 171, 386-388, 392-394, 789-790 distinction between business premises and dwelling houses, 386 injunction, 386 who may sue, 412-416 who may be sued, 416 local authority blocking lights, 416 ANIMALS, injuries by animals fere nature, 12, 108, 444 by domestic animals known to have a savage disposition, 12, 450-452 whether scienter of owner's servant sufficient, 451-452 "beware the dog," 515 plaintiff knowing vice of horse, 521 whether liability of owner ceases with possession, 452 by animals domite naturæ, following their natural pro- pensities, 445, 447–448 keeping watch-dog, 157 trespasses by cattle, &c., 10, 319-320, 345, 445–447 exception to absolute liability for, where cattle stray off a nuisances by, 432 shooting a trespassing dog, 154, 450 act of third party, 439 constituting vis major, 455 distraint of, 291, 296, 297, 299, 302, 306 damage feasant, distress of, 318-321 what may be distrained, 319 privilege of things in use, 319 who may distrain, 319 no trespass, no distress, 319-320 time, place, and extent, 320--321 dogs worrying cattle, 447-448 damage by game, 448-450 ANIMALS-contd. animals suffering from contagious diseases, liability for, 444- 445 on sale of, implied representation of freedom from, 495 528-529 APOLOGY in defamation, 625 in public press, 625 APPRAISEMENT in distress, 309, 311, 313 APPRENTICE, "workman," 99 authority of master over, 217 avoidance of unreasonable indenture by, 221 ARBITRATION, 166 ARREST, by servant for protection of master's property, 81 on civil process. (See SHERIFF.) by constable. (See CONSTABLE.) by private person, 199, 200 et seq., 771, 772 assisting officers of the law, 210 (See TRESPASS TO THE PERSON.) on warrant, 776-780 by railway company of persons travelling without payment of (See RAILWAY COMPANY; STATUTORY POWER.) ARTICLES OF THE PEACE, maliciously exhibiting, 641, 647 ASPORTATION, 231, 232, 249 ASSAULT. (See TRESPASS TO THE PERSON.) summary conviction for, no bar to action against prosecutor, 190 ASSIGNMENT, of cause of action in tort, 56, 57, 227 of claim to compensation, 56 none of bare licence, 352 of patent, 712-713 by company in liquidation, 713 trade mark, 722, 731 limitation to, 722 |