Stamps, forgery of, iv. 291. of weights and measures, i. 270. Standing armies, i. 419, 420. Standing mute, iv. 384. Stannary courts, iii. 85. Staple commodities, i. 308. Star-chamber, court of, i. 221; iv. 312. equity of, i. 46. how passed, i. 170. law, i. 68. Statute, de donis, ii. 109. merchant, ii. 156. staple, ii. 156. Statute of frauds, iii. 166. Statutes, construction of, i. 70. penal, how construed, i. 71. Steward, i. 437. Steward, Lord High, court of the, iv. 307. Stock, in the funds or public companies, 454. Stolen goods, sale of, ii. 461. helping to, offence of, iv. 36. receiving, iv. 137. restitution of, iv. 429. Stoppage in transitu, ii. 459. Stores of war, offences relating to, iv. 104. Stranger, when his goods or cattle may be distrained, iii. 8. may have an action against tenant, iii. 8. Strangers to a fine, ii. 357. Subpana, writ of, in Chancery, iii. 56, 513. to hear judgment, iii. 521. Subsidies, ecclesiastical, i. 305. lay, i. 302. on exports and imports, i. 309. Subtraction of fealty, suit of court and rent, iii. 241. remedy by distress, iii. 242. Subtraction of legacies, iii. 104. of services, iii. 245. of tithes, iii. 94. Succession to the Crown, history of, i. 185. hindering the, iv. 84. Succession duties, i. 318. Succession, rules of, arbitrary, ii. 12. title to personalty by, ii. 441. of death of parties, &c., iii. 464. renewal of, iii. 305. Summons, proceeding by, in Chancery, iii. 530. Summons to appear before a justice, iv. Sunday, profanation of, iv. 59. appropriation of, i. 321, 328. Supreme magistrates, 132. for good behaviour, iv. 301. Surgeon, liable for negligence or unskilfulness, iii. 129. Striking in Superior Courts, offence of, Surrebutter, iii. 339. iv. 127. Study of the law, causes of its neglect, i. 10. Stupifying by drugs, iv. 231. Sub-infeudation, statute against, ii. 89. Submission to arbitration not revocable, iii. 17. Subornation of perjury, iv. 142. Surrenders, ii. 322. surrender in law, ii. 323. surrender of copyholds, ii. 371, 374. Sursumredditio, ii. 371. Surveyors of highways, i. 353. Sussex, marriage of Duke of, i. 215. Subpana ad testificandum, writ of, iii. 398. Swearing and cursing, iv. 55. Sweinmote, Court of, iii. 79. Syngrapha, ii. 291. Synods, i. 275. TAIL, general and special, ii. 160. Tales, of jurors, iii. 392. in criminal cases, iv. 416. Talliage, i. 304. Tanistry, ii. 83. Taxation, by the House of Commons, i. 154. principle of imposition of, i. 311. Taxes, i. 126, 301; ii. 421. annual amount of, i. 321. Temporal peers, i. 142. Temporalities of bishops, i. 277. restitution of, i. 382. Tenant, to the præcipe, ii. 359. in capite, ii. 60. paravail, ii, 59. in common, ii. 186. Threats, remedy for, iii. 126. Threatening letter, iv. 141, 151. Timber, ii. 275. Time, division and computation of, ii. Tithes, i. 388. extra-parochial, i. 279. predial, mixed, or personal, ii. 21. to whom due, ii. 23. prescription de non decimando, ii. 28. summary method of recovering, iii. 95. Title, royal, contempts against, iv. 125. bound to give landlord notice of eject- Title to the Crown, i. 179. not answerable for accidental fire, iii. 239. when bound to rebuild, iii. 239. Tenant-right, ii. 97, 98. Tender, when a defence, iii. 16. plea of, iii. 328. Tender of an issue in pleading, iii. 342. Tenement, ii. 16. Tenendum, ii. 295. Tenths, ecclesiastical, i. 279. temporal, i. 302. Tenures, ancient English, ii. 59. corruption of military tenures, ii. 74. Terms of years, ii. 138. Terms, origin of the, iii. 281. when adopted into English jurisprudence, iii. 281. when they begin and end, iii. 284. Test and Corporation Acts, iv. 54. Testament, ii. 520. etymology of word, ii. 529. Testamentary causes, iii. 101. Testamentary guardian, i. 489. Testimony, bill to perpetuate, iii. 510. Thanet, Isle of, i. 88. Things, real and personal, ii. 14. Title to things real, ii. 190. to things personal, ii. 408. Tithing, i. 101. Tolls, ii. 37. Tollbars, destroying, iv. 289. Tools for coining, making, iv. 101. Tort, action of, ii. 404. Torture, i. 120. illegal, iv. 386. Town, i. 101. Trade, offences against, iv. 130. Trader, ii. 486. Trades, restrictions on exercise of, i. 437. Trading Corporations, i. 526, et seq. Transfer of property, ii. 9. Transportation, i. 124; iv. 471. returning from, iv. 135. offence of concealing, iv. 122. when justifiable, iii. 220. costs in action of, iii. 222. remedy by injunction, iii. 223. Trespasser ab initio, how a man becomes, iii. 221. 1 Trial at law, several species of, in civil actions, iii. 354. by the record, iii. 369. by inspection, iii. 369. by certificate, iii. 371. by witnesses, iii. 374. by jury, iii. 375. by the court, iii. 415. notice of, iii. 383. Trial, new, in civil actions, iii. 421. Trial in criminal cases, by ordeal, iv. 403. by corsned or morsel of execration, iv. 405. by battel, iv. 406. by High Court of Parliament, iv. 408. by jury, iv. 409. Trial in equity, iii. 473. jurisdiction of Court of Chancery over, iii. 485. Trustee Acts, ii. 287. Trustees, appointment of, iii. 487. Tumultuous petitioning, i. 129; iv. 155. Turbary, ii. 34. Turnpike-gates, offence of destroying, iv. 152. Tutor, i. 300, 478. Uses, deeds to lead, ii. 363. repeal of usury laws, ii. 475. Uttering base coin, iv. 100. VACANCY of throne. i. 198. Vacant possession, mode of proceeding in case of, iii. 211. Vacantia bona, i. 290, 294. Valor beneficiorum, i. 280. Variances, amendment of, at trial, iii. 404. in indictments, iv. 367. Vassal, ii. 53. Venire de novo, when awarded, iii. 425. on an indictment, iv. 378. Ventre sa mere, children in, i. 117. Ventre inspiciendo, writ de, 482. Venue, in civil cases, how to be laid, iii. 314. changing, iii. 315. in indictments, iv. 358, 364. Verdict, in civil cases, must be unani mous, iii. 408. plaintiff must be present, iii. 409. special, iii. 410. Verdict, in criminal cases, iv. 425. UMPIRE, how appointed in arbitra- Vesting orders, ii. 369. springing, shifting, and resulting, ii. Visitors of corporations, i. 511. Wages, of Members of Parliament, i. 159. Will, estate at, ii. 142. of servants, i. 439. Waifs, i. 292; ii. 423. Wales, i. 76, 77. part of England, i. 82. courts of Principality of, abolished, iii. 90. Want, no excuse for crimes, iv. 29. Wapentakes, i. 102. War, articles of, i. 420, 424. levying, against the king, iv. 78. War and peace, right of making, i. 251. Ward, by constables, i. 351. Wards, Court of, ii. 68. marriage of, ii. 69. Wards in Chancery, i. 490. of attorney, iii. 427. of justices, iv. 331, 340, 377. Warranty, ii. 296. express and implied, ii. 296. lineal and collateral, ii. 297. of goods, ii. 462; iii. 174. Warren, ii. 429. Waste, what it is, iii. 234. by tenant in tail, ii. 112. voluntary or permissive, ii. 274. who may sue for, iii. 234. injunction to stay, iii. 236. action of damages for, iii. 236. Waste lands, ii. 88. Wills, probate of, iii. 104. Wills, ii. 11, 379, 520. Statute of, ii. 381. execution and attestation of, ii, 531. Winchester measure, i. 270. Winding-up Acts, as to joint-stock com panies, i. 532, 535; ii. 507; iii. 498. Wine-licences, i. 284. Witchcraft, iv. 56. Witenagemote, i. 133; iii. 44. Withdrawal of a juror, iii. 404. Witness, to deed, ii. 303. to wills, ii. 383. Witnesses, dissuading from giving evidence, offence of, iv. 128. who admissible as, iii. 399. attendance of, compelled, iii. 398, 521. two required by the civil law, iii. 401. examination of, when abroad, or unable to attend, iii. 399, examination of, in chancery, iii. 520. trial by, iii. 374 list of, in criminal cases, iv. 411. number required, in certain criminal cases, iv. 417. Women, married, protection afforded to, by Court of Chancery, iii. 481. Woodmote, Court of, iii. 79. Words, how far treasonable, iv. 76. Works of art, destroying, iv. 153, 289. offence of, iv. 232. Wreck, i. 46, 287, 289; ii. 423. ancient, de hæretico comburendo, iv. 42. Writ of assistance, iii. 525. of attaint, iii. 418. of ejectment, iii. 210. |