GENERAL INDEX. ABATEMENT of freehold, iii. 156 of action at law, iii. 310, n. of suit in equity, iii. 280 plea in, in actions, iii. 311, n. plea in, to indictment, iv. 348 of nuisances, iii. 4 Acquittance for money or goods, forgery Abbey lands, exemption of, from tithes, ii. Act of grace or pardon, i. 159 26 Abbots, i. 124 Abdication of James II. i. 182 Abduction, iii. 132 of women, i. 420 of heiress, iv. 209 of girl under ten, iv. 214 or kidnapping, iv. 222 Abettors, iv. 27 Abeyance of the freehold, ii. 90 of the realm, i. 103, iv. 387 Abortion, attempting to produce, iv. 217 Absconding debtors, arrest of, iii. 38, 292 before the fact, iv. 29 when a defence, iii. 14 Account, action of, iii. 152 books of, when evidence, iii. 366 when pleaded, iv. 351, 404 how made, i. 155 its authority, i. 160 preliminary, iii. 302, n. when binding on the Crown, i. 232 chose in, ii. 348; iv. 242 Additions, i. 374; iv. 324 Adhering to king's enemies, iv. 69 of assets in Chancery, iii. 241 actions by and against, iii. 284 jurisdiction as to prizes, iii. 56, 101 trial of offences in, iv. 278, n. Ad quod damnum, writ of, ii. 228 alimony not allowed in case of divorce Arms and ammunition, exporting, i. 235 Army, regular, i. 381 history of, i. 376 Arrangement with creditors, ii. 439 challenge to the, iii. 357; iv. 364 Arrest of a defendant, in civil cases, iii. 292 Arrest of judgment, in civil cases, iii. 395 Arrha, ii. 399 Arson, iv. 225 Art, works of, destroying, iv. 137 Articles of the Navy, i. 390 of the Peace, iv. 265 Artificers, i. 374 seducing abroad, iv. 154, n. Asportation, what is, iv. 239 aggravated, iv. 219 Assembly, riotous or unlawful, iv. 138 Assessed taxes, i. 288 Assessments, i. 278 Assets, administration of, ii. 463; iii. 241 by descent, ii. 205 Assignments, ii. 278 of chose in action, ii. 394 Assigns, ii. 243 Attainder, escheat on, ii. 211 reversal of, iv. 400 Attaint, iii. 350, n. verdicts formerly reversed by, iii. 389, Attainted persons, iv. 391 Attempt to alarm or injure the sovereign, Attestation of deed, ii. 260 of wills, ii. 331 embezzlement by, iv. 238 information by, in Exchequer, iii. 260 criminal information by, iv. 325 Attornment, ii. 60, 244 wrongful, a forfeiture, ii. 231 Auditâ querelâ, when it lies, iii. 414, n. Augmentation of livings, ii. 230 Aula regia, iii. 40 Aurum reginæ, i. 190 Auterfois acquit, iv. 349 attaint, iv. 350 convict, iv. 349 Auter vie, ii. 102 Assize, general, i. 118 of arms, i. 378 courts of, iii. 60 commission of, iii. 61 of bread, offence of breaking, iv. 151 of darrein presentment, iii. 214 of mort d'ancestor, iii. 167 of novel disseisin, iii. 167 Association, writ of, iii. 62 Assumpsit, action of, iii. 146 Assurances, common, ii. 250 Asylums, lunatic, i. 251 Atheling, Edgar, i. 179 Averium, ii. 377 Avowry, iii. 139 Award, performance of, how enforced, iii. 17 BACHELOR, knight, i. 372 Backing warrants, iv. 302 Badger-bating, iv. 176 Bail, common, iii. 279 excessive, i. 106 in error, iii. 411, n. in criminal cases, iv. 310 what offences bailable, iv. 312 Bailiffs, i. 308, 396 of hundreds, i. 89, 308 special, i. 308 Bailiwick, i. 307, ii. 32 Attachment, or pone, ancient process by, Bailment, ii. 347, 404 iii. 274 of debts, iii. 421 for contempts, iv. 295 in execution, iii. 418 process in Chancery by, iii. 281 forfeiture of property by, iv. 391 Ballot, vote by, i. 151 Banishment, i. 108; iv. 409, n. Bank of England, embezzlement by officers of, iv. 242 Banks, joint stock, i. 482 Bank notes, ii. 418 may now be taken in execution, iii. 421 and feme, i. 404 Baronet, i. 371 Baronies, ii. 76 of bishops, i. 124 Barretry, iv. 123 Base coin, uttering, iv. 86 maintenance of, i. 433 concealment of birth of, iv. 198 Battel, trial by, iii. 337, n.; iv. 358 Battery, iii. 112 offence of, iv. 219 Bawdy-houses, iv. 163 Beacons, i. 234 Bill in equity, iii. 280 stealing, iv. 242 Bill of indictment, iv. 315 powers and duties, i. 348 used to sit in the county court, iii. 64 Black Act, iv. 257 Blasphemy, iv. 47 Blood, corruption of, ii. 212; iv. 397 restitution in, iv. 411 half, i. 48; ii. 190 royal, i. 194 Board of Trade, i. 243 Boards of Health, i. 471, 473 Boat, stealing from, iv. 249 Bodies, stealing, &c., ii. 381 Boiling to death, iv. 197, n. Bona vocantia, i. 272 Bonds in general, ii. 293 relief against penalty, iii. 236 stealing of, iv. 242 forgery of, iv. 262 Bookland, ii. 76 Books of account, entries in, when evidence, iii. 366 Beasts of the plough, when distrainable, Booths for mountebanks, nuisances, iv. 163 Breach, of duty, action for, iii. 154 of the peace, iv. 132 of prison, iv. 148 Breaking, in burglary, iv. 231 in elections, i. 150 Bridges, i. 321 annoyance in, iv. 163 destroying, &c., iv. 260 British constitution, i. 31 Capias ad satisfaciendum, iii. 425 Carnal knowledge of infants, iv. 213 liability of, iii. 153 larceny by, iv. 236 Castigatory for scolds, iv. 164, n. subjects abroad, where to be tried, iv. | Casual ejector, iii. 177 317 Britons, ancient, their laws, i. 43 Bull-baiting, iv. 176 Bulls, papal, iv. 98 Buoys, destroying, iv. 255 Burgage tenure, ii. 69 Burgesses, i. 469 Burglary, iv. 228 possession of housebreaking implements, iv. 234 Burial of felo de se, iv. 191 in the hand, iv. 382, n. Butlerage, i. 280 action of debt on, iii. 149 CABINET, i. 200 Calendar of prisoners, iv. 412, n. Calico, stealing, iv. 249 Cats, punishment for killing, ii. 346 Cattle, owner of, liable for trespass by, iii. 186 parties impounding, must feed, iii. 12 ill treatment of, iv. 176 Causa jactitationis matrimonii, iii. 99 Central Criminal Court, iv. 286 marriage by, i. 411 of bishop, trial by, iii. 345 of customs of London, iii. 345 in criminal cases, iv. 334 Cession of a benefice, i. 360 Cestui que trust, ii. 281 Cestui que use, ii. 281 Cestui que vie, ii. 104 Chains, hanging in, iv. 202 Challenge of jury, iii. 376; iv. 364 to fight, offence of, iv. 142 Chamberlain, of London, custom as to, ii. 385 Canal banks, &c., breaking down, iv. Champerty, iv. 124 |