Discovery, of debts due to a judgment Dower, writ of right of, iii. 166 debtor, iii. 421 Diseases, prevention of, iv. 158 Disfiguring, offence of, iv. 206 Dishonour of bills, ii. 420 Dismembering, punishment by, iv. 388 Disorderly houses, iv. 163 Disparagement in marriage, ii. 59 jurisdiction of Chancery as to, iii. 249 Dramatic piece, right to represent, ii. 362 Driving, furious, offence of, iv. 176 Druids, their customs, i. 42 Dispensing power of the Crown, i. 116, 160, Drunkenness no excuse for crime, iv. 20 305 Dispossession or ouster, iii. 175 Dissection of murderers, iv. 201 Dissenters, disturbing worship of, iv. 42 when the goods of a stranger may be how to be taken, iii. 9 sale of, iii. 13 infinite, iii. 274 Distribution of intestate's effects, ii. 468 on stock, iii. 420 on an indictment, iv. 334 Disturbance, ii. 234 punishment of, iv. 52 Duchy, Court of Lancaster, iii. 38 Duelling, offence of, iv. 187, 199 Dumb and deaf, trial of, iv. 339 Duplicity in pleading, iii. 321 court of the county of, iii. 38 EALDORMEN, i. 366 Earl, i. 89, 366 Earl marshal, his court, iii. 41; iv. 278, n. Easement, ii. 30 Eaves-droppers, iv. 164, n. Ecclesiastical Commissioners, i. 255. n. of common, franchise, patronage, &c., iii. Ecclesiastical Corporations, i. 448 208 Disturbance of religious assemblies, iv. 42 Dividend warrants, forgery of, iv. 262 Divine service, tenure by, ii. 85 Divorce, i. 416; iii. 57, 97 stealing, iv. 245 Ecclesiastical Courts, separation of, from the Civil Courts, iii. 65 what injuries are cognizable in, iii. 85 Education of children, i. 426 Edward the Confessor, his laws, i. 45 Ejectione firma, iii. 176 Ejectment, action of, iii. 176 history of, iii. 177 when it lies, iii. 181 writ of, iii. 178 appearance in, iii. 297, 299 execution in, iii. 416 limitation of action of, iii. 181 Ejectment, remedy for landlord where rent is in arrear, iii. 182 Ejectment, remedy for landlord where tenant Equity Courts, exclusive jurisdiction of, iii. holds over, iii. 182 Election of Bishops, i. 346 of corporate officers, i. 472 of magistrates, i. 302 231 concurrent jurisdiction of, iii. 237 auxiliary jurisdiction of, iii. 250 Election of Members of Parliament, i, 141, Equity jurisdiction of Court of Exchequer, iii. 46, n. in fact, iii. 406, n. how brought, iii. 410 restitution in, iii. 415 courts of, in criminal cases, iv. 276, 399 liability of sheriff for, iii. 152, 426 Escheat, i. 273; ii. 61, 75, 206 Encroachment by the sea or a river, ii. Escuage, ii. 62 within what time it may be made, iii. Estoppel in pleading, iii. 320 168 writs of, iii. 165 Estovers, ii. 29, 103, 123 Estrays, i. 270; ii. 367 a speedy remedy in Saxon times, iii. 166 Estrepement, writ of, iii. 199 discontinued, except as a spiritual cen- False verdicts, iv. 130 in actions for not delivering goods, iii. Fee-farm rent, ii. 37 417 Fees, ecclesiastical, how recovered, iii. 87 in actions where money is recovered, Felo de se, iv. 190 where an act to be prohibited, iii. 428 where a contract or duty to be enforced, iii. 428 Felony, what is, iv. 82 appeal of, iv. 328 error on the judgment on a conviction of, what lands may now be taken in, iii. Feme covert, i. 418 423 what goods, &c., may now be taken in, conveyance by or to, ii. 248, 317 from what time writ of, binds goods, iii. Feræ naturæ, animals, ii. 357 429 sale of goods after, ii. 398 after conviction, iv. 412 Execution creditor, priority of landlord to, iii. 419 Executive power, i. 164, 220 Executors and administrators, ii. 454 when liable to pay costs, iii. 402 Ferry, erecting one near ancient ferry a nuisance, iii. 192 Feudal system, ii. 38 services, ii. 45 Feudum novum ut antiquum, ii. 179, 186 Fief d'haubert, ii. 52 Fieri facias, writ of, iii. 419 Final judgment, iii. 401 Exemptions from serving on juries, iii. Fines, ii. 100, 302 Fines for alienation, ii. 60, 75, 82 Fines for offences, iv. 389 Fines and Recoveries Act, ii. 315 Fire, tenant not answerable for accidental, iii. 201, n. when tenant bound to rebuild, iii. 201, n. Fire, negligence of, i. 401 Fire-ordeal, iv. 355 VOL. IV. 2 H Food, adulteration of, iv. 158 Forcible entries, remedies for, iii. 164 Foreign coin, counterfeiting, iv. 88 Forests, royal, i. 263 Forest Courts, iii. 77 Forest laws, ii. 372 Forestalling, iv. 154, n. Forfeiture of lands by attainder, iv. 391 in felonies, iv. 394 of personalty by conviction, iv. 296 Forfeiture, title by, ii. 225 relief from, in equity, iii. 236 Forgery, iv. 260 Formedon, writ of, iii. 171 Forts and castles, i. 233 Foundling hospitals, i. 103 Franchise, ii. 31 Franchise, royal, i. 273, n. Franchises, disturbance of, iii. 208 Frankalmoign, ii. 85 Frankmarriage, ii. 97 Frank pledge, i. 88 view of, iv. 284, n. Frank tenement, ii. 52 Fraud, jurisdiction of courts of law and equity in cases of, iii. 223 remedy in equity, iii. 245 Fraudulent devises, ii. 332 customary freeholds, ii. 127 Freeholders, judges in the County Court, iii. 32 Free warren, ii. 33, 373 Fresh suit after felons, i. 270 Full age, i. 442 Fumage, i. 289 Funds, public, i. 295 Funds, stock in, may be charged with a judgment debt, iii. 420 Furious driving, iv. 176 GAME, property in, ii. 346, 368 Gaming, laws against, iv. 170 suppression of, iv. 174 Gaols, i. 307, n. Gaol delivery, commission of, iv. 279 Garter, knight of the, i. 371 General issue, plea of, iii. 314 General occupancy, ii. 215 General warrants, iv. 301 Gentlemen, who are, i. 374 of chattels, ii. 392 Glanvil, i. 49 Gleaning, illegal, iii. 186, n. Goods, sale of, actions on, iii. 151, n. Government, offences against the, iv. 106 Grace, Acts of, i. 158 Grain, destroying, iv. 256 stopping sale of, iv. 258 Grand assize, trial by, iii. 349, n. Frauds, statute of, ii. 253, 331, 398, 415, Grand jury at assizes, iv. 316 450; iii. 147 Fraudulent bankruptcy, iv. 148 conveyances, ii. 393 at quarter-sessions, iv. 316 Grant, ii. 44 Grant, of hereditaments, ii. 269 of chattels, ii. 392 by the Crown, ii. 300 Great council, i. 117 Great tithes, i. 335 Gregorian code, i. 58 Guardian and ward, i. 436 Hearing, in Chancery, iii. 383, 397, n. Hearsay evidence, when admitted, iii. 365 Heir, who is, ii. 174 Guardian, his remedy, if his ward be taken Heir-looms, ii. 380 from him, iii. 133 Court of Chancery, guardian of all in- Guardians by nature, i. 436 for nurture, i. 436 in chivalry, ii. 58 in socage, i. 437; ii. 74 by statute, i. 438 by election, i. 438 of the poor, i. 326 not devisable apart from the freehold, Heirs, necessary word in grant of fee-simple, Heiress, stealing, iv. 209 Heralds, visitation books, evidence of pedi- Hereditary right to the Crown, i. 165, 181 Heresy, iv. 36 Heriots, ii. 82 heriot service and heriot custom, ii. 376 Guernsey, writ of habeas corpus runs to, High constable, i. 317 iii. 128 Guernsey, Isle of, i. 80 Guilds, i. 475 Guilda Mercatoria, i. 476 Gypsies, iv. 165 HABEAS CORPUS, i. 100, 108 different kinds of, iii. 123 statute, 16 Car. i. c. 10, s. 8, iii. 126 Habitations, offences against, iv. 225 Hamlets, i. 88 Hanoverian succession, treasons relating Housebreaking, iv. 233 Handsel, ii. 400 Hanapar Office, iii. 49, n. |