County quarter sessions, iv. 397

rate, i. 133; iii. 191, n.

Coursing match, iv. 355, n.

Court, archdeacon's, iii. 440
bail, iii. 409, n.

barmote, iii. 464, n.

baron, i. 220; iii. 391; iv. 572
central criminal, iv. 388, n., 395,
44.4

christian, i. 67-see ECCLESI-
TICAL COURTS.
consistory, iii. 440

county, i. 132, 302; iii. 393-402,

706-see COUNTY COURT.

customary, i. 225

ecclesiastical, iii. 436, 452

for divorce and matrimonial
causes, ii. 254

forest, iii. 471, n.

for the stannaries, iii. 466
hundred, iii. 392

instance, iii. 453, n.

leet, iii. 357, 360; iv. 401, 572
martial, ii. 612; iii. 498
military, iii. 459, n.; iv. 393
of admiralty, iii. 453, 456–459;
iv. 390.

of appeal in chancery, iii. 427 ;
iv. 607

of arches, iii. 11, 441, 456
of bankruptcy, ii. 147; iii. 435-
see BANKRUPTCY.

of chancery, iii. 405, 414; iv. 31
of chivalry, iii. 459, n.; iv. 393
of common pleas, iii. 385, n.,
408; iv. 585

of criminal appeal, iv. 526
of delegates, iii. 442, 458

of divorce, ii. 254, 292

of equity, iii. 405, 414; iv. 31
of exchequer, iii. 402

chamber, iii. 429

of gaol delivery, iv. 393
of general sessions, iv. 397, n.
of high commission, iii. 444, n.
of honour, iv. 393

of hustings, iii. 467, n.
of insolvency, late, ii. 150, 151
of inquiry, ii. 612, n.

of justice under Alfred, iii. 389.
of King's Bench-see QUEEN'S
BENCH.

of lord high steward, iv. 382,

502

of orphans, ii. 327

of oyer and terminer, iv. 393

Court of parliament, iv. 379
of peculiars, iii. 441

of piedpoudre, iii. 471, n.; iv.
403

of policies of insurance, iii.
471, n.

of prize, ii. 18

of probate, ii. 199, 229; iii. 435.
of quarter sessions, iv. 397
of queen's bench, iii. 408, 411, n.;
iv. 387

of sewers, iii. 461

of Star Chamber, iv. 388
of the clerk of the market, iv.
403

of the coroner, iv. 403

of the duchy chamber of Lan-
caster, iii. 464

of the lord steward of the house-
hold, iv. 405

of the marshalsea, iii. 471, n.;
iv. 405

of the sheriff of London, iii. 467,

n.

of the sheriff's tourn, iv. 401
of wards and liveries, i. 197
palace, iii. 471, n.
payment into, iii. 600.
prerogative, iii. 440, n.
Courtesy, titles by, ii. 631

Courts at Westminster, iii. 411
authority to erect, ii. 526
borough, iii. 467
in general, 378-388
inferior, iii. 391-402
local, iii. 467, n.
London, iii. 467
maritime, iii. 436
not of record, iii. 380
of appeal, iii. 442
of assize and nisi prius, iii. 430;
iv. 394

of criminal jurisdiction, iv. 370
of equity, iii. 414-427; iv. 31
of general jurisdiction, iii. 389—

435

of great session in Wales, i. 87;
iii. 470, n.

of justice, independence of, ii.

491

of private or special jurisdiction,
iii. 461-471; iv. 404

of record, iii. 380, 415, n.
of requests or conscience, iii.
395, 419

of the cinque ports, iii. 464, n.

Criminal appeal, iv. 526

conversation, action for, abo-
lished, iii. 653

courts, iv. 378-408
information, iv. 458-463
law consolidation Acts (1861),
iv. 377, 393
lunatics, iii. 229, n.

Croisades, iv. 584
Croke's Reports, i. 52
Cross bill, iv. 55, 57

examination, iii. 638
remainders, i. 358
sign of, in deeds, i. 501
Crossed cheque, ii. 115, n.
Crown-see KING.

cases reserved, iv. 526
costs, iii. 407, n.; iv. 84.
debts, iv. 75

grants, i. 452.

hereditary succession and title to,
i. 408, 426; ii. 431, 434, 435,
453

injuries proceeding from the, iv.
67

injuries affecting the, iv. 72
lands, ii. 554

leases, ii. ib., 555

office, iii. 410; iv. 387

assistant mastership of,
abolished, iv. 387, n.
master of, iv. 459

prerogative of, ii. 482, 620-623

private estates of, ii. 556

property not rateable, iii. 187, n.
sale of, ii. 73

revenue of, ii. 548

Custodia legis, goods in, ii. 11
Custody of child, ii. 328

of idiots and lunatics, ii. 530,
531, 532; iii. 415

of offenders, 434, 531

of temporalities of bishoprics,
ii. 550; iv. 582

Custom, i. 41, 45, 46, 55

dower by, i. 276
guardianship by, ii. 327
heriots by, i. 635, 636

of borough English, i. 55, 57,
216

of gavelkind, i. 55, 57, 217
of merchants, i. 56
particular, i. 55

rules as to validity of, i. 58-61
trial of a, 57

Customary court of copyholders, i. 225,

Darreign continuance, plea puis, iii.

604

presentment, assize of, iii.
531, 543, 580

Dartmoor, convicts at, iii. 240, n.
Date of a deed, i. 499
Daughter, defence of, iv. 134
Day, computation of a, i. 288
Days in the Terms, iii. 579, 581
of grace, ii. 116

of public fast, &c. ii. 116, 121
Deacon, iii. 2.

Deacon's orders, iii. 27

Dead bodies, refusing to bury, iv. 365
taking up, iv. 365

Dead game, ii. 19

Dead man's part, ii. 227

Deaf and dumb, trial of a prisoner, iv.

Death, sentence of, iv. 479-see CA-
PITAL PUNISHMENT.

Deaths, registration of, ii. 265; iii. 346
De bono et malo, writs, iv. 395

by Jews, Quakers, &c.,
and Roman Catholics, on
taking office, ii. 643

in an action, iii. 59, 60,
64, n., 590, 595; iv. 2,
n., 322, n.

in prohibition, iv. 12
in quare impedit, iii. 702
in replevin, iii. 707
of bankrupt, ii. 166
of legitimacy, ii. 254

of right to be deemed natu-
ral born subjects, ii. 254
of Title Act, i. 702, 705
of trusts, i. 378

of validity of marriages, ii.
254

on taking office, ii. 643

Declarations, dying, iv. 514

avoidance of, i. 504

cancelling of, i. 505
conclusion of, i. 499
condition in, i. 494
consideration of, i. 505
construction of, i. 507

counterpart of, i. 489
covenants in, i. 498
date of, i. 499
definition of, i. 487
delivery of, i. 502
discharge of, i. 507
execution of, i. 503

forging, iv. 226

habendum in, i. 492

inconsistent clauses in, i. 509
indented, i. 488

inter partes, i. 491

must be written or printed, i. 490
of release, i. 527, 540, 545
original and counterpart of, i. 489
or escrow, i. 503
poll, i. 489

premises in a, i. 499
reading of, i. 500
recitals in, i. 492
reddendum in, i. 493
registration of, i. 621
release of, i. 507
requisites of, i. 489
sealing of, i. 500

Deed, signing of, i. ib.

stamps on, i. 490
stealing, iv. 206, n.
tenendum in, i. 492

to declare or lead uses of, fine or
recovery, i. 582
voluntary, i. 506
warranty in, i. 494
where requisite, i. 487

witnesses to a, i. 503

De ejectione firmæ, writ, iii. 508

Deer, property in, ii. 5, 6, n.

stealing, iv. 205, n. 410

De estoveriis habendis, writ, ii. 291, n.
De excommunicato capiendo, writ, iii.

452

Defacing coin, iv. 275

Defamation, iii. 494-497

suits for, iii. 445, n.

Defamatory libels, iii. 297, n., 495; iv.

3, 39

words, what are, iii. 491

Default, judgment by, iii. 601, 664, 668
Defeasance, deed of, i. 535

Defect of understanding, iv. 107
Defectum, challenge propter, iii. 625;
iv. 507

Defence, equitable, iii. 599, n.

of self, of children, &c., iii.
351; iv. 138

Defendant in an action, iii. 586
in dower, iii. 699, n.
in ejectment, iii. 715

in quare impedit, iii. 533,
699, n.

in replevin, iii. 707

service on, iii. 588

De la plus belle, dower, i. 276
Del credere commission, ii. 77
Delegates, court of, iii. 443, 458
Delegatus non potest delegare, ii. 68
Delictum, challenge propter, iii. 627,
634; iv. 507

Deliverance, second, writ of, iii. 709
Delivery of a deed, i. 502

of declaration, iii. 590, n.
of pleadings, iii. ib.

of possession, where necessary,
ii. 50

of signed bill by attorney, iii.

328

De lunatico inquirendo, writ, ii. 531
Demand, bill payable on, ii. 116, 119
of money with menaces, iv.
210, 212

Demandant and tenant, iii. 699, n.
De medietate linguæ, jury, iii. 623, n.;
iv. 407, 597

De mercatoribus, statute, i. 316
Demesne lands, i. 219; ii. 554
seisin in, i. 239

Demise, i. 521-523-see LEASE.

of sovereign, ii. 407, 431, 498,
644

book, iii. 606

general, iii. 596, n.
in equity, iv. 53
joinder in, iii. 603
judgment on, iii. 607, 664;
iv. 484

setting down for argument,
iii. 606

special, iii. 596, n., 660

to a declaration, iii. 596
to an indictment or informa-
tion, iv. 484

to a plea, iii. 601

to evidence, iii. 646

Denial of Christianity, iv. 286

Denizen, i. 443; ii. 426

Denmark, convention with, iv. 428, n.
Dentists, iii. 322, n.

Deodand, ii. 571–574, 661, n.
abolished, ii. 573

De odio et atiâ, writ, iv. 18, n.