appeals from, right of, to provide record books, how, may call district conventions to provide fire-proofs, &c. to inquire after property escheated, may administer oaths, take depositions, make order of notice on appeals allowed, issue subpoena or capias for witnesses, bonds to, suits on, in whose name to be instituted, parties in interest must be stated in, form of return of, 377, 378 surety of, how relieved from further liability, See COURTS OF PROBATE. JUDGMENT, affirmance of, on writ of error, 233 438 47 by agreement of parties, in the supreme court, body of debtor can be taken but once upon the same, when defendant is non-resident, 218 55 16 17 fraudulent, to be void againt creditors, . cost and interest to be allowed on, when, 480 47 on offer of defendant, of superior court, against defendant, not pleading, upon nihil dicit, reversal of, by court of errors, interest on, how collectible, JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT of United States, provisions respecting, of this state, constitutional provisions relative to, JUDICIAL OFFICERS, oath of, JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS in one state, effect of, in other states, JUNK-DEALERS, selectmen may license, to enter description of articles purchased, JURISDICTION of courts of United States, of supreme court of errors, on petition for divorce, 23 47 25 305 of courts of probate, 229 of justices of the peace, in civil causes, 19, 239 in criminal causes, 240, 281 of city courts, 244, 245 JURISDICTION of courts of United States,-continued. of police courts, &c., under act for suppressing intemperance, in criminal prosecutions, misconduct of, how punished, conversing by, or with, concerning case on trial, penalty for, JURY, trial by, secured to all, by the constitution, questions of law and fact in criminal trials, in prosecutions for libel, in capital trials, to ascertain the degree of murder, direction of the court to, no pleas, arguments, or evidence to be received, after case is com- mitted to, how to be entered, to assess damages for plaintiff when verdict is in his favor, xxxv, xl, xliv, xlv 28 288 xliv 247 288 37, 288 37 38 38 38 39 28 28 38 124 penalty for refusal to serve on, 124 how summoned in New Haven and such towns as ac- JURYMEN, act prescribing the number of, JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, election of, regulated, certificate of qualification by, to be transmitted to clerk of court, 82, 83 499 609 532, 533 lx, 373-375, 380 607 239 number of, how regulated, 239 list of names of, to be recorded and returned to secretary, 378 to be revised by general assembly, 682 revised lists of, to be transmitted to clerks of superior court, 682 239 disqualified, by age, lii; by interest or relationship, 242 where he, his partner, or clerk, &c., has drawn the writ, 240 243 243 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE,-continued. disqualified, parties may designate another, how, dying, pending a suit, not re-elected, powers of, trials before, by agreement, before the day designated, when final, appeals from judgment of, when allowed, 241 242 240 240 241 241 239 19 19 to city court of Hartford, 241 plaintiff may amend writ in, 28 240 62 64 in replevin, in summary process, 76 82 may take confession of debt, and grant execution, limitation of plea of set-off of defendant to be entertained, criminal jurisdiction, generally, no jurisdiction where grand juror is his partner, where complaint is drawn by himself, &c., judgment not to be rendered by, without previous complaint, may be rendered upon view, when, . copies of files and records to be sent clerk of court, bonds for appearance to be taken on adjournment of, return of writs to, of replevin, when, of scire facias, against garnishee, when, costs of prosecution before, how paid, of unsuccessful prosecution, 30, 285 286 JUSTICES OF THE PEACE,―continued. may sign tax warrants, for taxes laid by ecclesiastical societies, by medical society, by corporations, issue process directed to indifferent person, form of execution by, powers and duties of, in certain cases. in actions of forcible entry and detainer, of summary process, on complaints for secret assaults, of masters or apprentices, of parents of refractory children, to appoint appraisers of real estate levied on, when, of lost goods and strays, to call meetings of proprietors of common lands, . of swampy lands, 134 178 142 285 48 64, 65 82 91 318, 319 308 56 739 545 665 to sit with probate judge to review doings of commissioners on in relation to children illegally employed in factories, . 319 in assisting presiding officer of electors' meeting, . in the inspection of taverns, in licensing taverners, auctioneers, in admission of inhabitants, in removal of paupers, of inhabitants of other states, as members of board of health, in warranting seizure of intoxicating liquors, of implements of gaming, of fishing apparatus unlawfully used, under act relating to sale of spirituous liquors, in inquests in case of sudden death, for discovering origin of a fire, may require sureties of the peace, when,. for good behavior of suspected gamblers, on failure to pay costs of prosecution, when,. may sentence juvenile offenders to reform school, when, 267 291 taxes to be paid by party in possession, when, JUSTICES OF THE PEACE,-continued. deceased, records and files where lodged, copies attested, legal evidence, resistance to, in discharge of duty, how punished, fees of, JUVENILE OFFENDERS, be committed to the county jail, may to the state reform school,. KEEPER OF THE SEAL of the state, the secretary to be, or enticing away children, how punished, marriage prohibited, within what degrees of, of the whole blood, to take by descent before the half blood, using threats or intimidations to cause them to leave their em- LAMPS, PUBLIC, willful injury to, how punished, lease for more than one year, to be in writing, &c., forcible entry and detainer, 291 291 36 36 36 36 261 651, 658 291 631 li, 681 250 242 265 by vote of proprietors, confirmed, limitation of grants to prevent perpetuities, estate in tail to be absolute in fee simple to issue of donee, collateral warranties void against heirs, 544 536 537 537 537 aliens may hold and transmit real estate, 537 deeds and conveyances of. See DEEDS, 538-541 by adverse possession, how acquired, 551 right to light not gained by, 542 to land of railroad or canal company not 542 to land of Indians, not acquired by, 523 award of arbitrators, when evidence of title, release by executor or administrator of deceased mortgagee, |