for alienation in mortmain, ii, 268. on lapse of presentation, ii, 276. by breach of condition, ii, 281. of copyholds by breach of custom, ii, 84. relief from, in equity, iii, 435. what instruments the subjects of, iv, 248, of parish registers, iv, 163. forged indorsement of bill, ii, 450, n. Forms of law, unalterable except by parlia- ment, i, 142. of action, iii, 116. Forts and castles, i, 203. Fortune tellers, iv, 62. Forty days' court, iii. 71. Founder of a corporation, who is, i, 480. Frames, breaking of, &c., iv, 247. Franchise, royal, i, 302. Franchises, ii, 37, 40, n. disturbance of, iii, 236. (See "Corporation.") Frank tenement, ii, 61, 104. (See "Tenures.") Fraud, jurisdiction in case of, iii, 431, 437, Fraud, criminal, iv, 158. vitiates contracts, ii, 444, n. Frauds and perjuries, statute of, ii, 297, parol leases, when valid, ii, 297. as to contracts, ii, 442. trusts, ii, 337. declaration of uses of fines, &c., ii, 363, execution of wills, ii, 376. Fraudulent conveyances, &c., ii, 298, 441. Free warren, ii, 38, 417. Freehold, fixtures to, when removable, ii 281, n. (See "Estate.") Fruit trees, destroying or damaging, iv, Full age, i, 463. Furze, setting fire to, iv, 247. when guilty of murder in cruelty, iv, 197. damaging trees in, iv, 247. Garter, knight of the, i, 403. Gavelkind, i, 74, 76, n., 79; ii, 84, 128, 220; General demurrer, iii, 315. General issue, why so called, iii, 305. when formerly pleaded, iii, 305; iv, 338. what it is in the several actions, iii, 305. special plea amounting to, iii, 309. General occupancy, ii, 258. General services, iv, 272. General statute, i, 85. General verdict, iii, 378; iv, 854. Gentlemen, i, 405, 406. should know the laws, i, 7, 13, 36. i, 37, n. Gifts of land, ii, 316. of chattels, ii, 440. Gilda mercatoria, i, 473. Gleaning, illegal, iii, 213, n., 312. God and religion, offences against, iv, 63 to Good behavior, security for, iv, 251, 256. (See "Personalty.") Goods and chattels, effect of condemnation of, in exchequer, ii, 262, n. when bound by execution, iii, 421. (See "Larceny.") Gorse, setting fire to, iv, 246. Government, origin and object of, i, 48. contempts against, iv, 123. Grand assize, trial by, iii, 341, 350; iv, 422. presumption of a lost grant, ii, 266, n. by the crown, ii, 346. by government, ii, 109, n. Great tithes, i, 388. Green-house, robbery of, iv, 233. Gregorian code, i, 81. Growing crops. (See "Emblements.") Guardian and ward, i, 460; iii, 141. by appointment of the court of chancery, by statute, i, 462. for nurture, i, 461. in socage, i, 461. of the poor, i, 361, n., 462. of the royal family, i, 225, 462, n. court of chancery is general guardian, iii, Guardian ad litem, i, 461, n; iii, 427. in socage, ii, 88. Guild or Guildhall, i, 474. Gunpowder, exclusive patent for making or keeping or carrying it illegally, iv, 168. Habeas corpus act, subsequent extension of, substance and use of, ii, 137, n. Habere facias possessionem, iii, 412. Hackney coaches and chairs, i, 325. Hamlets, i, 115. Hannaper office, iii, 49. Hand, burning in, iv, 367, 369, 371, 377. holding up, iv, 323. loss of, iv, 125, 154, 276, 377. Handwriting, similitude of, iv, 358. Hanover, i, 110. Harbors, injuries to, iv, 144. Hard labor, punishment of, iv, 377. Hares, stealing of, iv, 235. Hay bote, ii, 35. Hawks, stealing of, iv, 236. Head of the church, i, 279; iv, 430. Health, protection of, i, 124. Hearing in equity, iii, 451. Hedge-bote, ii, 35. Heir, apparent and presumptive, ii, 208. when he takes by purchase, ii, 240, n. nemo est hæres viventis, ii, 224. not devisable apart from freehold, ii, 429. exceptions to this rule, ii, 108, n., 109, n. Henry I, his laws, iv, 420. Heptarchy, iv, 410. Herald's visitation books, evidence of pedi- gree, iii, 105. Herbage, right to, ii, 34, 35, n. Hereditament, what, ii, 17, 20, 106. ejectment for, iii, 206. Hereditary excise, i, 288, 319, 322. Hereditary right to the crown, i, 191, 209. Heretico comburendo, writ de, iv, 46, 439. Heretochs, i, 307, 408; iv, 413. Heriots, ii, 97, 422. Heriot service and heriot custom, ii, 422. Hermogenian code, i, 81. High commission court, iii, 67, 447; iv, 42, 261; iv, 352. Hop-binds, destroying, iv, 246. Horse races, iv, 173. Horses, sale of, ii, 450. ill treatment cf, iv, 246. Hospitals, i, 471, 474. their visitors. i, 482. Hotchpot, ii, 190, 515, 517. Hot house, robbery of, iv, 233. House, is land, ii, 18. grant of, ii, 18, n. immunities of, iv, 223. larceny from, iv, 240. entering to demand or pay money not a (See "Arson," "Burglary.") House-bote, ii, 35. House duties, i, 325. House of commons, i, 158. how elected, i, 175, 177. its peculiar laws, &c., i, 169. methods of proceeding in elections, i, House, its members should understand law, House of lords, i, 155, 158. its peculiar laws, &c., i, 167. writ of error to, from Ireland, iil, 410, n. its jurisdiction upon appeals and writs of action against for robbery, &c., iii, 160; Hundred court, iii,.34, 35; iv, 411. (See "Game.") Husband and wife, i, 433; iii, 92. joint estate of, ii, 182, n. 31. power of wife to convey, ii, 292, 361, 362. husband's power over wife's property, ii, wife's title by survivorship, ii, 433. husband's title by administration, ii, 435, 504. liability of husband on wife's contracts, ii, liability of wife to be made bankrupt, ii, restitution of conjugal rights, iii, 94. how far wife's crime is excused, iv, 28. (See "Curtesy," "Divorce," "Dower,") Hustings, court of, iii, 80. Hypothecation of ship, ii, 457. Identity of persons, iv, 396. Idiots, custody of lands of, i, 303, 307. who are, i, 303. cannot make wills, ii, 497. jurisdiction of chancellor, iii, 427. cannot appear by attorney, iii, 125. Ignominious punishments, iv, 377. Ignorance, when it excuses crime, iv, 27. 603 Immorality, public offence of, iv, 65. Imparlances, iii, 299, 301. Impeachment, in parliament, iv, 259. not affected by session terminating, i, Impeachment of president of United States, Impediments of marriage, i, 434. Imperial constitutions, i, 80. Imperial crown and dignity, i, 241, Implements of trade, distress of, iii, 9, n. Implied contracts, ii, 443; iii, 159. condition, &c., ii, 152, 300, 381, 443. Incendiaries, iv, 220. Incidental prerogatives, i, 240. Inclosure of common, ii, 34; iii, 240. Income tax, i, 314, n. Incorporation, power of, i, 472, 474. Incorporeal hereditaments, ii. 20, 86, n., ejectment for, iii, 206. Incumbrances, covenant against, ii, App. Indecency, public offence of, iv, 65. Indebitatus assumpsit, iii, 154. Indefeasible right to the throne, i, 195. of apprenticeship, i, 426. Independence of the United States, i, 109, India, government of, i, 109, n. Indicavit, writ of, iii, 91. Indictable, what is, iv, 218. Indictment, form of, iv, 806. venue in, iv, 305. copy of, iii, 126; iv, 851. locality of, iv, 303. certainty required in, iv, 306 and n. when sufficient after verdict, iv, 806, n., 834, n. jurisdiction of chancery over, iii, 426. carnal knowledge of, iv, 212. when liable for crimes, iv, 22, 24, 158. stinting in food, &c., iv, 217. child stealing, iv, 219. Inferior courts, writs of error from, iii, 411 Information in the exchequer, iii, 261. in respect of charities, iii, 427. in nature of quo warranto, iv, 312, 441. to stay waste, ii, 282, n. Injuries, civil, iii, 2, 118. Inheritance, words of, essential to create ""Estate.") (See "Descent," Inn, entering an, not a trespass, iii, 212. Innkeeper, liabilities and lien of, i, 414, n., 430, n; ii, 451, n.; iii, 164. Inns of court and chancery, i, 23, 25. Inofficious wills, i, 448; ii, 502. Inquests by coroners, i, 248, 302, n. Inquests of office, remedy for injuries to in case of escheats, i, 372, n.; iii, 258. Inquisitio post mortem, ii, 68; iii, 257. Inquisition, what it is, iii, 257. gives the king his right by record, iii, 258. may be traversed, iii, 260. Inrolment of annuity deeds, ii, 461. of bargain and sale, ii, 338. Insidiatio viarum, iv, 374. Insimul computassent, iii, 162. Insolvent debtors, relief of, iii, 415, n.. 484. of lives by annuitants, ii, 461. Intent in larceny material, iv, 232. in forgery, iv, 248, n. in offences against the person, iv, 208, n. Interdictum, iii, 42. Interesse termini, ii, 144. Interest on money, ii, 454 et seq., 463, n. in bankruptcy, ii, 488. distinction between contract for reducing Interested witness, iii, 370. Interlineation in deed, ii, 308. presumption of law as to the making, ii, Interlocutory judgment, iii, 396, 448. by a sheriff, iii, 417, n. Interpretation of law, i, 58. (See "Statutes.") Interregnum, i, 196, 249. Interrogatories, iii, 383, 438, 444. (See "Executors and Administrators.") information of, iii, 261. Inventions, patents for, ii, 407. Inventory of deceased's effects, ii, 510. writ of error from superior courts of, iii, relief from forfeitures of leases in, iii, disestablishment of state church of, iv, Irish peerages, i, 100, n., 154, n. Irons to secure prisoners, iv, 300, 322. Issuable terms, iii, 353. Issue, collateral, iv, 396. in criminal cases, iv, 399. joinder of, iii, 315; iv, 340. of fact, when said to be joined, iii, 815. Issue, on distringas, iii, 280. Jactitationis matrimonii causa, iii, 93. Jeofails, statutes of, iii, 407; iv, 375, 439. Jetsam, i, 293; iii, 106. Jews, iv, 373. exclusion of, i, 375. appointment of guardian by, i, 462, n. maintenance of their protestant children, marriages of, i, 485, n. may now sit in parliament, i, 157, n., 875; n. relief from disabilities, i, 157, n., 375, n., John, King, his resignation of the crown to magna charta of, i, 127; iv, 423, 425. in demurrer, iii, 115. Joinder of actions, iii, 295, n. Joint owner of chattel, crown cannot be, ii, Joint tenancy, ii, 180 et seq. dissolution of, ii, 185. good faith required in, ii, 194, n. Judgment, title to chattels by, ii, 436. remedy by elegit, ii, 162. void if jurisdiction wanting, iii, 24, n. operates as a charge upon lands, iii, 419, n. from what time it binds lands, iii, 420. jurisdiction of equity over, iii, 437. Judge in one's own cause, iii, 289 and n. commissions of, i, 267. are counsellors to the king, i, 229. assaults upon, iv, 125. threats or reproaches to, iv, 126. Judicial committee of the privy council, i, its present organization, iii, 69, n. |