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ABATEMENT and intrusion................................. 333
Abatement of writ......................................... 254
by death of party.......172, 227, 264, 419, 444
by marriage of female plaintiff.......... 264
Abjuration of the realm..............................13, 54, 55
Accessories, in felony, appeal of...................... 9, 10, 99
in homicide, prosecution of................... 29
in treason, appeal of........................... 90
in trespass ................................... 109
Accessorium sequitur principale................120, 261, 471, 483
Accidental death ......................................12, 83
Accidental loss, disseisor liable for......................... 286
Accord, plea of.................................... 108, 236, 273
termination of action by........................... 409
Accretion of land by deposit of river....................... 179
Accruer, title by...............................180, 191, 193, 579
Acquittance, clause of..................................210, 211
Actio alienari nonpotest.................................... 480
Admeasurement of dower ; see Dower.
of pasture ........................... 305-308
Adultery, forfeiture of dower by.......................... 554
Advocate, or patron, of a church.......................... 471
Advowson, actions relating to.......................... 467-495
appendant.................................... 483
cannot be conveyed without land............... 218
how valued ................................. 390
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Advowson not generally assigned in dower....... 381, 530, 554
of abbey, prebend, &c......................... 474
Ael, writ of................................................ 462
Afforcement of jury................................... 280, 514
Aids pur fere fitz chivaler and pur file marier................ 120
Alienation by felons, voidable............................ 4G
restricted by deed.......................... 194, 209
Allegiance, obligation of................................... 368
Alms, tenure in....................................... 181, 344
Amendment of record..................................... 5
of false judgment............................ 7
Amercement, power of..................................... 151
how levied................................... 159
in eyre.................................... 112
of absent jurors.............................. 459
of losing party in action.................... 460
Ancient demesne..............58, 182, 202, 258, 344, 345. 394, 446
tenant in, not a freeholder..............233
Appeal of felony................................. 9, 28, 81, 105
enrolment of....................................... 14
form of......................................... 83,97
jurisdiction in..........................3, 48, 91, 92, 96
trial by battle in................................84, 89
Appeal from court baron to lord........................... 590
Approvers.............................................. 13, 24
Appurtenances.................................208, 219, 287-295
Arraignment............................................. 21
Arson...................................................... 35
Assigns, effect of gift without mention of----183, 191, 201, 437
first inserted in feoffments in favor of bastards.... 252
Assise, Justices of........................................ 4
Assise of common...................................... 299-305
of darreign presentment.....................201, 467-491
of mortdancester, 376-460. See Mortdancester. of novel disseisin, 222-286. See Novel disseisin.
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Assise of nusance.................................... 316-328
of Utrum........................................... 496
turned into jury.................,......... 268-381. 457
Astrer, or astrier.............................. 312, 456, note.
Attachment................................................ 105
suits pleadable by............................. 174
Attaint..................................... 350, 409, 501-517
before judgment................................... 504
of jurors on inquest of age......................... 350
where it lies....................................... 507
Attaints and certifications, by what Justices taken......... 504
• Attorney, authority of............................. 247, 610-614
death of ........................................ 614
general and special.......................... 247, 610
general, how constituted.................... 605, 610
none in capital cases............................ 84
special, how made.......................... 610, 612
Attomment, by tenant to alienee.................. 188. 220, 570
of homage............................... 371, 373
Avoidance of benefice, entire or partial...................474
Bailiff, his authority as attorney............................ 247
Bailiffs, exactions of....................................... 76
Banns of marriage....................................... 547
Baronies, not to be dismembered........................... 182
chief castles of, not divisible between coheirs.... 393
not assigned in dower........................... 522
Bastard, donee to him and his heirs cannot alien...... 182, 569
Bastardy, exception of............................ 264, 436, 452
how proved................................. 436, 452
tried by jury by consent.................... 436, 452
Battle, trial by, in appeal.......................... 83, 88, 100
in writ of right................................ 594, 596
not favo\ired................................. 104, 422
between lord and tenant........................... 370-
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Beast, man killed by...................................... 12
Beau pleader, fines for..................................... 60
Bees, law of................................................ 177
Bench, the king's court so called........................ .78, 113
Justices of the...............................17, 111, 392
Besael, writ of............................................. 462
Bishop, prohibited from admitting clerk pending plea of ad-
vowson................................................. 495
Bishop's certificate, authority of............................ 475
Bishops, cannot alien the rights of their church .......... 182
Blood, corruption of ..................................... 31
Boroughs, farm of......................................... 182
privileges of..................................165, 172
Borrowing, contract of................................... 129
Boundaries, settlement of.................................. 258
Bridges and roads neglected............................ 65
Building on another's land ; rights of landowner arid
builder ............................................178,234
Burgage, tenure in......................................... 344
Burglary.................................................. 35
Burning, punishment by................................... 35
Canon, incapacity of....................................... 598
Cape, process by.......................................... 59;3
Castellans, illegal prises by................................. 77
Certificate of ordinary..................................475, 547
Certification..................................281, 504, 505, 506
Challenge of jurors............................25, 245, 277, 278.
Champerty................................................ 78
Champion, fraudulent voucher of........................... 99
Charge of jury.....................................280, 459, 501
-Charters...............................................206-212
date of....................................... 211
loss of, pleaded.................................. 122
proved by witnesses therein named.......211, 481, 509
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Cheats and impostors....................................... 51
Cheminage................................................. 63
Chester, Justices of........................................ 6
Chevage, or headmoney of villains......................... 166
' Chief lord,' meaning of the term.................... 450, note
Church, jurisdiction of..................................... 21
Church lands, aliened with consent of bishop and patron.... 498
recovery of............................. 406-501
Cities and boroughs, privilege of, in enfranchisement of
villains...............................................165, 172
Clergy, privilege of........................................ 22
Clerk, process against in trespass........................... 109
Clerk of the market.......................................3.155
Clerks of chancery and other courts, exactions oC......... 78
Clerks, purgation of........................................ 23
Cloth, assise of.......................................... 79
Collateral descent........................................ 585
Collusive judgment no bar to dower........................ 558
Common, defined........................................ 296
assise of .....................................299--305
encroachments on ............................... 275
disseisin of...................................... 299
gift of................'........................... 299
limitation of right of............................. 296
right of, asserted in replevin.................... 126
severance of...................................... 298
seisin of ........................................ 308
surcharge of..................................305, 308
waiver of....................................... 297
Common Pleas, Justices of, 4. See Bench.
Common property, degrees of community in.............. 175
Common right, disturbance of ........................... 238
Common soil ............................................. 266
Concealment of felony, amercement of grand jury for...... 25
Condition and consideration distinguished..............197
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ejectment for non-performance of..............230
fulfilment of, a question for jury................. 270
various kinds of.................................. 195
casual........................................... 197
copulative and disjunctive........................ 1 98
double........................................ 198
enlarging an estate...................199, 200, 485, 437
negative.....................................195, 198
possible and impossible....................... 130,197
unlawful......................................... 131
restrictive of estate............................... 199
Conditional contract...................................... 130
Conditional judgment in favour of younger brother........ 237
in plea of dower..................... 539
Confirmation, charter of................................. 211
effect of..................................210, 480
Consanguinity, tables of................................464, 585
Consecrated objects and places............................. 176
Conspiracy to defeat justice................................ 79
Contempt of court.....................................469, 610
Contribution among parceners..........................401, 406
Convents, abuse of hospitality of........................... 77
incapable of purchasing land without licence,.... 186
Conveyance by feoffment..........................181, 206, 207
by fine.................................... 188, 220
by recovery.................................. 186
of reversions and seigniories...............188, 220
Coparcener, eldest, has no prerogative to present to a
church................................................ 468
Coparceners, not heii's to each other, 392, 580. See Parceners.
Coroner...........................................4,6-14,391
election of......................................... 6
lias record of the pleas of the Crown..............6, 112
has record of appeals of felony.................. 92, 94
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Coroner inquest of......................................... 6
judgment before.................................. 31
oath of........................................... 6
of the king's household............................ 3
Coroner's rolls delivered to Justice in eyre.................. 19
Corporeal and incorporeal property......................... 175
Corrody, disseisin of................................... 228, 244
Corrupt verdict, allegation of.............................. 27
Cosinage, action of............................... 382-384, 462
Counterfeiting, appeal of.................................... 28
Counterfeiting the royal seal or coin.....................20
County court, jurisdiction of, in trespass and debt.......... 128
in writ of right............................. 591
Court baron............................................... 588
false judgment of, remedied in the king's court. 123
practice in............................... 123, 589
record of...................................... 123
Court Christian.......................................437, 452
jurisdiction of............................. 556
reference to............................... 475
usurpations of............................ 75
Courts, inferior and private, abuses of...................... 76
Covenant, how proved...................................... 50!)
Crusade (See Pilgrimage)................................ 605
Curtesy of England, estate by........ 180, 212, 235. 2:3, 349, 445
Customary dower.................................. 196, 204, 237
Customs, local........................................ 2. 58, 394
contrary to common law ......................... 71
Customs levied on merchandize............................ 80
Cut-purses.............................................. 51, 52
Damage feswit, avowry of distress...................4 117, 125
Damages, in Novel Disseisin.............................. 286
in Mortda ncoster................................ 459
in action of Dower.......................... 528, 529
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Darreign presentment, assise of....................... 467-491
Date of instrument should be expressed.................. 130
Day, divisions of.......................................... 438
De libertate probanda, writ................................ 167
De nativo habendo, writ................................... 166
De odio et atia, writ...................................... 102
De rationabili parte, action so called.......... 387. 398-401, 405
Deaf and dumb, incapacity of.......................... 131, 598
Death in prison............................................ 38
judgment of, in inferior court...................... 14
natural and civil..................................... 474
of attorney stays suit................................ 614
of tenant, abates writ................................ 227
Debt...................................................... 128
process in actions of................................. 110
Deeds, enrollment of....................................... 211
execution of........................................ 211
how proved..................................... 481, 508
witnesses to, 211.............................. 481, 509
Defence, time for...................................... 21, 599
Deforce, meaning of word................................. 477
Delivery of possession, necessary in transfer of corporeal property........................................ 180
not necessary in transfer of incorporeal property. 186 See Livery of. Seisin.
Demesne, meaning of word................................. 431
Deodand............................................. 12, 13, 33
Deputies of Judges....................................... 6. 600
Deraignment............................................ 563
Descent, canons of........................ 383, 394, 577, 584, 587
collateral......................................... 585
customary........................................ 304
mode of pleading............................ 452, 585
See Inheritance. Devise of land by will.................................... 446
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Difficulty of judgment........................ 253, 273, 381, 597
Disavowal of lord, a cause of forfeiture....... 121, 228, 363, 368
Disclaimer............................................. 248, 253
Disclaimer of tenure, a cause of forfeiture..... 121, 228, 363, 368
process for recovery of tenement upon, 228, 368, 369
Dismemberment of baronies and knights' fees........... 59, 182
Disseisin, what...................................... 174, 222
by force and arms............................. 283
distinguished from trespass...................... 275
inquest of damage in.....................253, 283. 285
of common..................................... 299
peaceable, with white wand...................... 284
remedies for................................. 238. 241
various instances of.......................... 224-220
Distress, by judgment in the lord's court................... 123
disturbance of, an act of disseisin......... 223, 228, 236
excessive or illegal, 66..................... 74, 127, 276
for aid pur faire fitz chivaler or pur file marier..... 120
for service in arrear............................... 119
sheriff to aid in................................265
Disuser of fancbise...................................... 66, 157
Divorce, dower defeated by................................ 520
fact of, certified by ordinary..................... 542
suit for........................................... 541
Doubt, benefit of......................................... 27
Dowager, to be provided with a house...................... 531
when entitled to present to a church.............. 484
Dowager's court, jurisdiction of............................ 532
Dower, admeasurement of............................. 438, 563
at the church door.................... 518, 529, 543, 544
by assent of father................................ 548
by custom................................. 521, 529, 561
customary, forfeited by second marriage........... 561
disseisin of......................................... 236
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Bower, establishment and assignment of................... 532
extinguished by felony of husband................. 33
favoured in law .................................. 535
forfeited by adultery............................... 554
how to be assigned............................. 537, 530
not increased to the prejudice of heir............... 526
not subject to the debts of husband................. 533
lost by judgment against heir....................... 561
of money or chattels.............................. 523
plea of, governed by plea relating to the inheritance. 557
reasonable........................................ 531
seisin of........................................... 367
subject to crown debts of husband................. 533
unde nlhil liabet................................... 533
warrant of................................... 557, 562
what tenements subject to,........238, 521, 524. 525, 530,
551, 559, 591
Drowning, death by......................................... 13
Duel between lord and tenant, homage first to be released. 370 Duress, contracts invalidated by........................ 40, 183
Earldoms, chief castles or heads of, not divisible between
coheirs......................................... 393
Ecclesiastical courts, abuses of............................ 68
Ejus est interpretari cnjus est dare......................... 207
Endowment at the church door............... 205, 218. 369, 518
English language, used in legal proceedings...........19 note
Englishery, presentment of............................. 13, 32
Entry, action of................... 185, 202, 227, 427, 565, 573.
action of, defended either as a possessory or as a proprietary action................................ 571
ad termimim qui prcfteriit.......................... 565
recovery by ...................... 202, 234, note 338, 297
defective, transmitted by disseisor to true owner.... 567 in the per........................................ 566
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Entry, in the per and cui................................. 566
in the post.......................................... 566
several forms of writ of ....................566, 567, 568
time allowed for.................................... 239
Equity of redemption of mortgage, not allowed............. 434
Escheat................................ 31, 59, 61, 201, 500, 587
writ of,...............................192, 201, 202, 577
Escheators of the king, lands taken by..................... 71
Esplees, evidence of seisin............................. 214, 440
taking of, when pleaded........................440, 461
Essoin............................................. 16, 403, 602
de citra mare...................................... 604
de malo lecti................................... 604, 606
de malo veniendi............................... 603, 606
de malo villce....................................... 606
de servitio Regis............................602, 603, 608
de servitio Regis ceterni........................ 602, 603
de ultra mare.................................. 604, 606
enrolment of................................... 601, 607
in action of Naifty................................. 167
in assise of Mortdancester.......................... 364
none allowed to disseisor........................... 167
none in capital cases............................... 84
of jointenants...................................... 607
time allowed in............................240, 605, 606
when and where entered.......................... 602
Essoiners................................................. 603
when required to find pledges.................... 604
Estovers................................................... 314
remedy for disturbance of........................ 314
Estrays................................................ 57, 177
Ex Contractu, obligation................................... 129
Ex delicto, obligation...................................... 129
Exceptions in action of Dower.......................... 538, 560
in action of Entry.............................. 573
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Exceptions in assise of common....................... 303, 305
in assise of last presentation................ 470, 489
in assise of Mortdancester.................. 424, 450
in assise of Novel Disseisin................. 253, 267
in assise of nusanoe........................ 323, 328
in assise of Utrum......................... 498, 500
in abatement of writ.......................... 254
to the Judge.................................... 253
to the person................................... 264
Exceptions peremptory and dilatory........................ 253
Excessive distress............................... 66, 74, 127, 276
Exchequer, Court of.................................. 4, 80, 111
Excommunication, exception of............................. 260
Execution, disturbance of.................................. 67
Execution for felony, various forms of...................... 551
Exigent................................................. 10, 29
Exile of villains............................................ 565
Extenta manerii........................................... 388
Eyre of Justices.
proceedings in.................................... 15, 112
chapters of........................................... 20
conclusion of......................................... 111
opening of............................................ 16
False imprisonment........................................ 40
appeal for.......................................... 103
False judgment, writ of.................................... 266
Falsification of writs.................................... 28, 254
Farm of the county and hundreds........................ 58, 73
Farms................................................ 329, 331
Fealty, ceremony of........................... 41, 152, 366, 367
Fee, various meanings of word............................. 435
Fee farm.................................................. 343
Felo dese.................................................. 33
Felons, gifts by............................................ 182
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Felons, trial of......................................... 20, 28
Felony, indictment of, an excuse for not answering in
a civil action............................................ 602
plea of..................................450, 499, 551
forfeiture of land by. v................... 30, 33, 46, 90
of chattels by..................... 30, 33, 88
Feme covert; see Wife.
Feoff ment............................................... 181
Ferce naturae, animals................................. 176, 177
Finding, title by............................................ 176
Fine, avoidance of......................................... 454
conveyance of seigniory by...................... 188, 220
enforced against tenant by writ of judgment......... 372
infant bound to answer to.......................... 481
operation of, in barring reversions...............454 note
Fishery.................................................... 227
common of....................................... 326
Force and arms ......................................... 283
Forceable disseisins, punished............................. 283
entry, effect of upon the title....... 255, 273, 561, 567
Forestallers............................................... 69
Forfeiture of chattels of felons..................... 30, 33, 38
by denial of lord's title............. 121, 228, 368, 368
of felons' goods............................ 30, 90
of felons' lands........................ 30, 33, 46, 90
of outlaws................................ 10, 44, 45
Form of gift, to be observed................................ 193
Formedon, writ of........................................ 427
Fortification of houses without license..................... 64
Found property, right to.................................. 57
' Four men' of vill......................................... 15
Franchise, claim of................................ 15, 16, 62
Frankalmoigne........................................ 343, 496
Frank-marriage........................................... 520
Free farm, tenure in...................................... 343
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Freedom favoured by law.................................. 165
Freehold, what.......................... 223, 225, 250, 431 note.
how acquired ................................... 250
by wrong.............................i.......... 251
Fresh force................................................ 174
Fugitive villain may recover against his lord by assise,
note........................................ 164, 304
pursuit of......................................... 166
Gaol delivery.............................................. 39
Justices of........................................... 5
Gaols, defects of........................................... 72
Gift....................................................... 181
of land, common form of............................. 207
Grand jury................................................ 17
Grand Serjeanty...................................... 336, 341
Great as,sise, where allowed............................. 60, 594
no attaint upon verdict of.................... 512
Guardians, rights of............................... 338, 350, 351
Guest, host responsible for............................... 42
Half blood, inheritance by...........................580, 583
Hamsoken ............................................ 70,148
Heirs, cannot be purchasers ............................... 193
near and remote..................................... 576
of donor, when bound to warranty................... 183
of full age may hold possession against the lords..... 335
' Heirs.' word not necessary in grant of a fee............... 435
Heresy................................................ 35, 247
Heriot.................................................... 376
Hoghenhine................................................ 42
Homage.............................................. 353, 373
action against lord for refusing.............. 360, 362
ancestral........................................ 355
ceremony of................................. 364. 365
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Homage, for what tenements due................ 356, 357, 370
inheritance barred by............................ 582
not reserved in a gift of land................ 208, 366
obligation of..................................... 367
of pensioner or servant...................... 365, 371
remedy against tenant refusing.................. 362
released before battle between lord and tenant... 370
Homicide, prosecution of.................................. 29
appeal of....................................... 91
Hospitallers............................................ 102, 596
Hotchpot................................................ 396
Household, king's, coroner of............................ 3
Steward of, see Steward.
Hue and cry .......................................... 42, 147
Hundred, amercement of.................,................. 32
held in private hands.......................... 58
Hundred court.......................................... 6, 18
Hundreders .............................................. 4
Hunger, an excuse for theft................................ 35
Husband, disseisin of. by wife.................... 228, 241, 244
gift by, to wife and another...................... 192
Husband and wife, gifts between, void................ 186,192
their power over wife's land............ 183
See Wife.
Idiot, incapacity of............................ 183, 186, 456, 598
Idiot a nativitate, in custody of the king................... 349
Incapacity of party to suit............................. 260, 456
Incorporeal tenements, disseisin of........................ 287
Incumbrance of church by bishop......................... 475
Indentures................................................. 207
Indicavit. writ of........................................ 557
Infancy of husband or wife, a bar to dower...............553
of party to action............ 404, 405, 448, 456, 481, 598
See Infant.
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Infarigthef.................................... 48,62,182,187
Infant, cannot disclaim................................ 118, 294
capable of doing homage........................... 358
incapacity of.......................... 135, 183, 186, 218
liability of, as vouchee.....................,. 410, 420
must answer to writ of Entry founded on disseisin,
404, 448
must answer to fine............................... 481
See Infancy.
Inheritance, by ascendants........................ 380. 386, 583
questions of, tried by writ of right........ 224, 570
rules of..................... 383, 384, 394, 577, 588
Inheritance. See Descent.
Inlawry.................................................44, 40
Inquest. Coroner's .........................................6, 8
of age of heir, tenant in capite.................... 349
Interdict................................................... 543
Interpretation of royal grants reserved to the king..........327
Intrusion................................................. 333
Investiture, by lord of fee.................................. 377
Ireland, Justices of......................................... 6
Island, formation of, in river or sea......................... 179
property in newly-discovered...................... 178
Jointenancy.............................................. 189
Jointenants, assise must be by all......................... 230
Jointenement, disseisin of.................................. 230
Judge, exception to the.......................108, 253, 302, 600
Judgment, amendment of.................................. 5
in former suit, plea of......................... 454
creditor, his estate, 435........................ 445
without writ, void........................... 265
Judicial authority not delegable.........................6, 600
must be derived from the Crown........600
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Judicial franchise, usurpation of..........................62, 65
Judicium non sui judicis non obligat......................600
Juises, or instruments of correction.................148, 157, 158
Jurisdiction, exception to.................................85, 99
of Coroner.................................... 6
of County Court............................. 589
of Courts Baron..............................5, 588
of Justices in Eyre.......................3, 15, 133
of the King..................................2,3
of the Royal Courts...........................2,6
of the Steward of the Household.............3, 140
of the Court of Exchequer................... 4
must be derived from the crown............... 600
usurpation of.................................. 157
Jurors..................................................407, 409
amercement of absent ............................ 459
challenge of................................25, 278, 459
disagreement of..................................26, 280
majority of, to prevail.............................. 26
oath of..................................26, 278, 489, 500
to inform themselves of facts before trial..........403
Jury, charge of................................26, 280, 460, 501
discharge of, without verdict..............26, 270, 488, 491
consent of parties to try question by, how compelled......................................458, 509, 263
how compelled to give verdict...................... 381
service upon, evidence of freedom................. 172
upon question of legitimacy by consent.........186, 436
upon question of villenage......................263, 508
Justices, authority of..................................... 2
itinerant, jurisdiction of....................3, 14, 111
special, appointed by letters patent................ 242
Kindred, table of.......................................... 584
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King cannot alien the right of his crown................... 182
his grants, interpreted by himself.................... 327
his jurisdiction....................................... 3
his legislative power................................. 2
h-is right as guardian of tenant in capite......338, 349, 351
not bound by limitation of time................... 182
plea that he is interested in a suit ................269, 455
when bound to warranty .........................420, 454
writ abated by his death............................. 173
King's Bench, Justices of.................................. 3
high way........................................... 260
officers, complaints of.............................15, 71
Knight, degradation of.................................... 171
legal duties of, note............................387, 504
punishment for striking.......................... 104
Knighthood, exactions for evading........................ 72
villain enfranchised by ....................165, 171
Landmarks.........................................67, 148, 231
Lapse, presentation by bishop upon......................... 472
Larcency................................................. 47
appeal of........................................ 96
Last presentation, assise of.............................469-491
See Darreign presentment.
Lastage.................................................... 63
Law, wager of.........................................272, 406
Leases for years (See Termor).............272, 330, 432 note, 570
Leather and wool, customs on.............................. 80
Legislative power of King and Council.................... 1
Legitimacy, tried by court Christian....................... 436-
tried by jury by consent...................264, 43(i
presumption of................................ 347
Lepers, incapacity of..............................183, 186, 260.
Lessee for years ; see Termor.
Lestage...............: .................................. 6^
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Limitation of actions ...........................61, 171, 462, 497
Lispendens............................................448, 455
Livery of seisin...................................214. 218, 230
by rod or glove..........................215
by attorney.............................218
See Delivery of possession.
Locality, statement of, in writ..........................257
London, custom of........................................ 561
Lord, his right of entry after death of tenant, 233, 237, 376,
378, 587.
Lords of liberties, their oath in the Eyre................... 17
Lunatic, incapacity of.................131, 183,186, 456, 569, 598
Mainpast................................................10, 149
Maintenance ............................................74, 78
Market, clerk of the king's...............................3, 155
disturbance of ................................326, 328
inquest of......................................... 156
not to be held within ten miles of Eyre............. 18
overt, purchase in................................ 50
Marriage................................................... 518
at church door................................... 541
estate given in, subject to hotchpot............... 396
favoured by law................................. 164
gift in, made without charter..................209
not to be forced.................................. '.55:!
of heir minor, right of lord to.............351, 353, 405
rights of the king as lord......................... 61
right of, is a chattel devisable by testament....... 388
secret, may legitimate the issue, but not gi\e
right to dower.............................519, 542
to be tendered to wards under age................ 352
validity of, determined by Court Christian, 274,
436, 523, 542, 547 Marshal, Earl, his office..................................3, 141
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Master, action by, for damage to servant................... 109
Mayhem, appeal of...................................... 103
Measures and weights ...................................68, 487
Meat, stale or diseased....................................69, 158
Jfelior est conditio possidentis......................230, 231, 241
Menace, writ of.........................................9, 10
Merchet..............................................161, 203
Mesne profits.............................................. 285
Mesne, writ of.......................................121, 210
Mill-race.................................................. 318
Ministers of the king, delinquencies of..................... 71
Minor ; see Infant.
Misdescription............................................. 442
Misjoinder of plaintiffs..................................... 256
Misnomer..............................................256, 450
Mixed action............., .............................385-392
Money, forgery of.......................................... 28
Monks, incapacity of..................131, 183, 184, 186, 569, 598
Monster................................................... 349
Mortdancester, assise of...............................379, 385
brought by heir against his lord...........379
cannot be brought by one parcener without
the others .............................. 384
lies only between strangers in blood... .381, 383
pleadings in............................ 424-455
process in..............................402-408
trial of.................................408, 458
within what degrees permitted..........380. 381
Mortgage, construction of condition in..............200, 432-435
Mortmain............................................68, 186
Murage................................................... 63
Murder.................................................... 32
Mute, penance for standing................................. 22
Naam.................................................... 114
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Naifty................................................... 159
action of.......................................167, 168
trial in, by suit.................................169, 170
Ke admittas, writ of....................................... 495
tfecessitas vinc.it legem.................................... 523
Nemo potest simul esse haires et dominus.................362, 583
Nonjoinder, exception of..................256, 264, 267, 384, 444
of parcener in writ........................256, 444
Non-tenure, plea of.....................................448, 449
Novel disseisin, assise of..............----................222
judgment in................................ 282
parties to............................. 226, 242
pleadings in........................233-267, 302
process in.............................242, 245
taken in absence of tenant................. 301
trial of.................................278-281
where allowed........................233, 238
Xudum pactum......................................... 129
Xidlum tempus occurrit regi................................ 182
N usance...........................................290, 316-328
legal remedies against, by assise.....317, 319, 320-323
legal remedies at the sheriff's tourn.............319
legal remedies, by Justicics...................320, 323
pleadings in assise of.........................323-328
treated as a disseisin............................ 227
view in cases of................................. 245
Oath, manner of taking................................... 279
nature of............................................ 500
Obligation, nature of...................................... 129
Occupancy, title by........................................ 176
Office in fee, disseisin of...............................228, 245
Ordination, villain enfranchised by.....................165, 171
Outfangthef...........................................62,187
Outlawry............................................. 41
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Outlawry after death.................................... 43
fraudulent...................................... 45
of women, called waiver......................... 43
plea of........................................ 451
process of....................................... 10
Parcener, disseisin of one by another................232, 300, 398
Parceners, assise between..............................300, 444
contribution among............................ 406
do homage and fealty to eldest parcener. .351, 357, 367
mu&t sue together..............140, 256, 299, 384, 444
See Coparceners.
Parish, manor, and hamlet................................. 268
Parson, cannot alien without bishop and patron............ 569
his remedy to recover common..................... 294
his remedy to recover land........................ 496
Parsons, two of one church............................... 497
Parties, abatement for want of..........................224, 454
Partition of estate between parceners................385-397
Pasture defined.......................................... 296
admeasurement of................................ 305
common of......................................... 296
Patent of Justices.................................... 249, 408
Paternity, presumption of................................ 346
Pauper's suit without pledges............................... 243
Peine forte et dure....................................... 21, 85
Penalty, contract under.................................. 131
Penance............................................. 21, 85, 95
Peiidente lite, alienation................................... 448
Pending action, plea of..................................... 454
Pension reserved from a church to save right of infant..... 472
Perambulation for fixing of boundaries:................ 258, 460
Perjury.................................................... 502
degrees of....................................... 506
procuring of, criminal............................. 502
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Person, exception to the.................................... 260
Personal actions............................................ I
Petty larceny.................................. 48, 52, 100, 102
Petty serjeanty............................................ 841
Pilgrimage............................................602, 606
general............................... 240, 604, 606
Pledges for appearance of defendant............... 108,167, 246
of prosecution............... 105, 114, 167, 242, 379, 402
when required from essoiners....................... 604
Pone, writ of...................................... 168, 589, 595
Pontage................................................... 63
Possessio frains.......................................... 580
Possession, gifts by persons out of........................210
title by.......................................... 251
See Seisin.
Pound, breach of......................................... 148
Pregnant women, execution of, delayed till delivery........ 101
Prescription, none against the right of the Crown......... 61
Presentation, last, assise of............................. 467-91
See Darreign presentment.
Presentments in the eyre................................... 19
Presentments of murder and homicide..................... 42
Prisage of spices, silk, &c.................................. 80
Prison, breach of........................................ 36, 72
private........................................... 40, 67
felons to be detained in king's...................... 67
Prisoners, actions by and against.......................... 39
contracts by.................................... 40
death of ....................................... 76
escape of..................................... 37, 72
fees to be taken of.............................. 39
treatment of.................................... 37
Process in action of debt................................. 110
in action of trespass....................105, 107, 110, 132
in assise of novel disseisin.................242, 245, 246
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Process in assise of mortdancester...................... 402, 405
in assise of darreign presentment................... 469
in county and hundred court....................... 132
in court baron............................. 123, 132. 589
in real actions..................................... 174
Production of deed by adverse partyin action not compelled. 207
Proof, various modes of.................................... 545
Proprietary action......................................... 575
Protection, letters of................................. 605, 606
Prothonotary.............................................. 27!)
Provers.................................................... 101
to be sent to the king's prison.................. 40. 67
Provost of vill........................................... 17
Proximity of blood, tried only by writ of right..........323, 575
Prudehomme, what........................................ 307
Purchase.............................................. 175, 176
by villain.................................... 303, 206
conditional................................... 193-200
joint........................................189, 193
Purprestures............................................... 60
Purveyance............................................... 77
Quare impedit, action of.......................... 484, 487, 49?
Quare non admisit, writ of................................. 494
Quare -non permittit, writ of..................... 487, 493 note
Quid juris clamat, writ of............................ 188 note
Quitclaim, charter of.............................. 188, 211, 453
requisites to validity of..................... 210, 453
plea of..................................... 273, 453
Quo jure, writ of...................................... 309-314
Quo warran to, writ of...................................... 64
Quodpermittat, writ of .................................. 4fiO
Eape................................................. -18
appeal of............................................. 96
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Rape, inquest of, before coroner............................ 14
Real actions................................................ 575
Reclaimer of jurisdiction by lord........................... 531
Record, authority of................................. 504, 506
courts of.......................................... 113
of Justices...................................... 5, 504
of court baron.................................... 123
proof by, 83........................................ 451
Redisseisin................................................ 328
Redubbers of clothes.................................. (59, 147
Re-entry, remedy by..................................... 238
Release, how proved....................................... 373
Relief...................................................... 374
distinguished from heriot........................... 375
Remainder, in gift of land................................. 209
' Removable' canon or monk, incapacity of............ 131, 598
Rent charge, grant of...................................... 220
Replevin, action of................................... 113, 126
Representation, right of, in inheritance................ 578, 582
Resort................................................. 168, 465
Restitution of conjugal rights, suit for................. 546, 547
Resummons of defendant.............................. 406, 598
Reversion ................................................ 201
Reversion barred by fine.................................. 453
conveyance of.............................. 189, 514
dower of................................... 227,521
Right of dower, writ of.................................... 562
patent, writ of...................................... 575
close, writ of.............................. 344, 446, 597
of marriage, writ of................................ 338
of ward, writ of................................... 337
Robbery.............................................. 46, 98
Rod, livery of seisin by............................... 215, 345
Rolls of Coroner......................................... 14, 19
of Justices......................................... 5, 504
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Rolls of the clerk of the market............................ 158
Royal charters, construction of............................ 207
Royal demesnes, privilege of, in enfranchisement of villains,
165, 173
Sakeber................................................ 48, 150
Same descent, exception of, in assise of mortdancester...... 424
not allowed to be pleaded by vouchee........ 421
Sanctuary................................................ 13
Seal, forgery of........................................... 20
illegal use of........................................ 20
use of borrowed....................................... 211
Seals, use of....................................... 144, 308. 600
Seditious rumours......................................... 70
Seigniory, conveyance of.............................. 188, 220
Seisin, definition of......................................... 213
livery of............................................ 213
of heir.............................................. 251
of pasture, how acquired........................... 293
simple ; see Simple seisin.
Serjeant, false pleading by................................. 84
Serjeanty, tenure by.............................. 336 note, 341
Servitudes or easements.................................. 287
seisin of...................................... 293
Severance of jointenancy.................................. 191
Sheriff.............................................. 4, 73, 75
neglect of duty to parties to suit............... 591, 601
oath of............................................ 16
Sheriff's court.............................................. 113
tourn............................................ 146
redress of nusance at....................... 291
Sic utere tuo ut alienum non loedas......................... 289
' Simple seisin,' lord entitled to, on death of tenant......... 376
See Lord. Slavery, origin of......................................... 159
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Socage, tenure in.................... 336 note, 340, 341, 521, 521)
guardian in........................................ 339
Sokeman, tenant in ancient demesne....................... 344
cannot alien his land........................ 183, 203
immunities of.................................... 344
Sorcery................................................ 35, 147
Statute de donis conditionalibus, alteration of law by,
194 note, 196 note, quia emptores terrarum, effect of, 194 note, 197 note,
208, 336 Statutes :—
Magna Charta, c. 1....................................... 24
c. 2...................................... 374
c. 3.............................. 358, 360, 374
c. 3, 4, 5.................................. 350
<•. 6................................... 353
c. 7.................................. 246, 353
c. 10..................................... 110
c. 11.................................... 4
c. 12................................... 4, 505
e. 22..................................... 30
c. 25..................................... 153
c, 27..................................... 330
c. 35..................................... 146
c. 36................................ 11, 185
c. 63................................... 466
Statutum Hibernice rle Cohceredibus (14 Hen. III.)........ 357
Statute of Merton (20 Hen. III.)
c. 1........................................... 247
c. 6, 7......................................... 352
c. 6.......................................... 354
o. 7............................................ 353
of Marlborough (52 Hen. III.)
c. 6........................................... 199
c. 8.......................................... 328
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.Statutes :—
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c. 10..................................... 146, 151
c. 16..................................... 335, 37(i
c. IT.......................................... 350
c. 18........................................... 7
c. 19........................................... 5
c. 23........................................... 7
c. 23...................................... 144, 339
c. 26......................................... 32
of Acton Burnell (2 Echv. I.)..................... 138
of Westminster 1. (3 Ed\v. 1.)
c. 1......................................... 1. 22
0.2........................................ 353
c. 4........................................... 14
c. 9, 10...................................... 11
c. 10........................................ 13
c. 10, 26...................................... 6
c. 12.......................................... 21
c. 14......................................... 10
c. 15........................................... 150
c. 31.......................................... 351
c. 22...................................... 337, 352
c. 24........................................... 280
c. 38........................................... 503
c. 42....................................... 610
c. 45.......................................... 338
c. 49.......................................... 549
c. 51.......................................... 377
Offlcium Coronatoris (4 Edw. I.)............... 6, 8, 13, 14, 16
Statutum de Bigamis (4 Edw. I.)
Preamble...................................... 1
c. 5.......................................... 24
c. 6........................................, 183
Statute of Gloucester (6 Edw. I.)
c. 1..............................15. 10. 286
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c. 4....................................... 196, 343
c. 5............................................. 350
c. 5, 7.......................................... 565
c. 9............................................ 5
Statutum de Militibus (6 Edw. I.).......................... 73
Statute of Mortmain (7 Edw. I.)..................... 186, 334
of Wales (12 Edw. I.)
c. 5............................................ 6
c. 12............................................ o36
Provisiones in Scaceario (12 Edw. I.)..................... 4
Statutum de Moneta (12 Edw. I.)......................21, 28
Statute of Westminster II. (13 Edw. I.)................... 28
e.l.................................... 193, 209, 580
o. 4.........................................559
c. 7............................................ 564
c. 8...........................................308
c. 10............................................ 610
c. 11....................................... 145, 339
c. 14............................................ 182
c. 16............................................ 353
o. 19.......................................... 144
c. 21..........................................343
c.22,25........................................315
c.25.............................226,227,228, 314
c. 25, 26......................................286
o. 26........................................... 328
c. 27........................................... 610
<•. 32............................................ 233
c. 34........................................ 228. 554
c. 35........................................... 338
of Merchants (13 Edw. I.)......................... 329
of Winchester (13 Edw. I.), c. 2.................. 32
Ciroumspecte agatis (13 Edw. I.)......................... 24
Statute of Exeter (14 Edw. I.) ..................... 8. 19
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Statute of Westminster III. (18 Edw. I.),
c. 1................................... 207, 209, 366
Modus levandi fines (18 Edw. I.)......................... 188
Articuli super C'hartas (28 Edw. I.)
c. 3............................................ 3
c. 10............................................ 27
Statutum de Prcerogativa Regis, c. 2............... 13, 18. 338
Assisa Panis................................... 153, 154, 155
Statutum de Pistoribus, c. 2............................... 154
de Sacramentis Ministrorum Regis.......... 16, 17
Steward of the household, his jurisdiction...............3, 141
Strangers, under the king's protection..............,....... 105
Sturgeons and whales, king's right to...................... 57
Subornation of jurors....................................... 27
Subtraction of homage, cause of forfeiture.................369
Succession, title by ................................... 180, 252
Sufferance, common by..................................... 297
Suit, proof by......................................... 113, 545
of kindred, proof of villenage by......... 169, 170, 449, 509
Suitors judges, in what courts........................... 6, 113
Summons, various kinds of,............................... 597
in assise of Mortdancester................... 402, 406
in writ of right ........................ 590, 597, 599
of jurors in Disseisin............................. 243
Supposititious children................................. 345. 348
Surname, double........................................... 259
Tail, estate................................... 184, 194 note, 455
Tanners, not to be butchers................................ 69
Templars........................................... 182. 596
Tenant for life, feoffment by .............................. 185
Tenants in chief, dismemberment of fees by................ 182
Tenure does not affect status ........................... 162
Tenures, various kinds of..............................336, 350
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pAon Term, for life and years..........................431 note, 569
Termer, assise against................................ 422, 437
Termer feoffment by...................................... 185
his remedy if ejected.................... 329, 431 note
nature of his estate............................... 570
his right suspended during minority of lessor's
heir...................................... 330, 339
ousted by dowager, how compensated............. 560
Thefbote ............................................69, 148
Theft.................................................. 47, 98
how punished upon fresh suit.................. 47, 150
* Time of peace,' how understood..........................471
Tithing............................................ 10,41,149
mode of admittance into....,..................... 153
Title to land............................................... 250
by possession......................................... 251
Title-deeds, detainer of by widow........................... 555
Tourn ; see Sheriff's tourn.
Tournaments, injuries at................................... 104
Traverse, impost so called.................................. 62
Treason.................................................... 34
appeal of.......................................... 82
how prosecuted................................... 20
petty.......................................... 34, 35
Treasure trove ........................................ 14, 56
Trespass contra paeem, process in......................... 107
expeditious process in special cases of............. 110
form of proceeding in............................ 105
punishment in.................................... 104
Trial of appeal of felony............................. 87, 95, 100
Trial of felons at the king's suit............................ 29
of assise.......................................... 279, 459
of attaint........................................... 574
of status of villenage............................. 168, 263
Triplication.......................................... 425, 428
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Uncertainty............................................ 266, 267
Uncouth, guest so called.................................... 42
Usage, easement founded on............................... 289
Usury .................................................... 147
Utrum, assise of....................................... 496-501
the parson's writ of right........................... 497
Vacations................................................. S77
Vee de naam......................................... 4, 62, 114
Venire inspiciendo, proceedings in.......................... 345
Venire sa mere, infant in, may inherit...................... 575
Verge royal....................................2, 3, 141, 155, 156
inquest of market within..................... 156
jurisdiction of the Steward of the Household
within.................................... 141
Vicarage, vacant, merged in parsonage.................... 474
Vicinage, common by..................................... 297
View, process of...................... 242, 282, 403, 408, 442, 589
in assise of nusance................................. 245
Villain, actions by and against.............................. 164
alienation of....................................... 163
assise by, against lord for his wife's tenement....... 22S>
belonging to several lords.......................... 205
by birth........................................... 162
by recognizance.................................... 160
cannot be devised................................... 163
contracts by........................................ 131
conveyance by.................................... 205
enfranchisement of................... 164, 165, 171, 30;!
incapacity of....................................... 132
Villain, purchase by........................................ 203
Villains, their lives protected............................... 160
no distinction among.............................. 162
Villenage.............................................. 159-173
exception of............... 165, 260, 302, 401, 453, 508
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Villenage, proof of, by suit of kindred............. 169, 449, 509
tenure in....................................... 34,1
tried by assise by consent of parties.... 203, 508, 510
Volenti nonfit injuria.......................,............ 130
Voucher of claimant adverse to lord, a forfeiture........... 555
of warrant in Disseisin............................ 285
in larceny........................... 49. 97
in Mortdancester....................... 410
in plea of dower........................ 536
in writ of right....................... 593
Wager of law, no attaint of proceedings in.............. 24, 512
when admitted.............................. ] 25
Waifs................................................ 57. 148
Walrand, Robert de, penned the Statute of Marlborough,
c. 6............................................... 200
Wand, white, sign of peace................................ 284
Wardship...................................... 336,349-351
incident to what tenure........................ 330
Warrant, voucher of ; see Voucher.
of dower....................................... 558
Warranty by homage................................. 355-359
clause of, in charter of feoffment................ 310
obligation of.......................... 184, 355, 413
of charter, writ of........................... 121, 478
Warren, right of........................................62, 60
Waste by dowager,......................................... 565
by guardians.................................... 351, 410
entry by reversioner on account of.................. 235
Watch, neglected..................................... 67, 148
Watercourse, disturbance of................................ 317
Watoi ing-place, common................................... 318
Waj , disturbance of..................................... 317
Way and water, rights appurtenant to.................... 290
Weights and measures................................ 68, 158
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Weirs, nusances in........................................ 67
White rod, sign of peace................................... 284
Whitetawers.................................... 69 note, 163
Wife, co-defendant with husband...................... 255, 455
incapacity of............................ 183, 186, 272, 598
of felon, punishable as an accomplice................. 100
See Husband.
Wines, assise of....................................... 80. 158
Withernam................................................. 115
Witnesses, proof by, in Court Christian..................... 542
Wizards.................................................. 51
Women, appeals by........................................ 95
Wool, customs on.......................................... 80
Wounding................................................ 14
appeal of....................................... 103
Wreck...................................... 14. 57, 62, 148, 178
Writ de cetate probanda.................................... 350
de libertate probanda...............................167
de magna assisaeligenda............................... 595
de nativo habendo.................................... 166
de odio et atia........................................ 102
de pace habenda....................................... 594
de rationabili parte.................................... 439
de terris liberandis.................................. 350
de venire inspiciendo.................................. 345
effect of abandoning.............................. 236, 247
false or forged....................................... 28
judicial.............................................. 265
jurisdiction limited by............................... 5
oath administered without........................... 7
of Ael............................................ 381, 462
of Assise of Common.................................. 299
of Cosinage...................................... 381. 462
of customs and services.............................. 363
of Entry......................................... 565-574
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Writ of Escheat.................................... 191,301, 577
olfomnedon........................................... 437
of Indicavit.......................................... 557
of Partition........................................... 387
of Pone...................................... 589, 591, 595
of Quare impedit................................... 492
of Quare non admisit.................................. 495
of Quare non permittit............................487, 493
of Quid juris clamat............................. 188 note
of Quo Jure.......................................389
of Quo warranto...................................... 64
of. Quod pcrmittat..................................... 460
of right close................................ 344, 446, 597
of right, defended as a possessory action............... 572
of right of dower..................................... 5B2
of right of marriage,................................ 338
of right of ward..................................... 337
of right patent................................... 588-601
of right patent in county court....................... 088
of right patent in court baron........................ 588
of waste.............................................. 351
to compel warranty in plea of right................... 594
to compel warranty in prosecution for theft........... 50
oyer of............................................ 249
pending, plea of..................................... 236
Writs, distinction of, to be observed........................ 126
Year, day, and waste ................................. 30, 60
Years, estate of lessee for............................... 229-231
Younger brother, entry by ................................ 223
entitled to possession until appearance of the right heir.......................... 237