As to Thefts and other Pleas which fall within the Jurisdiction of the Sheriff,[526] as they are conducted and decided according to the various customs of different Counties, they fall not within the scope of my present plan, which is solely confined to the subject of the Chief Court.
The Book of the Laws of England is finished.
INDEX.
A.
Abbots cannot without King’s consent alien, [123]
—— of Canons Regular may appear for their Order, [229]
Absence of Lords, [65]
—— of Parties, [30]
—— of Summoners, [26]
—— of Tenant, [27]
—— of Demandant, [28]
Accusations, [278]
Accuser, certain or uncertain, [278], [279]
Admeasurement of Dower—Writ of, [112]
Administration, who entitled to, [137]
Advocatio (Note 1.), [69]
Advowsons—general doctrine of, begins at, [69]
Æsnecia (Note 1.), [127]
Afforciament (Note 1.), [53]
Age, Writ to ascertain, [261]
Aids (Note 1.), [190]
Aisiamenta (Note 1.), [239]
Allegiance, [177], [178]
Amercements, [202]
—— in County Courts belong to Sheriff, [193]
Appeal of Felony, [141]
Appellans (Note 3.), [275]
Appeals, who may prosecute, [282]
Arbelastarius (Note 1.), [232]
Arrha (Note 4.), [216]
Assisa (Note 1.), [36]
Assise Grand (see Grand Assise), [44]
Assises, general doctrine of, begins at, [246]
Assise of darrein presentment, [263]
—— mort d’auncestor, [246]
—— novel disseisin, [270]
—— when it lies not for burgage tenure, [255]
Attachment (Note 1.), [66]
Attornato faciendo—Writ de, [226]
Attornies—general doctrine concerning, begins at, [223]
Attorney may cast Essoins for himself, [226]
—— may be removed, [228]
Avunculus (Note 1.), [125]
B.
Bailiff cannot, as such, appear as Attorney, [225]
Ballivus (Note 1.), [225]
Banco, Justicii in (Note 2.), [41]
Baro (Note 3.), [173]
Bastards cannot inherit, [147]
—— formerly inherited in Wales (Note 1.), [148]
—— who succeed to, [150]
Bastardy, when bar to an Assise, [254]
—— Writ to inquire concerning, [148]
Bishops cannot without King’s consent alien, [123]
—— do not when consecrated perform Homage, [180]
—— do when consecrated perform Fealty, [180]
Bladum (Note 2.), [33]
Boscus (Note 2.), [239]
Breve (Note 4.), [4]
Burgage Tenure—not entitles King to Custody, [142]
—— when it bars an Assise, [255]
C.
Campio (Note 2.), [36]
Capital Messuage not allotted in Dower, [108]
Cellarii (Note 1.), [229]
Champion, when hired, inadmissible, [38]
—— if formerly a Villein, objectionable, [89]
—— when conquered how punished, [39]
—— collusively vouched (Note 2.), [219]
Charters, proof of, [214]
—— falsifying, [290]
Chattels when forfeited, [152], [156]
—— of Intestate, [151]
—— of Usurer, [151]
—— not distrained for non-appearance, [199]
Chief Manor not allotted in Dower, [109]
Chirograph, [168]
Clamat (Note 1.), [5]
Clamor popularis, [286]
Coin false, [290]
Commodatum (Note 2.), [214]
Concord, why called Final, [166]
—— breach of, how punished, [167]
Concords, general doctrine of,—begins at, [161]
Conditions, [206]
Conductum (Note 1.), [221]
Confiscation, [282]
Consanguinity in questions of freedom, [85]
—— in questions of Intestacy, [137]
—— bar to Assise of mort d’auncestor, [255]
Constitution (Note 1.), [49]
Consuetudines (Note 4.), [165]
Consuetudinibus et servitiis—Writ de, [192]
Contempt of Court, [30], [66], &c.
Contemptus Brevium (Note 4.), [4]
Contenement (Note 3.), [190]
Contracts private, [221]
Counts, when they vary from Writ, effect of, [244]
Courts inferior—when allowed Records, [170], [173]
——, County—differ in their Customs, [244]
—— of Lords—differ in their Customs, [234]
Crimen falsi (Note 2.), [2], [290]
Croftum (Note 3.), [164]
Curtesy of England (Note 1.), [158]
Custody of Heirs, [139]
—— discharges Relief—when, [184]
Customs, [128], [133]
Custum (Note 1.), [29]