D.
Darrien presentment—Writ of, [263]
Debt—Writ of, [198]
Debts—Pleas concerning, [198]
—— how proved, [213]
Default, how punished, [16]
Deposit, [199]
Descents, general Canons of, [124]
—— amongst Grecians, Normans, Lombardi, &c. (Note 2.), [125]
Desponsatio (Note 1.), [94]
Disseisins, [270]
Distresses, [103], [179], [191], [199], [228], &c.
Divisa (Note 1.), [133]
Divorce for Incontinence bars Dower, [110]
—— for Relationship bars Dower, [110]
Dominium (Note 1.), [123]
Dower, general doctrine of, begins at, [93]
—— in what senses used, [93]
—— ad Ostium Ecclesiæ, [94]
—— Ex assensu Patris, [111]
—— admeasurement of, [95]
—— how demanded, [101]
—— not of land already in Dower, [109]
—— its assignment not postponed for Heir’s Infancy, [109]
—— barred by Divorce for Incontinence or Relationship, [110]
—— Writ of Right of, [99]
Duel, Trial by, [33]
—— its rise and decline (Note 1.), [34]
—— reason of (Note 1.), [35]
—— not allowed in questions of Villenage, [88]
—— not waged by Villein-born though Knighted, [89]
—— Courts not bound to defend their Records by, [171]
—— Courts bound to defend their Judgments by, [171]
—— in Criminal matters, [282]
—— when only compromised by License, [282]
Duodecimâ Manu (Note 2.), [8]
E.
Earnest, [216]
Ecclesiastical Court—holds not plea of Debt—when, [212]
—— when it has Jurisdiction generally, [245]
Election of Knights on Grand Assise, [48]
Enfranchisement—modes of effecting, [88]
—— under Saxons (Note 1.), [88]
Escambium (Note 1.), [61]
—— when Bracton wrote (Note 1.), [61]
Escheat for want of Heir, [154]
—— for incontinence of female Heir, [154]
—— for felony, [154]
—— for conviction of Theft, [156]
—— for Outlawry, [155]
Essoins, principal kinds of (Note 1.), [6]
—— general doctrine of—begins at, [6]
—— not allowed by one of full age against Minor, [256]
—— nor in Novel Disseisins, [251]
—— may be cast by Attorney for himself, [226]
Essoiners may appoint Essoiners, [18]
—— Writ to take as Defaulters, [13]
Essonium (Note 1.), [6]
Exceptions to Jurors, [50]
Exchequer, [142]
Executors—who, [136]
F.
Failure of Justice in Lord’s Court, [234]
Faldæ (Note 2.), [165]
Faldæ secta (Note 2.), [165]
Falsifying Judgments, [172]
False-claim, punishable, [30]
Famâ publicâ (Note 2.), [278]
Fealty, [129], [157]
Fee, how lost, [179]
Felony—appeal of, [141]
—— forfeits Land, [154]
Females, Custody of, [143]
Feme sole may make a Testament, [134]
—— covert cannot without Husband’s consent, [134]
Feodum (Note 2.), [103]
Fidei interpositio (Note 2.), [280]
Final Concord—forms of, [162], [163]
Fine—bar to Assise of mort d’auncestor, [254]
Fines—general doctrine of—begins at, [161]
Forfeitures, [154], [155], [156], [179], [282], &c., &c.
Forgeries, [290]
Forinseca (Note 1.), [165]
Forisfacio (Note 2.), [146]
Forisfamiliatus (Note 1.), [131]
Fossatum (Note 4.), [272]
Frankalmoigne, [114]
Freedom, how proved, [85]
—— not to be purchased with Villein’s own money, [89]
—— means of acquiring, [88]
Frussetum (Note 2.), [164]
G.
Gifts of Land—how far allowed, [114]
—— —— defective without seisin, [114]
Grand Assise, [44]
—— —— bars to, [42]
—— —— the Essoins it allows, [49]
—— —— concerning what things, [51]
Gyldam (Note 4.), [90]
H.
Heirs—how far bound by Ancestors’ Gifts, [124]
—— how divided, [124]
—— when disinherited (see Forfeiture, Escheat, &c.)
—— in right line preferred to transverse line, [124], [129]
Heres remotior (Note 4.), [117]
—— Ultimus, a Man’s Lord, [153]
Hiring, [221]
Homage, difference between and Fealty (Note 1.), [128]
—— performed by Husband of Eldest Daughter, [128]
—— general doctrine of, begins at, [175]
—— must be received by Lord, when, [177]
—— performed to several Lords for different Fees, [177]
—— liege, when due, [177]
—— form of, [177]
—— effect of, [178]
—— not performed by Women, [176]
—— not by consecrated Bishops, [180]
—— for what due, [181]
—— to whom, [182]
Homicide, its species, [285]
—— properly so called, [286]
—— not bailable, [281], [285]
Hue and Cry, [286]
Husbands—their power over their Wives’ Inheritance, [129]
—— perform Homage for Wives’ Land, [177]