It is needless to mention that the power of redemption,
founded on the old right of the relations, a mystery of our
ancient French jurisprudence I have not time to develope,
could not take place with regard to the fiefs, till they were
become hereditary.

Italiam, Italiam..

I finish my treatise of fiefs at a period, where most authors
commence theirs.

END OF VOL. II.

INDEX

INDEX

ABORTION: why the women of Alexander, reflection on his project, i

Appeal, how it was looked upon by the Artaxerxes: why he put his children to

Romans, ii 207

Appeal of false judgment; what it was
formerly, ii 208. It included
felony, ibid. How they proceeded
therein, ibid. et seq. Who were
forbid to make it, ii 211. It was
to be made upon the spot, ii 218.
Of default of justice when it was
permitted, ii 212. In what manner
it was introduced, ii 209. Whether
battle was allowed in this case, ibid.
et seq. Followed with an appeal of
false judgment, ii 215. To the
king, ii 213. Whether they could
appeal to the king's court of false
judgment, ii 211. A law of Charles
VII. concerning appeals, ii 250
Appius (the Decemvir) how he eludes
his own laws in the affair of Virginia,

i78

Arabs, their character, ii 30, et seq.
Their ancient and present commerce,
ibid. Their liberty, i 284
Arcadians, nature of the country they
inhabit, i 36

Areopagite,severely punished for killing
a sparrow, i 68

Areopagus, a court of judicature at

Athens, i 46. Several judgments
passed by this court, i 68. Its
functions, i 75

Argives, their cruelty condemned by the
Athenians, i 82

Ariana, its situation, ii 12

Aristocracy, what it is, i 7 and 12.
When it is happy, i 12. which is the
best, i 13, and the most imperfect,
ibid. Things pernicious in an aris-
tocracy, i 48, et seq. and 111, et
seq. In what manner it is corrupted,
i 111

Aristotle, his opinion concerning the
virtues of slaves, i 31. In regard
to natural slaves, i 244. In regard
to music, i 36, et seq. In regard to
artisans, i ibid. In regard to the
spirit's waxing old, i 47. In regard
to monarchies, i 163. In regard to
the number of citizens, ii 86
Arms; effect arising from the change

of arms, ii 200. Fire arms; the
bearing of them how punished at
Venice, ii 160

Arrest or decree giving upon an
appeal; origin of the formulary
employed therein, ii 221

death, i 60

Artizans, how they came to be made
freemen, i 37

Arts, what Xenophon says of those
who exercise them, i 37. Their use,
ii 83. Their influence on the
number of the inhabitants of a
country, ibid.

As, Roman, its value, ii 60, et seq.
Asia, what kind of trade was formerly
carried on in that country, ii 4.
Revolutions that have happened in
Asia, ibid. Quality and effects of
its climate, i 269, et seq. Its cli-
mate different from that of Europe,
ibid. How often subdued, ibid.

Assembly of the people; why the
number of citizens that compose it
Assizes, ii 212 and 237
ought to be fixed, i 8

Association of cities, when necessary,
i 126

Assyrians, conjecture in regard to their
communication with distant coun-
tries, ii 5

Asylums, in the temple, ii 126. Nu-
merous in Greece, ibid. Abuse
made of them, ibid. Established by
Moses; for whom ibid. et seq. Re-
fused to the Saxons, ii 174. Every
man ought to have his own house for
an asylum, ii 245

Atheist, why he always talks of religion,

ii 123

Athens (law of), to put strangers to
death who concerned themselves in
the assemblies of the people, i 8.
And the useless people, when the
city was besieged, ii 248. (People
of) how they chose their magistrates
and senators, i 8 and 10. Their
ability in this respect, i 8. How
they gave their suffrages, i 11.
(People of) divided into four classes,
i 10. Their character, i 301.
Number of her forces in the war
against the Persians, i 20. Her
state under Demetrius Phalereus,
and under Demosthenes, ibid, et seq.
Overcome at Cheronea; conse-
quences of that defeat, i ibid. Her
maritime power, ii 9. The use she
made of it, ibid. et seq. Cause of
her corruption, i 111
Athualpa (Inca) in what manner he

was treated by the Spaniards, ii 158

heir to all his subjects, i 58. What | Bengal (Bay of), how discovered, ii
follows from thence, ibid.

Great 17

305.

Bonzes destroyed in China; why, i 99
Bor on the ear, why reckoned an
affront, ii 200
Bruncchild (queen) her great parts, ii
Cause of her misfortunes,
ibid, et seq. Her regency. The
revolution which it occasioned, ii
306, et seq. Consequence of this
revolution, ibid. Her execution, ii
305

Brutes have their laws, i 1. Whether
we know these laws, i 2. (Sensation
of) to what it is relative, i 3. Whe-
ther they have positive laws, ibid.
Burgundians (laws of the), ii 173.
They received no great changes,
and why, ii ibid. See the words
Code and Gundebald,
Buying (trade of), ii 44, et seq.

C.

CESAR: his laws in regard to debtors,
ii 46. And in regard to married
people, ii 89

Calumniators, common under the em-
peror Arcadius, i 76. Encouraged
by Sylla, i 196

Camoens: a Portuguese poet. Subject
of his poem, ii 37

Her colonies, ibid.
Marseilles, i 25.

Her wars with
Her senate, of

what kind of persons it was com-
posed, i 177

Carthaginians: their commerce, ii 23.
Their treaty with the Romans, ii 25.
Whether they were acquainted with
the compass, ibid.

Carvilius Ruga: why he repudiated his
wife, i 267. Whether he is the first
that did it, i 266

Cato the Censor: his motive for sup-
porting the Voconian and Oppian
laws, ii 166

Causes reserved to the king by the
laws of the Barbarians, ii £12
Causes criminal, by whom tried among
the Romans, i 174

Celibacy (the spirit of) is introduced
into the empire, ii 94, et seq. and ii
109. Reflections on celibacy, ii 127,
128

Censors at Rome, their functions, i 12
and 47, and ii 88. Their privileges,

i 51

Censorship: its effect among the Ro-
mans; in what manner abolished, i
119, and ii 88, et seq. Re-estab-
lished by Cæsar and Augustas, ii
89. Upon what occasion, ibid.
Census; its effect, i 43. Whether
there was a general census in the
ancient French monarchy, ii 274.
Whether it was the same thing as
the census of the Romans, ii 271.
What it was, and on whom raised,
ii 272. Whether it was paid by
freemen, ii 273

Centenarii; their functions, ii 277.
How established, ii 418. Their
districts, ibid.

Canaanites: cause of their destruction, Cernè: its situation, ii 22

i 127

Candour, necessary in the making of
laws, ii 253

Cape of Good Hope: why they could
not double it, ii 20. By whom
discovered, ii 37

Capitularies: their origin, ii 175 and
184. (False one) attributed to
Charlemain, ii 182. Added to the
laws of the Lombards, ii 184
Carthage: Cause of her ruin, i 20.
Policy of the Romans in respect to
this city, ibid. Effect of her despair,
ibid. Her maritime power, ii 22,
How she increased her riches, ibid.

Champions employed in judicial com-
bats, ii 204

Chariemain, divides his empire among
Change of religion, ii 132
his children, ii 331. The laws be
gives to the Saxons, ii 172. His
will, i 327. His conduct in the
government, ii 332, et seq. His
reason for establishing a great num-
ber of bishoprieks in Germany, ii
334. His elogium, ii 332, et seq.
Badly imitated by his son, i 355.
The state of Europe before and since
his time, ii 337. His successors;
in what manner they lost the throne,