News, false, IV. 149.
Next of kin, II. 224.

Nicholas's, pope, taxation, 1.284.
Nient culpable, plea of, IV. 339.
Night, burglary in, what, IV. 224.
Nightwalkers, IV. 292.

Nihil dicit, judgment by, III. 296. 397.
return of, to writs, III. 282. xvii.
debet, plea of, III. 305.
Nisi prius, courts of, III. 58.

justices of, III. 60. IV. 269.
record, III. 356.

trial at, III. 355. IV. 351.
writ of, III. 354. xiii.

Nobility, I. 396.

magistrates, IV. 141.

Option of the archbishop, I. 381.
Optional writs, III. 274.

Orchards, robbing of, IV. 233.

Ordeal, trial by, IV. 4.n. 342. 414. 425.
Order of sessions, IV. 272.

Orders, holy, I. 388.

Original contract of king and people,
I. 211. 233.

society, I. 47.

conveyances, II. 310.

Papirian code, I. 81.

Papists, children of, I. 449. 451.

57. n.

425.

imparsonee, I. 391.

Parsonage, when it may not be demised,
II. 321.

Particular estate, II. 165.

tenants, alienation by, II. 274.
bill of, III. 301.

Parties to a deed, II. 298. ii. ïïì.

fine, II. 355.

Partition, II. 185. n. 189.

185.

proceedings for, in equity, II

deed of, II. 323.

writ of, II. 189. III.302.

Partnership cognizable in equity, III. 437.
Passports, I. 260.

violation of, IV. 68.

Patents, II. 346.

laws against, IV. 55. 57. n. 87.

for new inventions, II. 407. n. IV.

159.

precedence, III. 28.

of peerage, I. 400.

Patent rolls, II. 346.

writs, II. 346.

Paterna paternis, II. 236.

Patriam, trial per, III. 349. IV. 349.
Patronage, II. 21.

disturbance of, III. 242.
Pauper-causes, III. 400.
Pawns, II. 452.

Pawnbroker's ticket, forging, IV. 158.
Pawning another's goods, IV. 158.
Payment of deceased's debts, II. 511.
money into court, III. 504.
Peace and war, right of making, I. 257.

IV. 358.

Perjury in capital cases, IV. 138. 196.
French law respecting, IV. 138.
-, necessary evidence to convict of,
Permissive waste, II. 281.
Pernancy of profits, II. 163.
Perpetual curate, I. 394.

Perpetuating the testimony of witnesses,
III. 450.

Perpetuity of the king, I. 249.
Persecution, religious, IV. 46. 428. 432.
Person, injuries to, III.119.

-, larciny from, IV.241.
offences against, IV. 177.

Personal actions, III. 117.

where they die with the

person, III. 302.

chattels, II. 387.

assets, II. 510.

security, I. 129.

things, II. 384.

tithes, II. 24.

Personating others in courts, &c. IV. 128.
proprietors of stock, IV. 248.

Persons, artificial, I. 123.467.

"

natural, I. 123.

rights of, I. 122.

Peter-pence, IV. 107.

Petition of appeal, III. 454.

bankruptcy, II.480.

right, I. 128. III. 256. IV. 437.

Petitioning creditor's debt, and bond, II.

from the crown, I. 176.

IV. 204.

duty on, I. 327.

Pews, II. 429.

from foreign princes, IV. 122.

Physicians, &c. III. 122. IV. 197.

commons, I. 175.

Pignus, II. 159.

People, I. 366.

Pillory, IV. 123. n. 377.

Piracy, IV. 71.

Per et cui, writ of entry in, III. 181.
my et per tout, seisin, II. 182.
quod, III. 124.

writ of entry in, III. 181.
Peremptory challenge, IV. 353. 396.
mandamus, III. 111. 265.
writ, III. 274.

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Perfection of the king, I. 246.
Performance, partial, II. 448.

Perjury, IV. 137. 138. n.

Piscary, common of, II. 34. 40.

Placemen excluded from the house of
commons, I. 175. IV. 440.

Plagiarii, IV. 219.

Plague, irregularity during, IV. 161.
Plaint, III. 273.

~, process upon,

Plaintiffs, III. 25.

III.285.

death of one, III. 302.

Popery, IV. 55.

table of, I. 405.

Precedent conditions, II. 154.

Precept of election to parliament, I. 177.
Pre-contract, I. 434.

priest, IV. 57. 87. 115.
recusants, IV. 56. 124.

seminaries, education in, I. 451.

Pre-emption, I. 287. IV. 116. 424. 439.
Pregnancy, plea of, IV. 394.

trial of, I. 456. IV. 395.

Premier serjeant, III. 28.

Premises of a deed, ii. 298. i. ii. ïïi.
Prerogative, I. 141. 237. 252. IV. 431,

432.

Princes of the blood royal, I. 226.

Procuration money, IV. 157.
Prodigals, I. 305.

IV. 81.

royal, I. 225.

Profert in curia, III. xxviii.
Profession, religious, I. 133.

IV.34.
Principal and accessory,
challenge, III. 363.

Prior, I. 155.

Priority of debts, II. 511.

Prisage, I. 315.

Prison, breach of, IV. 130.

Prisoners, full defence of, IV. 355.

in France, IV. 359.

Prit. IV. 339.

Private act of parliament, I. 86. II. 344.
nusance, III. 216.

persons, arrest by, IV. 292.

wrongs, III. 2.

bill of, III. 289.

Profits of courts, I. 289.

Progress, royal, IV. 411.

Prohibition, declaration in, III. 113.

writ of, III. 112.

of waste, III. 227.

Promises, III. 158.

Promissory note, II. 467.

Promulgation of laws, I. 45.

Proofs, III. 568.

in ecclesiastical courts, III. 100.
of testament in form of law, II. 508.

Proper feuds, II. 58.

Property, I. 138. II. 1, 2.

crimes against, IV. 230.
injuries to personal, III. 144.
real, III. 167.

right of, II. 197. III.190.