settlement, iii. 169

Descent, i. 166, 237, 391

as if from the purchaser, i. 428,
429, 432, 439

between brothers, i. 421, 444
breaking the, i. 432

by particular custom, i. 392
canons of, i. 394
cast, iii. 506, 510

founded originally on the com-
mon law, i. 393

from the purchaser, i. 394
half blood in, i. 422, 424, 427
in copyholds, i. 226, 632, 640
in feuds, i. 184

inheritance Act, i. 393

of kings of England, ii. 437—
452

on or after 1st January, 1834,
i. 394-427

origin of, i. 167

or purchase, i. 388
paternal line preferred, i. 415,
417

per stirpes, i. 409
per capita, i. 410
preference of males, i. 405

principals, iv. 127

Distraining, iii. 355–368

Distress, i. 682, 686; iii. 356, n.

damage feasant, iii. 355, 357
excessive, iii. 363

exemption from, iii. 358-361
for poor rate, iii. 187, n.
for rent, iii. 356, 525
for services, iii. 357, 525
illegal, iii. 368

impounding of, iii. 365

infinite, iii. 364, n., 707, iv.
420, n., 467

of a stranger's goods, iii. 359
rescue of a, iii. 364

sale under, iii. 357, n.

under Acts of parliament, iii.
357, n.

where it lies, iii. 358

Distribution of residuum, ii. 223, 225
Distributions, statute of, ii. 223, 225;
iii. 205; iv. 569

District coroners, ii. 657

county courts, iii. 396-402,
412, n., 536, 615, 673, 706
ecclesiastical, i. 126; iii. 120.
highway, iii. 250

parishes, iii. 116, 120-124
prisons, iii. 236

registries for probate, ii. 206
schools for iii. 222
poor,
surveyor of highways, iii. 247
Distringas in detinue, iii. 680

in replevin, iii. 707
juratores, iii. 434, n.

on stock, iii. 690; iv. 45, n.
to compel appearance, iii.
589, n.
Disturbance, injury of, iii. 526

of common, iii. 527, 528
of divine service, iii. 42;
iv. 333

of franchise, iii. 526.

of patronage, iii. 530, 701
of religious assemblies, iii.

58

of tenure, iii. 529
of ways, ib.

Diversion of highway, iii. 249
Diversité des Courtes, iii. 422
Divesting reversion, i. 322, 519, n.
Dividend in bankruptcy, ii. 184
Dividends in the funds, unclaimed, ii.
598, n.

VOL. IV.

Double pleading, iii. 604

rent, i. 300

value, i. 300

voucher, i. 577

Dower, i. 272-285

Act (3 & 4 Will. IV. c. 105), i.
282

action of, iii. 476, 503, 513, 698
-701

ad ostium ecclesiæ, i. 276, 283
arrears of, iii. 566
assignment of, i. 277

by particular custom, i. 276
de la plus belle, i. ib.
ex assensu patris, i. 276
how barred, i. 278

how the wife shall be endowed,
i. 276

judgment in, iii. 701

of what the wife is endowed, i.
272, 274, 380, 382

revolutions in the law as to, i.
283

unde nihil habet, iii. 513, 698
who may be endowed, i. 273
writ of right in, iii. 476, 698

Draco, iv. 202

Draft, ii. 113

Duel, trial by, iv. 499
Duelling, iv. 155, 332
Duke, ii. 624

Duke of Exeter's daughter, iv. 477, n.
Dumb, ex visitatione Dei, iv. 476
Dungeness, iii. 269
Duplex querela, iii. 533
Duplicatio, iii. 603, n.
Durante viduitate, estate, i. 261, 265
Duress, contract under, ii. 63

of imprisonment, i. 152

per minas, when an excuse, i.
145; iv. 117

Durham, county palatine of, i. 133; iii.

464

university, iii. 199

Duties of children, ii. 308
Dyer's Reports, i. 52

Dying "without issue," words of, in a
devise, i. 616; ii. 222

Dying declarations, iv. 514
Dwelling-house, breaking into by day,

iv. 195
by night, iv.

187, 194

iv. 207

setting fire to, iv. 185

Ealdormen, ii. 625

Earl, ii. ib.

E.

Earl marshal, iii. 459, n.

Earmark, none in case of money, ii.

123, n.
Earnest, ii. 69

Ease, chapel of, iii. 114
Easements, i. 656, 699
Easter offerings, iii. 109

East India Company, i. 112; iii. 260, n.
East Indian trade, iii. 260
East Indies, i. 112

Eat inde sine die, iii. 669
Eaves droppers, iv. 357, 375
Ecclesiastical authorities, iii. 2

commissioners, i. 120, n.;
iii. 117

corporations, i. 465, 477;
iii. 130, 148

courts, i. 67; ii. 290; iii.
436-452

under the poor law, iii. 222

Edward the Confessor, i. 44, 189; ii.

439; iii. 438; iv. 573, 581
the first, improvements of the
laws under, iv. 586

Edward the Outlaw, ii. 304
Egbert, king, ii. 437, 459

Eggs of game, destroying, ii. 21, n.
Egreditur personam, malitia, iv. 157
Egyptians, iv. 368, n.
Ejectione firmæ, de, iii. 508

Ejectment, action of, i. 579, n. ; iii. 476.
508, 511, 512, 710-720;
iv. 606

between landlord and te-
nant, iii. 719

proceedings as to, in vaca-
tion, iii. 720

Election auditors, ii. 392
committee, ii. 394
guardianship by, ii. 324
how conducted, ii. 384
of bishops, iii. 6, 8

Elegit, estate by, i. 303, 316, 383

ca. sa. cannot issue after, iii. 689
writ of, iii. 688, 689; iv. 61, n.
Elementary schools, iii. 220, n.
Elisors, iii. 624, n.

Elizabeth of York, ii. 446

Elizabeth, queen, iv. 593

Ellesmere, Lord, iii. 415, 423

Elopement, i. 274, 278; ii. 283; iii. 700
Ely, bishop of, i. 137

isle of, i. ib.

Embargo, ii. 529

Embezzlement, crime of, iv. 214

by public officers, iv. ib.

of royal stores, iv. ib.,
515

Emblements, i. 264, 265, 266, 294, 295;
ii. 230

Embowelling traitor, iv. 248, n.
Embracery, iv. 306

Emigration commissioners, iii. 294, n.
officers, iii. 294

of paupers, iii. 191, n.
Emperor, (or sovereign,) title and power
of, ii. 495

Empson and Dudley, iv. 461.

Enabling and disabling statutes, i. 72;
iii. 97; iv. 594