Custody of Heirs, 139 —— discharges Relief—when, 184 Customs, 128, 133 _Custum_ (Note 1.), 29 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