_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
I.
_Impetitio_ (Note 1.), 262
Imprisonment, 279, 281
Incendiaries, 288
Incontinence in female Heirs how punished, 146
—— divorce for, bar to dower, 110
Infamy, 56
Institution (Note 1.), 49
Interrogations in Pleas of Crown, 279
Intestacy, 136, 151
J.
Judgments inferior Courts bound to defend by Duel, 171
—— falsifying, 172
—— in Capital Offences, 280
_Judicium Dei_, 282
_Jurata_, 46, 194
_Juris Utrum_ (Note 1.), 266
Jurors, 50, 194
Justices Itinerant (Note 2.), 151
_Justicia_ (Note 3.), 141
_Justiciare_ (Note 1.), 192
_Justicii in Banco_ (Note 2.), 41
K.
King’s Death, crime of, 2, 278
—— Peace, 3, 27, 30, &c.
—— Writ of Warranty, 8
—— Charters falsifying, 290
Knight’s Heir in custody of Lord, 140
Knights summoned as Jurors on Grand Assise, 48
Knight’s Fee, relief of, 185
Knight, if formerly Villein, objectionable as Champion, 90
L.
_Languor_ (Note 2.), 15
Law, loss of, 39
Læse Majesty, 2, 278
Legacy, 137
_Lex Apparens_ (Note 2.), 279
_Libertate probanda_, writ _de_, 84
Limitation of _mort d’auncestor_, 247
—— of _Novel Disseisin_, 272
Loans, 199
_Locatum_ (Note 1.), 221
Lords may distrain their Tenants, 179
M.
_Magna Assisa Eligenda_, writ of, 48
_Mahemium_ (Note 3.), 282
Manor chief not to be allotted in Dower, 109
_Maritagium_ (Note 1.), 113
Marriage of female Heirs—Lords consulted on, 144
Marriage-hood, free or not, 156
Mayhem protects from duel, 282
—— what, 282
Measures false, 290
_Medletum_ or _Melletum_ (Note 1.), 3
Messuage capital, 109, 127
Metal discovering, 284
Minor when bound to answer generally, 260
—— must answer Minor in his custody, 140
—— no Essoin against, by one of full age, 256
Minority of Heir of a Knight, 139
—— —— of a Sockman, 139
—— —— of a Burgess, 139
_Misericordia_ (Note 1.), 28
_Mort d’Auncestor_, Assise of, 257
—— —— bars to, 254
—— —— writ of, 247, &c.
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