Animals, wills to, 322. Appellee, meaning of, in trial by battle, 115. Approver, in trials for felony charges, 117. Aristeides, recall of, 83. Aristotle, on judicial recall, 82, 86. Aristotle, will of, 310. Arrowsmith, case of, Anthony, 183. Arthur, king, and Flollo, trial by battle between, 127. Ashford, trial by battle with Thornton, 133. Assize, a substitute for battle, under Henry II., 119. Assyrian marriages, 13. Astrology in mediaeval times, 49. Athelstan, laws of, governing ordeals, 149. Athelstan, sanctuary, under, 252. Athenian judges, recall of, 83. Athens, recall in, 81. Attainder, standing mute to avoid, 173. Aunts and nephews, marriages between, 18. Authorities upon witchcraft, 70. B Babylon, effect of recall in, 103, 104. Babylon marriages, 13. Babylon, trials in ancient, 79. Babylon, wager of law, in ancient, 197. Babylonian judges (note), 74. Balance, ordeal by, 143. Banishment, in ancient Greece, 82. Banns, custom of, 21. Banns, legal advantages of, 22. Barabas, release of, by Pilate, 102. Battle, trial by, 109, 140. Battle, origin of trial by, 109. Battle, traced to ancient periods, 109. Battle, regulated by Burgundians, 501 A. D., 111. Battle, regulated by Otho, in 983 A. D., 112. Battle, adjudged legal method of trial by Ld. Ellenborough, 133. Battle, intended to prevent perjury, when established, 112. Battle, London exempted from, by charter, 119. Battle by use of “Approvers”, 117. Battle, under military form, 125, 126. Battle, in case William of Eu, 126. Battle, in finance, 118. Battle, in trials on debt, 119. Battle, under writ of right, in full, 120, 122. Battle, trial before Henry III., 129. Battle, trial before Henry VI., 131. Battle, discouraged by Edward III., 118. Battle, trial by, before Henry VII., 132. Battle, under felony charge, 116. Battle, superceded by assize, under Henry II., 119. Battle, under charge of treason, 116. Battle between Hereford and Norfolk, 130. Battle, introduced into England by Normans, 114. Battle, between King Arthur and Flollo, 127. Battle for treason, under Priscot, C. J., in reign of Henry VI., 118. Battle, effect of chivalry upon, 113. Battle under writ of right, 116. Battle, trial before Edward III., 129. Battle between Essex and Montford, 128. Battle, under Queen Elizabeth, 132. Battle between men and women, in Germany, 127. Battle, abolished by St. Louis, in France, in 1260, 134. Battle, abolished by 59’ George III., 134. Battle, used by Chaucer, 135. Battle, Shakespeare’s references to, 136, 137. Battle, reference of Scott, to, 137, 138. Battle, referred to, by Thackeray, 139. Beccaria, his views on punishment, 274. Beheading, punishment by, 276. Bekker’s work on witchcraft, 69. Benefit of clergy, 233, 243. Benefit of clergy, definition of, 224.