Legal antiquities : $b A collection of essays upon ancient laws and customsWhite, Edward J. (Edward Joseph)
History
Legal antiquities : $b A collection of essays upon ancient laws and customs
White, Edward J. (Edward Joseph)
Criminal law -- History; Law -- History; Law, Ancient; Punishment -- History
Ears, cutting off, punishment, by, 296.
“Earthenware-scourge”, recall known as, in Athens, 83.
Edda, Elder, song of, 165.
Edward, the Confessor, sanctuary, under, 254.
Edward, the Confessor, ordeals, under, 152.
Edward, the Confessor, accusation against his mother, 159, 160.
Edward, the Elder, ordeals, under, 152.
Edward I., his marriage to Marguerite, in 1299, 32.
Edward I., sanctuary, under, 256.
Edward I., timidity of judges, under, 93.
Edward I., standing mute, under, 175.
Edward I., statute on dower, 26.
Edward II., punishment by drowning, under, 278.
Edward III., benefit of clergy, under, 229.
Edward III., _peine forte et dure_, under, 180.
Edward III., battle, discouraged by, 118.
Edward III., marriages of infants, under, 28.
Edward III., wager of law, under, 202.
Edward III., trial by battle before, 129.
Edward IV., benefit of clergy, under, 230.
Edward IV., wills, under, 317.
Edward VI., wills, under, 318.
Egypt, wills, in ancient, 309.
Elizabeth, abolished law wager, in ecclesiastic courts, 208.
Elizabeth, statute of, on benefit of clergy, 231.
Elizabeth, trial, by battle, under, 132.
Elizabeth, statute of, against witchcraft, 57.
Elizabeth, Queen, sanctuary claimed by, 260, 261.
Ellenborough, on trial by battle, in 1817, 133.
Ellsworth, Oliver, framed judiciary bill, in U. S., 96.
Emma, Queen, trial of, by ordeal, 159, 160.
England, administration in ancient, of justice, 89, 90.
England, witchcraft in, 70.
Essex, trial by battle with Montford, 128.
Eucharist, ordeal by, 143, 144.
F
“Fair Maid of Perth”, ordeal of bier, in (note), 166.
False-judgment, in Anglo-Saxon days, 92.
Fejee-Islanders, marriages by (note), 13.
Felony, attainder in, 173.
Felony, trial by battle for, 116.
Felton, case of John, in 1628 (note), 185.
Fiction, wills, in, 332.
Fisher’s, trial by battle, 131.
Flaying, punishment, by, 300.
Flollo and King Arthur, battle between, 127.
Fou-hi, Emperor, established marriage, in China, 12.
Fourteenth century wills, 319.
Franklin, will of Benjamin, 326.
Freakish wills, 324.
France, witchcraft in, 70.
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Gallows-marriages, 41, 43.
Galzu, the judge, 74.
Garnier, case of, on witchcraft persecution, 55.
Gauls, marriage among, 32.
Gaunt, John of, and Catherine Swinford, 19.
Gaunt, John, will of, 320.
Gemot court, of Anglo-Saxons, 90.
Genesis, law of marriage traced to, 14.
George II., law of, regarding marriage, 24.
George III., abolished _peine forte et dure_, in 1772, 189.
George III., judges under, 95.
George III., abolished trial by battle, in England, 134.
Germans, trial by battle among, at early day, 109, 110.
Glanville, law of marriage stated by, 21.
Glanville, on trial by battle, under writ of right, 120, 122.
Glanville, ordeals, in time of, 155.
Glanville, wills, during time of, 313.
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