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
Israelites, wager of law, under ancient, 197.
Itinerant justices, 91.
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Jacob’s will, 309.
James I., repealed right to sanctuary, 268.
James of Scotland, his belief in witchcraft, 57.
Jealousies, law of, 141, 142.
Joan of Arc, persecution of, 52.
Jonson, clergy, claimed by Ben, 238, 239.
Judge, definition of, 74.
Judges, in patriarchial days, 75, 76.
Judges, servants of king, in old England, 91.
Judges, liability of, in England, 95.
Judicial recall, 74, 108.
Judicial tenure in American colonies, 98.
Judgment in _peine forte et dure_, 172, 173.
Jury trials under King Alfred, 151.
Jury trials used instead of battle, under Edward III., 118.
Justice, King, the fountain of, in England, 90.
Justice, sale of, in ancient England, 90.
Justices, itinerant, in England, 91.
Justinian’s definition of marriage, 12.
K
Katherine, of Aragon, will of, 321.
Kent, Chancellor, on common-law marriages, 23.
Kentucky, clergy claimed, in, 241.
King, the fountain of justice, in England, 90.
King Alfred’s courts, 89, 90.
King’s bench, court of, in England, 90.
Knighthood, effect upon trial by battle, 113, 114.
L
Lamech, established polygamy, 15.
Law, wager of (See wager of law), 196, 220.
Law suits under Hammurabi, 80.
Legitimacy, of mantle-children, 18, 19.
Leo, Emperor, law against concubinage, 18.
Littleton, on benefit of clergy, 230.
Littleton, law of dower, by, 32.
London, charter of, exempting trials by battle, 119.
Longfellow, presents case of Giles Cory, 187, 189.
Louis le Debonnaire, abolished ordeal of the cross, 148.
Luther, marriage ceremony, by (note), 36.
Law, of marriage, 12, 44.
M
Maiden-rent, 30.
Majestas, under Roman Republic, 88.
Mantle-children, law of, 18, 19.
Marriage, laws and customs of, 12, 44.
Marriage, definition of, 12.
Marriage, three forms of, 15.
Marriage, Biblical theory concerning, 14.
Marriage, under Mosaic law, 14.
Marriage, _per verba de praesenti_, at common law, 23.
Marriage, _in facie ecclesiae_, 23.
Marriage, by sale, 13.
Marriage, by rape, 13.
Marriage, by capture, 13
Marriage, Morganatic (note), 17.
Marriage, putative, 26.
Marriage, retroactive, 26.
Marriage, required to be celebrated by clergy, in 1753, 24.
Marriage, a civil contract, under English law of 1836, 24.
Marriage, within Levitical degree prohibited, 17.
Marriage, between uncles and nieces, 18.
Marriage, between aunts and nephews, 18.
Marriage banns, 21.
Marriage dowry, origin of, 31.
Marriage, not a religious ordinance, 20.
Marriage, religious ceremony required in 1563, 20.
Marriage, legitimates, mantle-children, 18, 19.
Marriage-ring, origin of, 33.
Marriage, forms of, by Roman law, 16.
Marriage, under Twelve Tables, of Romans (note), 21.
Marriage, exalted by Roman law, 16.
Marriage, by hand, in ancient Rome, 17.
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