3. By and by it was found inconvenient for a multitude to assemble and make the laws, so a body of select men took a more special charge of that function. Sometimes a chief, or king, usurped this for himself; or men were chosen by the people, and took an oath for the faithful discharge of their trust. Thus came popular law-making by sworn delegates, representatives of the people, who had a certain special power of attorney, authorizing them to make laws. These might be Priests--as at the beginning; or Nobles of priestly stock, as at the next stage; or Military Chiefs--as in all times of violence; or powerful Private men,--summoned from the nation, of their own accord undertaking the task, or chosen by the various neighborhoods,--the whole process seems to have been irregular and uncertain, as indeed it must be amongst rude people. So at that time there were two sources of law-making. (1.) The unorganized People--the primary source, whose unconscious life flows in certain channels and establishes certain customs, rules of conduct, obeyed before they are decreed, without any formal enactment. These were laws _de facto_. (2.) The organized Delegates--priestly, kingly, nobilitary, or warlike--the secondary source. These made statute laws. As this was a self-conscious and organized body, having an object distinctly set before its mind and devising means for its purposes, it easily appropriated to itself the chief part of the business of law-making. Statute laws became more and more numerous and important; they were the principal--the customs were only subsidiary, laws _de Jure_, enacted before they are obeyed by the People. Still new customs continued to flow from the primitive source of legislation, the People, and of course took new forms to suit the conditions of national life. 4. Still the people came together to apply the laws--customary or enacted,--to the special cases which occurred. There were fixed periods when they assembled without notice given,--"regular law-days;" and if an emergency occurred, they were summoned on "extraordinary law-days." Here wrongs between party and party, and offences against the public, were set right by the "Country," the "Body of the county," that is, by the bulk of the population. The majority carried the day. 5. At length it was found inconvenient for so large a body to investigate each particular case, or to determine what cases should be presented for investigation. (1.) So this preliminary examination was delegated to a smaller body of men, sworn to discharge the trust faithfully, who made inquiry as to offences committed, and reported the criminals for trial to the full meeting, the actual "Body of the country." Here, then, is the first organized and sworn "Jury;" "the grand inquest;"--here is popular Indictment by delegates.