ABINGDON (Lord), De Lolme dedicates his Essay to him, 2. Admiralty, the first Lord of, 366. America, its colonization and progressive advancement, 330, 361. Anglo-Saxon dynasty, its foundation, 12; language and laws cherished Anne (Queen), her accession to the throne, 263; dismisses the Duke Appeals in cases of murder, 74. Aquilius, prætor, 107. Archbishops in the House of Peers, 55, 56. Arms, the sovereign's power limited with respect to it, 74, 75; the Arms, the British, 285-288; subject to the civil authorities, 295. Assemblies, popular, their disadvantages, 174; controlled by a few Athens, arbitrary power of its magistrates, 189. Aula Regis, the court so called, 18, 87, 89. Bacon (Lord Chancellor) censured for corrupt practices, 240. Barebones' parliament, 278. Barons, their ancient privileges, 15; under the Norman rule, 17. Benet (Sir John) expelled the Commons, 244. Benson (Henry) expelled the Commons, 244. Bill of Rights, origin of, 50; its sixth article, 74; ninth article, 78; Bills of Parliament originally only forms of petition to the King, 165, Bishops in the House of Peers, 55, 56. Blackstone (Judge) on the liberty of the press, 356. Bohn (H. G.) on the copyright of De Lolme's Essay, 4. Bolingbroke (Lord) on the Hanoverian succession, 51, 256; his idea of Borough-English explained, 86. Boroughs, rotten, their large number, 53, 144. Bracton (John) his work, De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliæ, 85. BB Briefs committed to special officers, 101. Britton, or Breton (John), his Manual of the Laws, 86. Busby (Dr.) his notice of De Lolme, 1. Censorial tribunal in Rome, 200. Challenges of jury, 81; of two kinds—the array, and to the polls, 127; Chancellor (Lord), his authority, 110; official duties, 114, 366. Chancellor of the Exchequer, his duties, 365; of the Duchy of Lan- Chancery, considered as an Equity Court, 104, 108, 112; proceedings Charles I., notices of his reign, 42—45, 228, 238, 293, 295. Charles II., his restoration, 46, 49, 212, 228; notices of his reign, 258, 314 Chatham (Earl of), his influence lost in the House of Peers, 151, 160. Civil and Common Law, their origin, 349-352. Civil list explained, 69; historical notices of, 346–349. Coke (Sir Edward) drew up the Petition of Right, 44; on the omni- Colonial empire of Britain, 361–364. Commander in Chief of the Forces, 366. Common law of England, its origin, 83, 349–352; procedure, 104, 355. Commons House of Parliament, its origin, 28, 59, 184; its limited pri- Consuls, their creation and office, 220; their unrestrained power, 143, 233. Coote (Dr.), his character of De Lolme, 6. Coronation oath, 75. Corsica, a department of France, 329. County Courts established, 350, 355. Courts-martial subject to the civil power, 296. Coustumier de Normandy, 85. Coventry (Sir John), Charles II.'s attack on him, 241; which caused Criminal judicature in England, 116-140. Criminal laws mildly administered in England, 249; a singular instance Cromwell and Charles I., 270; his parliaments, 277; his legal appella- Crown, its peculiar solidity in England, 266, 271, 280, 285; its prero- De Lolme (John Louis), his life, 1-7; improvident habits, 3; elected Democracies, ancient, 188-191. Democracy not adapted for England, 45. Digesta, or Pandecta, Justinian's Code of Laws, 351. Dissolution of parliament, its effects, 56; easily effected by the crown, 269. Election committees, 80. Election of members of Parliament, 211. Elective franchise, precautions for preserving its purity, 55. Elizabeth (Queen) her glorious reign, 40; her financial economy, 41, 346 Equity courts, proceedings in, 104-106; appeals from, to the House of Exchequer court, 88; origin of the name, ib.; its chancellor, 89, 110; Executive power defined, 60–79; its unity, 141-156; its advantages and stability, 242; attempts to invade it, 258, 259; invested in the Felton threatened with the rack, 132. Ferrars (Sir Henry), circumstances connected with his arrest, 132. Fleta, a legal work, 86. Forest laws imposed by William I., 17; partially abolished by King Fortescue (Chief-Justice), his work, De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, 83, 86. France, changes during the last century in its government, 9; its Franklin (Dr.) on the American colonies, 330-332. Freeman (liber homo), its meaning in Magna Charta, 26. Gavel-kind explained, 86. Geneva, its liberties destroyed by Napoleen, 10; its legislative assem- Grecian republics, their revolutions unfavourable to liberty, 225; seve- Grenville Act, 80. Habeas Corpus Act, its origin, 239; passed, 48, 264, 309; its principal Hanaper office, what, 101. Hanoverian succession, 51, 263. Hengham Magna and Parva, 86. Henry VII., state of affairs in England in his reign, 36; his parsimony, 47. Holt (Chief-Justice), his judgment in Tooly's case, 216. Hugh Capet, the first hereditary king in France, 15; the haughty reply Hungerford (Mr.) expelled the Commons, 244. Impeachment of ministers the right of the Commons, 76; mode of Imprisonment, laws relative to, 137. Innocent III. lays King John under an interdict, 24. Inns of Court, their origin, 352. Ireland, Lord High Chancellor of, his jurisdiction, 115. Jacquerie, a sedition so called, 32. James I., his character, 42, 347; reign, 293. James II., his reign and abdication, 48-50, 154, 212, 215, 293, 298 his character, 294. Jenks (Francis), his case gave rise to the Habeas Corpus Act, 239. |