Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New Commentaries on the Laws of England

Attachment of wages, iii. 589, n.
to enforce award, iii. 261
Attainder, i. 141, 446, 473; iv. 453
bill of, iv. 306, n.

effect of, on dower, i. 268
of trustee or mortgagee, i.
446

Attaint, auterfois, plea of, iv. 403
writ of, iii. 561, n., 577, n.;
iv. 226, n.

Attempt to burn, iv. 103

to commit larcency, iv. 334

to commit offence, iv. 372

to endanger railway passen-
gers, iv. 95, 96

to murder, iv. 78

to ravish, iv. 92

to rob, iv. 125, n., 127

Attendant term, assignment of, i. 380
Attestation of a deed, i. 495

of a will, i. 596, 599
Attesting witness, proof by, iii. 543
Attorney, appearance by, iv. 389

may be justice of the peace
for county, iii. 220
warrant of, iii. 571, n.

Attorney-general, iii. 273, 274

information by, iii.

72, 374

Bachelor, ii. 613, n.

knight, ii. ib.

Backgammon, playing at, iv. 272

Backing warrants, iv. 347

Bacon, Lord, iii. 328

Bacon's Abridgment, i. 52

Bail, and commitment, iv. 354-359
bond, iii. 497

by coroner, iv. 357, n.
by Queen's bench, iv. 356
court, iii, 331, n.

excessive, i. 146; iv. 357
for a misdemeanor, iv. 356
for felony, iv. ib.

for treason, iv. ib.

in criminal cases, iv. 355

in error, iii. 580, n.; iv. 464

contract of, ii. 80

different classes of, ii. 81, n.

Bakehouse, iii. 178, n.

Bakers, iv. 214, n.

dishonest, iv. 269, n.

Ballot Act (1872), ii. 370, n., 371; iii.
35, n.

Balnearii, iv. 121

Banc, sittings in, iii. 350, 485, 514

Banishment, i. 148; iv. 450

Bank charter, iii. 223, 225
crises, iii. 226, n.
holidays, ii. 119, n.
of England, iii. 222-227
notes, iii. 223
restriction of cash
payments by, iii.
224

Bankers, embezzlement by, iv. 131
frauds by, iv. ib.

Banking companies, iii. 20, n., 229
partnerships, iii. 230
shares, sale of, iii. ib.

Bankrupt, allowance to, ii. 157, n.
bonâ fide conveyance by, ii.
168, 169

certificate of conformity to,
ii. 161, n.

clergyman may be, ii. 151,

166, n.
discharge of, ii, 155

Bankrupt, examination of, ii. 156, 158

felony by, ii. 161
fraudulent conveyance by,
ii. 152, 168
fraudulent preference by, ii.
168

frauds by, iv. 264

how adjudicated, ii. 151
last examination of, ii. 158,

liable to arrest when, ii. 159
-161

misdemeanors by, ii. 159-
161

must make full disclosure,
ii. 158

must surrender himself, ii.
ib.

non-trader may be, ii. 148
offer of composition by, ii.

193

peers, ii. 151, n., 347, 612
personal estate of, ii. 165, n.
protection of, ii. 161
public examination of, ii.
158

statement of accounts by, ii.
ib.

trader, who is, ii. 149
trustce of, ii. 156, 164-167
what property vests in the
trustee of, ii. 158

when not entitled to his

order of discharge, ii. 163
who is capable of being, ii.
148-151

Bankruptcy, ii. 145-177

Act (1849), ii. 147, n.
Act (1854), ii. ib.
Act (1861), ii. ib.
Act (1869), ii. 148
acts of, under 32 & 33
Vict. c. 71, ii. 152
appeal in, ii. 163
arrangement and compo-
sition in, ii. 174
committee of inspection in,
ii. 171
comptroller in, ii. ib.
court of, ii. 147; iii. 346
dividend in, ii. 170
effect of, on bankrupt's
property, ii. 164
effect of, on pending
action, iii. 593

first class certificate in,
ii. 161, n.
history of the law of, ii.
145-148

Bankruptcy jurisdiction of

county

court, iii. 292
liquidation in, ii. 174
of a firm, ii. 150
of a peer, ii. 347
of justices, ii. 648
of member of parliament,
ii. 366

of tenant of land, i. 250
petition in, ii. 153
proceedings in, ii. 155
proof of debts in, ii. 157,
163

rules and orders in, ii,
148, n.

title by, ii. 145-177

trustee in, ii. 156

winding-up of company
in, ii. 154, n.

Banks, iii. 20, n., 221-230
branch, iii. 224

in general, iii. 228
joint-stock, iii. 20, 222, 224, 230
of deposit, iii. 223

of issue, iii. 223, 227
origin of, iii. 221
savings, iii. 81-86

with limited liability, iii. 229—
see BANKERS-BANK of
ENGLAND.

Banneret, knight, ii, 612

Banns, ii. 247, 249

in a wrong name, ii. 247, n.
Baptism, no fee for, ii. 740, n.
Baptisms, iii. 232
Baptists, ii. 706, n.

Bare possibility in law, i. 229
Bargain and sale, i. 362, 533

of personalty, ii. 47,

with release, i. 537

Barges on the Thames, iii. 187, n.

Barmote courts, iii. 348, n.

Bar of dower, i. 272

pardon pleaded in, iv. 404
pleas in, iii. 503; iv. 401
students, i. 19, 20

trial at, iii. 514; iv. 308, 418, 375

Baron and feme, ii. 238-see HUSBAND

AND WIFE.

court, iii. 270

title of, ii. 604

Baronet, ii. 613

Baronies, i. 214

by tenure, ii. 606, n.
of bishops, ii. 604

Barratry, common, iv. 235

loss by, ii. 131

Bees, ii. 5, 6, n., 7, n.

Behaviour, good, security for, iv. 295

Beheading, iv. 164, 479

Bench, common, court of, iii. 334
Queen's-see QUEEN'S BENCH.

Barrister to certify savings banks' Benchers, the, i. 19

rules, iii. 84

Barristers, i. 17-20; ii. 617; iii. 272

revising, ii. 351, 363

Base fees, i. 239, 243, 579

services, i. 186

Basset, game of, iv. 272

Bastard, ii. 243, 283, 296-301
cannot be heir, i. 438
eigné, i. ib.

maintenance and affiliation of,
ii. 296-301
marriage of, ii. 300

settlement of, ii. 300; iii. 52

Bastardy-see LEGITIMACY.

Laws Amendment Act (1872),
ii. 298

Bath, Knight of the, ii, 613, 616, n.
Baths, public, iii. 178, n.

Battel, trial or wager by, iii. 513, n.;
iv. 379, 411

Battery, iii. 373; iv. 97, 331

fear of, i. 141

of wife, iii. 439

when justifiable, iii. 374

Bawdy-houses, iv. 271

Beaconage, suit for, iii. 343

Beacons, ii. 502; iii. 159

Beadle, ii. 701, n.

Beast, of forest, &c., i. 665
when distrainable, iii. 249

Beasts, stealing, iv. 121
Beating and wounding, iii. 373

Bed of the sea, i. 671

Bedells of the universities, iv. 328
Bedfordshire, registration in, i. 614, n.
Beer Acts, iii. 196

Beyond the scas, iii. 471, 476

Bible, printing The, ii. 39

Bigamy, iv. 277

Bill, iii. 486

attorney's, iii. 218

for letters-patent, i. 619
for naturalization, ii. 410
in chancery, iii. 596

in equity, ii. 104

in parliament, ii. 384

of exceptions, iii. 546

of exchange, ii. 114, 124; iii. 434,
492, n., 542, n.

of exchequer, ii. 574

of exclusion, ii. 435

of foreclosure, i. 307

of indictment-see INDICTMENT.

of lading, ii. 49, 89

of Middlesex, iii. 333, n.

of review, iii. 603

of Rights, ii. 399, 469; iv. 517
of sale, ii. 49

filing, ii. 52

Bill of supply, ii. 347
solicitor's, iii. 218
to redeem, i. 306
true, iv. 367

Billa vera, iv. 367
Billeting soldiers, ii. 589

Billiards, game of, iv. 272, n.
Bills of Sale Act, ii. 52

Bills or notes, forgery of, iv. 145

Binding over for good behaviour, iv.

295

to keep the peace, 293

to prosecute, iv. 291, n.

Birth, concealment of, iv. 283

registration of, ii. 251; iii. 235
settlement by, iii. 52
time of, after conception, ii. 285,
287, n.

Bishops, ii. 328, 664, 671

coadjutor, ii. 673, n.
colonial, i. 102, n.
courts of, ii. 672; iii. 305
election of, ii. 664, 666.
former jurisdiction of, as to
probate, ii. 191
Indian, i. 112

in the house of lords, ii. 328
number of, i. 116; ii. 668
precedency of, ii. 615, n.
preferments of such as are
made, ii. 673
resignation of, ii. ib.

right to sit on trials of peers,
iv. 305

substitution of one bishop for
another as trustee, ii. 671,