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INDEX.

A.

ADMINISTRATION, LETTERS OF, 105.

ADMIRALTY, COURT OF, 59-what matters to be sued for in, 76—
fees of officers in, how to be regulated, 79-appeals from, id. and n.
AFFIRMATION, 81.

ALCALDES-in ordinary, 318-de Barrio, 319.

ALDERNEY-description of and government, 706.

ANGUILLA. See ST. CHRIStopher.

ANNUUS, 724.

ANTIGUA, the chief seat of government for the islands of Antigua, Bar-
buda, Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Christopher, 123-
description of, 124-history and constitution, id.-courts in, 127-
Court of Chancery, 128-Court of Appeal and Error, id.-Court of
Common Pleas, id.-Courts of Complaint, Ordinary, Admiralty, and
King's Bench, 129-justices of the peace in, 130-coroner, 131-col-
lection of laws, id.-general laws of the colony, 132.

APPEALS-historical origin of, 106-rules observed at the Privy Coun-
cil as to entering appeals, 111-petition of, 114-course of prac
tice in lodging the petition of appeal, 115, et seq. (For the Colonial
Courts of Appeal and the regulations there enforced respecting them, see
the different Colonies.)

ARCHDEACON. (See the title "Courts" in the different Colonies.)
ASSEMBLY, HOUSE OF-resembles the Parliament of Great Britain,
38-how elected, 38, 39-power and privileges, 39, 40-acts of, how
confirmed generally, 41; and when they contain a suspending clause,
44, 45-acts of, where preserved, 45-acts of, must not (except in
Lower Canada) be repugnant to the laws of England, 26, 40, 52, 53-
what colonies it exists in, 68. (See also the accounts of the different
Colonies.)

ASSIGNMENT-in bankruptcy, effect of, 102. (As to the assignment of
debts, judgments, &c. see the laws of the different Colonies.)

ATTORNIES-how admitted in the different colonies, 55. (See the ac-
counts of the Courts of those colonies.)

AUSTRALIA, SOUTHERN-note on, 672-statute creating the co-
lony, 725.

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN, to be a colony, 19, n.-Australian Colonies,
account of, 599-description of, 664-history, id.—government, 666
-civil judicature, 667-- mesne process, id.-Court of Quarter Sessions,
668-Vice-Admiralty Court, 669-laws, id.-colonial acts, id.-
juries, id.-crown debts, id.-fraudulent conveyances, id.-transfer of
real property, 671-Order in Council in the nature of a Charter
of Justice, id.

B.

BAHAMAS-description of, 366-history and constitution, 367-Council
and House of Assembly, id.-acts of the legislature, 368-Courts in
general, and their law and practice, 371-counsel and attornies, 373
-the General Court, id.—the criminal jurisdiction of that court, 374
-its civil jurisdiction, 375-revenue jurisdiction of the Superior Court,
377-Inferior Court, id.-Courts of Appeal and Error, 378-Court of
Chancery and its practice, id.-Court of Ordinary, 380-Court of
Vice-Admiralty, id.-Court of Admiralty Sessions, 381-justices of
the peace, id.-escheats, 382-insolvents, id.-attorney and solicitor-
general, id.-colonial secretary, 383-provost marshal, id.-coroners,
384-police magistrates, id.-appeals, id.-foreign judgments and
contracts, id.-absentees, 385-marriages, id.-wills, intestacy, &c.,
386-passes to quit the colony, id.

BANKRUPTCY-certificate in, 96-effect of assignment in, 102. (As
to the laws relating to bankrupts in different colonies, see those colonies.)
BARBADOS-unchristian custom in the Slave Court at, 6, n.~was a pro-
prietary government, 20, n.-the chief seat of government for Barbados,
Grenada, St. Vincent's, and Tobago, 123-description of, 175-history
and constitution, id.-origin of the 44 per cent. duty, 178-laws, 181–
arrests and underwritings, id.-Courts, 183-Court of Chancery, id.—
Court of Exchequer, 186-Court of Common Pleas, 188-bench ac-
tions, 191-Court of Ordinary, id.-Court of Admiralty, 192-Court of
Appeal and Error, id.—Escheat Court, 193. Criminal Courts-Court
of Grand Sessions, id.-Court of Quarter Sessions, 194-barristers
and attornies, id.-debtors, absent or absconding, 195-aliens, 196-
collection of laws, id.

BARBUDA, a dependency of Antigua, 123-description of, 133.
BARRISTERS, 55. (And see each colony for an account of the admission
of barristers practising in the courts there.)

BERBICE. See BRITISH GUIANA.

BERMUDAS or SOMERS' ISLANDS-description of, 388-history
and constitution, id.-courts, 389-Court of Chancery, id.-Court
of General Assize, 390-Court of Error, id.-particular laws, 391-
intestates' estates, 391-statute of limitations, 392 and 394-act for
passing real estates of married women, id.-further act thereon, 393-
act to prevent frauds and abuses in mortgages, 394-act to make real
estates subject to debts, 395-act for barring entails, id.-act for the
relief of insolvent debtors, 396.

BISHOP IN THE COLONIES-his powers, how limited, 32, 33, and n.
BRETON. See CAPE BRETON.

BRITISH GUIANA, 18 and n.-joined, as to the administration of jus-
tice, with St. Lucia and Trinidad, id.-what law in force in, 23—
Court of Policy, the local legislature of, 26, 27, and n.-formed out of
the union of the colonies of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice, 123
and 236--description of, 236-history and constitution, 239-Court
of Policy and College of Kiezers, 240-Courts, 244-Laws, 246-prac-
tice of the courts, 248-officers of the courts, 252, et seq.-Court of
Admiralty, 257-Orphan Chamber, 258-wills, 259-mortgages, 260
-bankruptcy, id.-Commission constituting the united colony of, 262
Orders in Council for the administration of justice in, 267, 274—
inferior courts of civil justice in, 284-rules of practice of the Supreme
Court of, 285—rules of practice in the inferior courts, 288- Order
in Council respecting the qualification of assessors, id.-ordinance re-
lating to the assessors, 294-amended ordinance, 297-laws in, 298.

C.

CABILDO, 320.

CANADA, LOWER-allowed to make certain laws not conformable to
the laws of England, 26, n., 52.

CANADAS, 397-history and constitution, id.-COURTS IN LOWER CA-
NADA, 401-Court of King's Bench, 402-of Vice-Admiralty, id.—
Coroners, id.—Quarter Sessions, id.--salaries of public officers, 403–
COURTS IN UPPER CANADA, id.-Court of King's Bench, 404-
Courts of Assize, 405-Court of Appeal, id.-District Courts, 406 –
Court of Probate, id.-Surrogate Courts, 407-law officers of the
crown, id.-justices of the peace, id.-barristers and attornies, 408-
ecclesiastical establishments, id.-laws, id.

CAPE BRETON, 457-history and constitution, 458-particular laws,
id.-wills, id.-debts, 459-frauds and perjuries, id.-statute of limi-
tations, id.-rate of interest, 460-absent proprietors, id.—estates
tail, 461.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE-what legislation subject to, 23—what law
prevails in, id.-how local laws made and promulgated, 25-descrip-
tion of, 466-history and constitution, id.-Courts, 467-tenures of
land in, 467, n.—landdroost, 468-heemraaden, id.-Cape Town, 471
-Courts, id.-insolvent law, 472-sheriff, 473-Court of Vice-Admi-
ralty, 474-Police Court, id.--Court for the recovery of small debts,
Cape District, id.—Matrimonial Court, 475—Charter of Justice, id.—
ordinance for the jury, 481, n.-District Courts, 487, n.
CASTELLANO, 718.

CEREMONIES, UNCHRISTIAN, 6, n.

CEYLON-how acquired and what legislation subject to, 23-what law
in force in, id.-how local ordinances made and promulgated, 25—
description of, 537-history and constitution, id.-peculiar offices
among the Ceylonese, 541-courts, 542-Charter of Justice, 544-
supplementary commission, 567-royal instructions, 569-introduction
of jury trial, 580.

CHANCERY, COURT OF, 56-can enforce the sale of lands situated
in the colonies, 83 et seq. and n.- -Courts of, in the colonies. (See the
accounts of the Courts of each Colony.)

S B

CHANCELLOR IN THE COLONIES. See GOVERNOR.

CHARTER GOVERNMENTS, 3, n., 17 and n., 18, 20, and n.
CHARTERS OF JUSTICE, 2, 21, 22, n., 24, 25-for British Guiana,
267, 274--for the Cape of Good Hope, 475-for Ceylon, 544-for
Gibraltar, 680-for Mauritius, 594-for Newfoundland, 423-for
New South Wales, 627-for Sierra Leone, 499-for St. Lucia, 267,
274-for Trinidad, id. -for Van Diemen's Land, 653--for Western
Australia, 671.

CODES OF LAWS-promulgated by France, Spain, and Holland, for
the government of their respective colonies, 23, 24. See also LAWS OF
A COLONY.

COINS-laws relating to foreign, 74.

COLONIES-what, 1, n.-laws to which they are subject, 3 and 7-by
whom administered, 3-extent of prerogative, in, 3, 3, n.-acquired by
conquest, cession, or occupancy, 4, 4, n.-power of changing the laws
of, in whom vested, 6, 7-acquired by occupancy are ipso facto go-
verned by the laws of England, 7-executive officers of, in whom the
right of appointing, 9, 10-by what words included in acts of the Bri-
tish Parliament, 16-what particular legal constitutions now prevail
in the colonies,id.-enumeration of, 18, 19-acquired by discovery or
occupancy, 21-subject to the legislation of parliament, id.-acquired
by conquest, 22-subject to the legislation of the crown, id.-general
mode of government of the different, 25-must not make laws repug-
nant to those of England, id. n.-exception in one case with regard to
Lower Canada, 26, n.-king's prerogative in, 45-expenses of admi-
nistration, how provided for, 48--courts of justice in, 52-how many
have legislative assemblies, 68-acts of parliament imposing regulations
on, id.-offices in, not to be void on the death of the king, 78-ac-
counts of, how examined, id.-Vice-Admiralty Courts in, 79-points
of law connected with the, 81-trespasses to real property in, cannot be
the subject of actions in England, 83-note upon this doctrine, id. et
seq.-actions for personal injuries in, may be tried here, 89-contracts
in, how expounded, 90—interest upon debts contracted in, how calcu-
lated, id.-judgments of courts in, how enforced in England, 92 et
seq.-statute of limitations, how it applies to, 95-colonial certificates
in cases of bankruptcy, 96-colonial transactions, evidence of, required
by the courts here, 97-laws of, how proved, 101-assignment under
an English bankruptcy, how it affects property in, 102-residents
in, how to vote for assignees under an English commission of bank-
ruptcy, 104-grant of probate or administration here, how it affects
property in, 105-recent changes in the governments of, 123.
COMMISSIONS-their usual form, 16-nature of a governor's, 27-for
the examination of witnesses in the colonies, 97, et seq.

CONSTITUTIONS-what now prevailing in the colonies, 16-of those
acquired by conquest but not subject to the legislation of the crown,
27. (For the constitution of each particular colony, sce the different
colonies.)

COUNCIL. (See also GOVERNOR.)-appointed by the crown, 27, 35-
members of it may be suspended by the governor, 29 and n., 35, 38-
sometimes sit with the governor as judges in Chancery, 32, 37-sit
with him on writs of error from the Common Law Courts, 37-form a
part of the colonial legislature, id.-members not required to have a

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