A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law

Informations, ch. 219, compounding of,
ch. 204, a. 1.

Injunctions, ch. 186, a. 11, &c. ch. 225,
a. 14, ch. 226, a. 13, &c.
Innkeepers, &c. ch. 37, ch. 206, a. 3, &c.
Inquests of office, ch. 109, a. 11, ch. 178,
a. 20.

Insanity, ch. 93, a. 3, ch. 90, a. 12, ch.
127, a. 4.

Insimul computasset, ch. 38.
Insolvency, ch. 39.
Insurance, ch. 40.

Interest of money, ch. 41.

in witnesses, ch. 90.

Intrusion, writs of, ch. 178, a. 15, &c.
Jesuitism, ch. 198, a. 5.

Joinder in actions, ch. 175, a. 2.
Joint interest, ch. 42.

Jointure, ch. 130, a. 5.

Issues of land, ch 69, a 3, ch. 136, cases
in pleading, ch. 91, ch. 178, a. 2, &c.
Judgment, debt on,
ch. 146, in rem, ch.
96, a. 1, &c.
Jurisdiction, ch. 65, a. 5, ch. 75, a. 4, a.
18, ch. 179, a. 20, ch. 187, a. 7, ch.
210, a. 4, &c. ch. 225, ch. 226, &c.
Jury trial and new trials, ch. 182, ch.
183, ch. 186, a. 10.

Justifications, ch. 171, a. 11, ch. 173, a. 7,
&c. ch. 179, a. 20.
Kidnapping, ch. 211, a. 8.
Lands, torts as to, ch. 69.

Land actions, ch. 178, a. 14, to a. 26, a.

33.

Larceny and robbery, ch. 214.
Leases, ch. 110, a. 3, ch. 133, ch. 151.
and releases, ch. 110, a. 4, &c.
Legacies, assumpsit for, ch. 43, debt for,
ch. 147.
Liens, ch. 44.

Levying war, &c. ch. 199. a. 5, &c.
Lewdness, ch. 198, a. 9.

Libels, ch. 63, a. 7, &c. actions indict. ch.
207, a. 1, &c.

Licenses of court to sell lands, ch. 104,
a. 3, ch 115, a. 10.
Licensed houses, ch 206, a. 3..
Limitations of personal actions, ch. 161.
of real, ch. 178, a. 25. ch. 179, a.

19.

Lord's day, ch 198, a. S, arrests in, ch.
65, a. 4, ch. 204, a. 9.
Lost goods, &c. ch. 76, a. 7.
Lotteries, ch. 208, a. 9.

Louisiana, Liens, ch.44, a. 4, Legacies, ch.
147, a. 9. &c and titles, ch. 223, a 16.
Luxury, ch. 206, a. 6.

Mail, robbery of, ch. 207, a. 5.
Mala prohibita, ch. 9, a. 10, a. 16, ch.
101, a. 3.

Maxims, ch. 80, a. 1, ch. 187, a. 18.
Mayhem, ch. 172, a. 9, s. 29, ch. 158, ch.
215, a 5.

Merger, ch. 114, a. 28, ch. 135, a. 2, a 4.
Mesne profits, ch. 132, a. 8, ch. 151, a. 3.
Mills, lands flowed, watering-places and
water-courses, &c. ch. 71, ch. 78, a.9.
Ministers of the gospel, ch. 48.
Misnomer, ch. 176, a. 6.

Money, value of, ch. 170, a. 5.
Money had and received, paid and lent,
ch. 9.

Morality and religion, offences against,
ch. 198.

Never admr., bailiff, &c. ch. 179, a. 10.
Next of kin, ch. 29, a. 1, ch. 125, a. 7,
ch. 126, a. 1, a. 3.

Next friends, (prochein amy,) ch. 35.
Nil debet, ch 75, a. 18, ch. 91, a. 4, ch.
151. a. 9, ch. 154, ch. 162, a. 1.
Nil dicit, ch. 175, a. 16.

Nil habuit in tenementis, ch. 121, a. 2,

ch. 151.

Non assumpsit, ch. 91, a. 1. ch. 161, a,
14, 16.

Non cepit, ch, 91, a. 7, ch. 171, a. 7.
Non est factum, ch. 91, a. 5, ch. 162, a. 2,
ch. 179, a. 12.

Non-suit, ch. 175, a. 12, nolle prosequi, id.
Non-tenure &c. ch. 176, a. 12, disclaim-
er, id.

Not guilty, ch. 179, a. 13.

Notice and request, ch. 177, a. 11, ch.
194, a. 1.

Notice to quit, ch. 133. a. 4, s. 15, &c.
178, a. 33.

Nudum pactum, ch. 1, a. 8, a. 46, ch. 9,

a. 14.

Nusance, Action, ch. 74, indictment, ch.

208.

Nul dissiesin, ch. 104, a. 3, ch. 178, a. 16.
Nul tiel record, ch. 163, ch. 179, a. 13,
ch. 190, a. 1, &c.

Officers, fees and salaries, ch. 49, their
powers and duties as to suits, bail, ex-
ecutions, ch. 75, bonds to them, ch.
144, a 14, &c.

Operation in law, ch. 180, a. 14.
Orders and guaranties, ch. 50.

Malfeasances and misfeasances, ch. 72.
Malice, ch. 63, a. 4, a. 7, ch. 197, a. 7.
Malicious prosecutions, ch. 70.
Malum in sc, ch. 9, a. 10, a. 16, ch. 101, Ouster, ch. 92.
a. 3.

Oyer, ch. 164, ch. 120, a. 4, ch. 123, a. Rent, ch. 102, a. 5, ch. 117, covenant for

2, &c. ch. 177, a. 1.
Paraphernalia, ch. 19, a. 19.

Parceners, ch, 42, a. 1, ch. 125, a. 5, ch.
134, a. 4.

Pardons, ch. 98, a. 20, ch. 193, a. 36.
Parent and child, ch. 51.
Parol evidence, ch. 93.
Partition, ch. 191.

Partners and part owners, ch. 52.
Passports, ch. 186, a. 18.
Pawns, ch. 17, a. 4.

Paying, ch. 101, a 2, ch. 128, a. 2.
Payments, plea, ch. 165, ch. 179, a. 14.
Penalties and statutes, qui tam, ch. 148.
Per infortunium and self defence, ch.
216.

Perjury and subornation thereof, ch.

210.

Piracy, ch. 186, a. 5, ch. 210, a. 6 to 9.
Playhouses, ch. 206, a. 5.

Pleadings in civil causes, ch. 174 to 196,
see each bead and table of contents.
Polygamy, ch. 198, a. 10.
Poor, or paupers, ch. 53.
Possession, ch. 104, a. 4, twenty years,
ch. 132, a. 7, a. 17, &c.
Possibility, ch. 1, a. 5, ch. 104, a. 2, ch.
125, a. 5, ch. 130, a. 6.
Post office contracts, ch. 54.
Pound breach, ch. 209, a. 5.
Practice, ch. 194.

Presumptive evidence, ch. 94.

Prison bonds sued, ch. 144, a. 17.

Prisons, breach of, ch. 209.

debt for, ch 151.
Repleader, ch. 183, a. 2.

Replevin generally, ch. 171, issue in, ch.
91, a. 7.

Replications, &c. ch. 180, a. 1.
Repugnant pleas, ch. 180, a. 5.

Rescinding contracts, ch. 51, a. 1, ch.

122

Residuum of estates, ch. 127, a. 10.
Retraxit, ch. 175, a. 13.

Revenue, ch. 72, a. 3, ch. 59, a. 9, ch.
119, ch. 224.

Reviews, ch. 189, in equity, ch. 226, a. 11.
Revocation of wills, ch. 127, a. 8.
Riots, routs, &c. ch. 211, a. 1, &c.
Safe conduct, ch. 186, a. 18.
Salvage, ch. 12, a. 7.

Saved harmless, ch. 169, ch. 179, a. 11.
Schools neglected, ch. 211, a. 4.
Scire facias, ch. 190.

Sea, how common, ch. 68, its limits, ch.
186, a. 11.

Search warrant, &c. ch. 217, a. 2, note.
Seizin and disseizin, ch. 104, a. 3, ch. 109,
a. 6.

Seizures in cases of revenue, embargo,
&c. ch. 224.

Sepulchres of the dead, ch. 198, a. 12.
Service and return of writs, ch. 175, a. 7,
&c.

Set off, ch. 168.

Sham pleas, ch. 180, a. 12.

Sheriff, ch. 75, a. 2, a. 7, a. 8, a. 11, a. 20,
ch. 136, a. 15, &c.

Privies, ch. 1, a. 6, ch. 35, a. 1, a. 6. a. 8, Ships &c. wilfully destroying, ch. 211, a.

ch 96, a. 2.

Privileges, ch. 176, a. 7.

7, on the sea, ch. 186, a. 5.
Sickness, contagious, ch. 208, a. 14.

Probate bonds, &c ch. 149, ch. 29, a. 16, Simple contract, debt on, ch. 152,

ch. 90, a. 12.

Procedendo, ch. 138, a. 5, ch. 186, a. 3.
Process of contempt and outlawry, ch.

220.

Profit, ch. 180, a. 11, ch 170, a. 11.
Prohibition, writ of, ch. 186, a. 4.

Since the last continuance, ch. 177, a.
12.

Slavery, formerly in Massachusetts, ch.
53, a. 1, &c.

Slave trade, ch. 211, a. 6, Slavery in
Virginia &c. ch. 93, a. 3, ch. 223, a. 11.

Prolixity in pleading, ch. 180, a. 13, ch. Sodomy, ch. 216, a. 6.
123, a. 2.

Proprietaries, ch. 109, a. 11.

Protections, ch. 65, a. 4, ch. 186, a. 17.
Protests, ch. 20, a. 11, ch. 97, a 3, s. 16.
Protestando, ch. 177, a. 7.

Quo warranto informations, ch. 186, a.
12, &c. ch. 143, a. 3.

Rape, ch. 216, a. 5.

Rebutter, ch. 124, a 2, a. 5, &c.
Recognisances and bail, ch. 150, ch. 75,
a. 5, &c.

Records, ch. 95, ch. 166, ch. 81, a. 2, &c.
Releases, ch. 110, a. 5, ch. 167, ch. 179,
a. 16.

Remainders and reversions, Uses, ch.

114, a. 20 to 26, generally, ch 135.
Remedies, by acts of the parties, ch. 2.
Remitter, ch. 114, a. 29.

Soil and freehold, pleaded, ch. 91, a. 8,
ch. 171, a. 12, ch. 172, a. 3, &c. ch.
173, a. 2, a. 8, &c.

Son assault demesne, pleaded, ch. 173,

a. 9.

Special property, as by accession, allu-
vion, by confusion of goods, in toll,
&c. ch. 76, a. 1, &c.

State jurisdiction, ch. 187, a. 7, records
of one, how valid in another, ch. 81,
a. 2, ch. 96, a 4, ch. 146, a. 8.
State, crimes against, as treason &c.,
felonies &c. ch. 199, ch. 200.

States, sketch of statute titles in, ch. 223.
Statutes, ch. 196.

Substance, form, ch. 180, a. 9.
Suicides, ch. 215, a. 5, ch. 219, a. 5, &c.
Summary view of executory estates, ch.
114, a. 31.

Summons and severance, ch. 1, a. 6, ch.
137, a. 8, ch. 176, a. 4, ch. 29, a. 16.
Supersedeas, ch. 137, a. 8, &c. ch. 138,
a. 7, ch. 188, a. 1, ch. 189, a. 6.
Superstitious uses, ch. 114, a. 12.
Sur disseisin, writ of, ch. 178, a. 14, &c.
Surety, how saved harmless, ch. 169, ch.
9, a. 13.

Surety of the peace &c., ch. 150, a. 9.
Surplusage, ch. 180, a. 8.
Surviving partner &c., ch. 6, a. 2, ch. 42,
ch. 52, a. 4, ch. 168, a. 2.
Synopsis, ch. 193.

Tender, and bringing money into court,
ch. 170, ch. 144, a. 10, &c. ch. 121, a.
2, ch. 177, a. 6.

Timber, &c. ch. 211, a. 9.

Traverse, ch. 180, a. 10.

Treason &c. ch. 199, ch. 200.
Treasure trove, ch. 76, a. 7.
Trees, ch. 76, a. 8.

Trespass, ch. 172, ch. 173, ch. 211, a. 9.
Trials, see Jury, ch. 193, a. 38, ch. 194,
a. 6, ch. 221, a. 7.

Trover, ch. 77.

Trustee actions, ch. 192.

Trusts and trustees, ch. 114, a. 14, &c.

Twenty years' possession, the effect, ch.
104, a. 4.

Variance, ch. 166, a. 4, ch. 175, ch. 185,
a. 9, ch. 218, a. 15.

Venire de novo, ch. 183, a. 8.
Venue, ch. 175, a. 6.

Verdicts and judgments, ch. 96.
Videlicet, ch. 192, a. 9.

Views by juries, ch. 68, a. 4, ch. 178, a.
13, &c.

Voucher, ch. 124, ch. 177, a. 2.
Unwholesome provisions, ch. 208, a. 11.
Use and occupation, ch. 55.
Uses and trusts, ch. 114.
Usury, ch. 153, ch. 211, a. 10.
Wages, ch. 56.

Wages of seamen, ch. 57.
Warranty, see Covenant, ch. 115.
Waste, ch. 78.

Ways and bridges, ch. 79.

Weights and measures, ch. 211, a. 12.
Wills, ch. 90, a. 12.

Witnesses, ch. 80, ch. 90, ch. 98.
Witchcraft, ch. 198, a. 7.

Wreck, &c. ch. 76, a. 7, s. 36, &c.
Writs, ch. 175, ch. 186.

of right, ch. 228.

Writings not sealed, ch. 93, ch. 97.

TABLE OF CONTENTS,

ANALYTICAL INDEX OF THE CHAPTERS AND ARTICLES.

In this table is expressed the subject matter of each chapter and of each article.
English cases means those applying in our practice. The sections, &c. into which
articles are divided, are omitted in the table, as are also the sections into which
some chapters are divided.

CHAPTER I.

CONTRACTS AND CONSIDERATIONS.

Art. 1. Principles of contracts and agreements, their probable origin,