INDEX. ABJURATION oath of, 54, 55 ACCOUNT DUTY, 117 incidence of, 117 ACKNOWLEDGMENT BY MARRIED WOMEN, 286 ACT OF SETTLEMENT, THE, 2 a constitutional landmark, 2, 6 provisions of, 10, 11 reasons for, 10, 146 ADEN, 504 ADJOURNMENT OF PARLIAMENT, 58 ADMIRAL, THE LORD HIGH, 248, 249 ADMIRALTY, THE, 207 ADMIRALTY, THE COURT OF, 248 appeals from, 250 colonial courts, 251 jurisdiction of, 249, 250 origin of, 248 ADMISSION OF CLERK TO BENEFICE, 326 ADOPTIVE ACTS, THE, 397 ADVOCATE-GENERAL, THE JUDGE, 385 ADVOCATES, JUDGE, 387 AFGHANISTAN, BRITISH RELATIONS WITH, 489 AFRICA, THE UNION OF SOUTH, 474 AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, THE BOARD OF, 216 AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, CONGRESS OF, Appendix, p. 530 ALDERNEY, INSTITUTIONS OF, 448 ALFRED, LAWS OF, 221, 227 ALFRED'S CODE, 221, 227 ALIENS who are, 152, 153 may not be members of Parliament, 11 may not exercise Parliamentary franchise, 65 ALLEGIANCE, 151 local or natural, 151 oath of, by members of Parliament, 54, 55 AMBASSADORS AND DIPLOMATIC AGENTS, Appendix, pp. 529- 531 AMERICAN CONSTITUTION, THE, 15-18 differences between the Swiss and, 20, 21 ANGLO-SAXON LAWS, 219-222 APPEAL Colonies, from the, 453 courts of, before the Judicature Acts, 302 Criminal Appeal, to Court of, 305-309 from inferior courts, 268, 302 in Court of Appeal heard generally by three judges, 311 in criminal cases, 305-309, 505-528 lords of, in ordinary, 313 to the House of Lords, 241, 312 APPEAL, THE COURT OF composition of, 309 judges of, 309, 310 jurisdiction of, 310 restrictions on appeal to, 310, 311 APPEAL, THE COURT OF CRIMINAL, 305 APPROPRIATIONS, ECCLESIASTICAL, 324, 325 forbidden by Magna Carta, 7 ARCHBISHOPS appointment of, 79, 80, 320 ARCHDEACONS appointment and duties of, 322 ARCHDEACON'S COURT, THE, 255 ARCHES, THE COURT OF, 252, 253 ARMY, THE, 358-393 enlis ment in, 360, 361 maintenance of a standing army, 359 military law, 383 reserve forces, 363-366 organization of the, 387 Territorial Force, the, 376 ARMY ACT, THE ANNUAL, 360 ARMY COUNCIL, THE, 207 functions of, 208, 209 ARRIÈRE BAN, 223 ARTICLES, THE THIRTY-NINE, 319 ASCENSION, 503 ASHANTI, 456 ASSEMBLY, PUBLIC lawful, right of persons to resist police dispersing a, 49 unlawful, what constitutes an, 47, 48 ASSIZE commissions of, 266 grand, the, 229 of Darrein Presentment, the, 230 of Mort d'Ancestre, the, 230 of Novel Disseisin, the, 229 ASSIZES, THE, 259-261 appeals from the, in criminal cases, Appendix, p. 511; and see ASSUMPSIT, ACTION OF, 282 ATTAINDER, 239 ATTORNEY-GENERAL appointment and duties of the, 194, 195 AUDIENCE, COURTS OF, 253 AUDITOR-GENERAL, FUNCTIONS OF THE, 214 AUSTRALIA, THE COMMONWEALTH OF, 470-473 Australian and Canadian Constitutions compared, 472 courts, the, 471 appeals from, 471 executive, the, 470 legislature, the, 471 AUXILIARY FORCES, THE, 370-381 Militia, the, 370 Territorial Force, the, 376 Volunteers, the, 374 Yeomanry, 373 BAHAMAS, THE, 458 BAIL, 233 BALLOT, THE MILITIA, 371 BALLOT ACT, REGISTRATION UNDER THE, 66 BANKRUPTCY, THE COURT OF, 298, 300 BARBADOS, 458 BARON, THE COURT, 225, 226, 236, 271 BARONS created by tenure originally, 75, 76 by writ, and taking seat in House of Lords, 76 BASUTOLAND, 456 BATTLE, TRIAL BY, 230, 231 BENEFICE, ENTRY UPON, 325 BENEFIT OF CLERGY, 239, 256, 257 forbidden by Petition of Right, 8, 102 BERMUDA, 458 BHUTAN, BRITISH RELATIONS WITH, 489 BILL OF RIGHTS, THE, 2, 8 provisions of, 8, 9 BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. See BILLS, PUBLIC, PRIVATE, MONEY BILLS, MONEY, 90-93 Committee of Supply, 92 of Ways and Means, 92 constitutional position with regard to, 90, 91 procedure with regard to, 91-93 under the Parliament Act, 1911..93 BILLS, PRIVATE, 88, 89 procedure on enactment of, 88, 89 BILLS, PUBLIC, 83-88 committee stage, 84 creation of peers to ensure passage of, in Lords, 86 first reading, 84 leave to introduce, 83, 84 money and appropriation Bills originate in Commons, 83, 90 BLASPHEMY, 43 BOARD OF TRADE, THE, 211 BORNEO, NORTH, 496 BOROUGH COUNCILS, 399 in the metropolis, 398 BOROUGH SESSIONS, 264 BOT, 219 BREACH OF TRUST claims for, how far barred by Statute of Limitations, 301 BRITISH COLUMBIA, 460 BRUNEI, 496 BURGHMOTE, 225 BUSHELL'S CASE, 3 BUTLERAGE, 96 CABINET, THE, 173-192 constitutional position of, 180–192 history of, 174, 175 how formed, 180 relations with the Crown and Parliament, 183–192 CANADA, THE DOMINION OF, 459, 467 ceded by the French, 467 Constitution under the British North America Acts, 467-470 courts of, the, 469 executive in, the, 468 legislature in, the, 468 provincial legislatures in, 469 provinces of, 460, 469 CANONS, APPOINTMENT OF, 322 enactment of, by Convocation, 316, 317 CASE STATED, 308, 506, 507, 508, 510, 512 deans and chapters of, 322 CENTRAL AFRICA, BRITISH, 495 CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, THE, 264 CERTIORARI, WRIT OF, 234, 515 in criminal cases, Appendix, p. 515 CEYLON, 458 CHANCELLOR. See under LORD CHANCELLOR; LANCASTER, CHAN- CELLOR OF. CHANCERY Inns of, 293 |