CHANCERY, THE COURT OF appeals from, 241, 247 composition of, under the Judicature Acts, 297, 298 permitted in evidence under the Anglo-Saxons, 222 CHURCH, THE in the Colonies, 348 in Ireland, 331 in Scotland, 333 in Wales, 334 abolition of powers of Ecclesiastical Commissioners and Queen Anne's Bounty, 340 border parishes, provisions as to, 343 Commissioners, the Welsh, 337 appeals from, 339 disestablishment of the Welsh Church, 334 effect of, 334 ecclesiastical law, effect of Welsh Church Act, on, 335 enforcement of, as to property, 336 existing interests, preservation of, 343, 344 commutation of, 345 compensation for, 344 property of the, 337 application of, by Welsh Commissioners, 343 vesting of, under the Welsh Church Act, 1914..339 CHURCH COUNCIL, THE REPRESENTATIVE, 318 CHURCH OF ENGLAND, THE ESTABLISHED, 314-331 archbishops of, 79, 80, 320 Articles of Religion, the Thirty-Nine, 319 bishops of, 79, 80, 321 canons, enactment of, 316 Church Council, the representative, 318 Common Prayer, the Book of, 320 Convocations, 315, 316 CHURCH OF ENGLAND, THE ESTABLISHED-continued. deans and chapters of cathedrals, 322 ecclesiastical dignitaries, 320 divisions, 320 establishment, meaning of, 314, 315 Laymen, the Houses of, 318 Reformation, changes brought about by the, 315 position of the Church before the, 314 Rome, appeals to, 315 CIRCUITS, COUNTY COURT, 271 CIRCUIT SYSTEM, THE, 259--261 CIVIL LIST, THE, 113, 156 origin of, 113 CIVIL SERVICE, THE, 198 CIVIL SERVICE, THE INDIAN, 487 CLERGY beneficed, the, 323 benefit of, 239, 256, 257 disabilities of the, 330 entry upon benefice, 325 franchise of the, 316 offences of the, how tried, 253, 254 ordination of the, 330 privileges of the, 330 right of the, to vote at parliamentary elections, 316 taxation of the, 316 unbeneficed, the, 327 CLERK OF THE PEACE, 406 COIF, ORDER OF THE, 293, 294 COLLATION, 327 COLLUSIVE ACTIONS, 284, 285 COLONIAL FORCES, THE, 369 COLONIAL OFFICE, THE, 202 COLONIAL SECRETARY, THE, 177, 202 COLONIES, THE, 450-477 appeals from colonial courts to the Privy Council, 453 Church in, the, 348 classification of colonies, 456 colonial governors, 461 colonies with representative governments, 455, 458-460 crown colonies, 456 legislation in, 454, 455 definition of colony, 450 ecclesiastical jurisdiction in, 348 English common law in, 450 C.L.E. 36 COLONIES, THE-continued. legislation by the Crown in, 452, 454, 455 privileges of colonial parliaments, 461 settled colonies, 450 special leave to appeal from colonial courts, 453 COMMISSIONERS FOR ECCLESIASTICAL CAUSES, THE COURT OF, 8, 255 declared illegal, 8, 255 COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY, 92 COMMITTEE OF WAYS AND MEANS, 92 COMMON PLEAS, THE, 232 not to follow the King, 7, 224, 228 when fixed at Westminster, 224 note (o), 232 COMPURGATION, 221, 231 CONSCIENCE OR REQUEST, COURTS OF, 271 CONSIMILI CASU, 235, 236 CONSISTORY COURTS, THE, 353 CONSOLIDATED FUND, THE, 94, 95 CONSOLIDATED FUND ACTS, 93, 94, 95 CONSORT, THE KING AND QUEEN, 158, 159 CONSTABLE, OFFICE OF THE, 280 CONSTABLE AND EARL MARSHAL, COURT OF THE, 280 CONSTABLE, THE CHIEF, 407 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW characteristics of English, 12 sources of English, 1-11 CONSULS, Appendix B, 531, 532 CONTRACT, ACTIONS FOUNDED ON, 282, 283 CONVENTIONS, 3-6 examples of, 3 nature of, 4 observance of, necessity for the, 6 sanction of, 5 the adoption and observance of, a characteristic of the English con- CORONATION ceremonies observed on, 148, 149 CORONATION OATH, 148, 150, 151 obligatory on person inheriting the crown, 10, 148 CORONER, THE, 269, 270 court of, 269 duties of, 269, 270 CORPUS CUM CAUSA, WRIT OF, 246 COUNCIL OF INDIA, THE, 427 COUNCIL, THE KING'S, 232, 235, 241, 242 appellate jurisdiction of, 242, 247, 250, 255, 303, 313 transferred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 248 original jurisdiction of, 232, 235, 242, 247 procedure of, 242 splits off from Parliament, 241 COUNTY COUNCIL, THE, 400 COUNTY COURT, 271-274 Admiralty jurisdiction of the, 274 extended to £100 in contract and tort, 273, 274 stannaries transferred to, 276 in Norman times, 225 procedure in the, 272 COURT BARON, THE, 225 COURT-MARTIAL, TRIAL BY, 383-385 COURTS Anglo-Saxon, the, 220 Norman, the, 223-236 Palatine, the, 276 Superior, the, before and after the Judicature Acts, 297-313 COVENANT, ACTIONS OF, 281, 282 CRIMES ACT, THE IRISH, 28 CRIMINAL APPEAL, THE COURT OF, 305-309 various modes of, 505 et seq. CROWN, THE abdication of James II., 146 accession and coronation, 147 allegiance to, from whom due, 151, 152 appointment of judges by, 164 ceremonies on coronation, 148, 149 Civil List, the, 156 coronation oath, the, 10, 148, 150 declaration against transubstantiation, 9, 148 CROWN, THE-continued. duty of, to the subject, 150 growth of doctrine of hereditary right, 146 in relation to the royal family, 157, 158 in colonies, 452–454, 456 limitation of actions by, 168 limitations of succession to, by Bill of Rights, 9, 146 no papist may inherit, 9, 146 prohibition against marrying papist, 9, 146 right of subjects to petition, 9 royal title, the, 145 succession to, 9-11, 145 the Act of Settlement, 10, 146 the royal prerogative, 55, 168 conduct of foreign relations by, Appendix, pp. 529-538 CROWN CASES RESERVED, THE COURT OF composition of, former, 304 questions of law reserved for, 304, 305 transfer of jurisdiction of, to Court of Criminal Appeal, 304, 305 CROWN LANDS, 111 control of, 114 the revenue from, relinquished to the nation, 113 CURATES, PERPETUAL, 323, 324 CURATES, STIPENDIARY, 327 CURIA REGIS, 224 CUSTOMARY COURT IN MANORS, THE, 225, 226 DARREIN PRESENTMENT, ASSIZE OF, 230 DEAN AND CHAPTER, THE, 321, 322 DEAN, THE RURAL appointment and duties of, 322 |