PROCEDURE abolition of forms of actions, 282, 286 by criminal appeal and battle, 231, 237 criminal, before and after 1688..289 ejectment, the action of, 283 forms of actions, 281 mixed actions, 282 Norman, 228-231 on appeals in criminal cases, 306, 307, 505-528 peine forte et dure, the, 220, 288 personal actions, 281 trial by jury, 286 PROHIBITION, WRIT OF, 233 in criminal cases, Appendix, p. 522 PROPERTY AND INCOME TAX. See INCOME TAX PROTECTORATES, BRITISH, 490-497 characteristics of, 490 classification of, 493 government of, 494-497 Indian dependent native States, 488 jurisdiction in, 489, 491, 492, 494 protected subjects, status of, 492 PROVINCIAL COURTS, THE, 252 PUBLIC MEETING, THE RIGHT OF, 46 restrictions as to, 46 unlawful assembly, 46-49 PUBLIC OFFICERS liability of, for official Acts, 38 PUBLIC REVENUE advances on Treasury Bills, 95 authority for expenditure of, by Treasury, 93, 95 Consolidated Fund services, 94 Crown Lands, revenue from, 111-114 Customs, the, 96 death duties, the, 114 Excise, the, 99 generally, 94 growth of the, 95 income tax, the, 100 inhabited house duty, the, 110 land tax, the, 107 land value duties, 133 paid into Consolidated Fund, 94 payment out of Consolidated Fund, 94, 95 QUARE IMPEDIT, WRIT OF, 283 QUARTER SESSIONS, THE, 263 appeals from, 264, 306, Appendix, p. 509 appeals to, from petty sessions, Appendix, p. 505 QUEBEC, 460, 468 QUEENSLAND, 460, 470 QUOMINUS, WRITS OF, 235 QUO WARRANTO, WRIT OF, 223, 226, 236 REQUEST OR CONSCIENCE, COURTS OF, 271 REQUESTS, THE COURT OF, 244 RESERVE FORCES, THE, 363-367 army reserve, the, 363 naval reserve, the, 351 RESPONSIBILITY, MINISTERIAL, 185 in the colonies, 462, 463 RETURNING OFFICERS, REVERSION DUTY, 138 RHODESIA, NORTHERN, 495 RHODESIA, SOUTHERN, 495 RIGHT, WRIT OF, 226, 228 RIOT duty of magistrate to suppress, 30 RIOT ACT, EFFECT OF READING THE, 47 marriage by members of, 158 precedence of royal children, 158 the King and Queen Consort, 158, 159 the Prince of Wales, 157 what persons comprised in, 157 ROYAL JUSTICE, RISE OF, 227 ROYAL TITLE, 150 ROYAL WRIT, THE, 228 RURAL DEAN, THE, 322 SAC AND SOC, 223 SAILORS and soldiers, liability of, for acts done under orders, 355, 356 liability of superior officers to subordinate, 356 protected from arrest for debt, 355 subject to the jurisdiction of the ordinary courts, 355 ST. HELENA, 456 ST. LUCIA, 456 ST. VINCENT, 456 SANITARY AUTHORITIES, 398 SARAWAK constitutional position of, 452 SARK, INSTITUTIONS OF, 448 SARUM, STATUTE OF, 223 SCIRE FACIAS, WRIT OF, 243 SCOTCH OFFICE, THE, 215 SCOTLAND, 407, 408 Church in, the, 333, 408 Franchise, Parliamentary, in, 61, 407 local government in, 408 quota of land tax paid by, 109, 407 union with England, 407 SECRETARIAT, THE duties of, 196 history of, 196 SECRETARIES, PARLIAMENTARY, 178 appointment of, 73, 402, 403 execution of process by, 403, 404 judges of assize, attendance on, 404 members of Parliament exempt from appointment as, 73 power of, to hold pleas of the Crown taken away, 7, 403 SHERIFF'S TOURN, THE, 220, 228 SHIREMOTE, 225 replaced by county court, 271 SIERRA LEONE, 451 territories adjacent to, 495 SLANDER, 42, 43 SOCOTRA, 504 SOLDIERS and sailors, liability of, for acts done under orders, 355 enlistment of, 360 exempt from civil process, except in certain cases, 383, 384 may vote for members of Parliament, 385 SOLICITOR-GENERAL appointment and duties of the, 194, 195 SOMALILAND, 495 SOUDAN, THE, 503 SOURCES OF ENGLISH CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, THE, 1 et seq. SOUTH AFRICA, THE UNION OF, 474-477 SOUTH AUSTRALIA, 460, 470 SOVEREIGNTY OF PARLIAMENT, THE, 12 SPEAKER, THE of the House of Commons, 54, 58 of the House of Lords, 58 SPECIAL CASE from petty sessions, Appendix, pp. 506–507 from quarter sessions, Appendix, pp. 509-511 for the former court of Crown Cases Reserved, Appendix, pp. 510 511 SPECIAL VERDICT, Appendix, p. 522 SPEECH FROM THE THRONE, 56 SPHERES OF INFLUENCE, 498 STANDING ARMY maintenance of the, 9, 162, 358 STANNARIES, THE COURTS OF THE, 275 appeals from, 276 STAPLE courts of the, 279 statute, 278 STAR CHAMBER, THE COURT OF, 243 STATUTE MERCHANT, 278 STATUTE STAPLE, 278 STATUTES, 2 STEWARD, THE COURT OF THE LORD HIGH, 240 STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, THE, 357 SUBPOENA, 245 SUBSIDIES, 101 |