Sessed, taxed. Sine cura, an office which has revenue without employment. Spadones, Eunuchs, impotent men. Special bail, bail given by persons who undertook generally, after the appearance of a defendant, that if he should lose the action, the debts, costs, and damages should be paid. Straif, or estrays, tame animals of value, whose owners were unknown, found wandering. Stuffing and Ward, stores and garrison. Subpœna ab testificandum, a writ commanding attendance in court under a penalty to give evidence. Subpoena duces tecum, a writ served upon a person to produce written documents, &c. T Tales de circumstantibus, jurors summoned to act as such from amongst the bystanders in Court. Testatum, the witnessing part of a deed or agreement. Teste, the witnessing part of a writ, warrant, or other proceeding which expresses the date of its issue. Thefbote, compounding a felony. Tourn. The Sheriff's tourn was a Court of Record held twice every year, within a month after Easter and Michaelmas, before the Sheriff. Treasure Trove, money or coin, gold, silver, plate or bullion, found hidden in the earth or other private place, the owner being unknown or not found, in which case it belongs to the Crown. Tributors, see Chensers. Venire facias, a judicial writ to the Sheriff to summon a jury for the trial of a cause (abolished in 1852). It was the first process in outlawry, when a person charged with misdemeanour absconded. Vetitium namium, a second distress, in lieu of the first distress. Villain, a man of base or servile condition; a bondman or servant; one who held by a base service. Vouch to warranty, to call one to warrant. Vouchee, the person vouched in a writ of right. W Wager of battle, a form of trial, where the question was decided by the result of a personal combat between the parties, or in the case of a writ of right between their champions. Abolished 59 Geo. 3, c. 46. Wager of Law, a proceeding which consisted in a defendant's discharging himself from the claims on his own oath, bringing with him at the same time into Court eleven of his neighbours (compurgatores) to swear that they believed his denial to be true. Waif. (1) Goods found but claimed by nobody. (2) Goods stolen and waived, or thrown away by the thief in his flight for fear of being apprehended. These are given to the Crown. Walkers, foresters who have the care of a certain space of ground. Warrant of Attorney, a written authority to an attorney to act for the principal. Welsherie. In many lordships in Wales there was a part where Welsh laws and customs were observed. This was termed the Welsherie. Westva, or gwestva, food-rents payable to the King, originally paid in kind for the entertainment of the King and his retinue on his progress. Wharfage, money paid for landing goods at a wharf, or for shipping and taking goods into a boat or barge thence. Withernam, reprisals. Writ of Dedimus potestatem, a writ or commission to persons to speed some act appertaining to a Judge or the Court; also used, on renewing the commission of the Peace, by justices to take the oath of the new Justice. Writ of Elegit, a judicial writ of execution, by which it became in the election of a party having recovered judgment, either to have a writ of fieri facias on lands and goods, or else one-half of the land of the judgment debtor in specie until judgment satisfied. Writ of Entry in the Post, an abolished writ; given by the Statute of Marlbridge 52 Hen. 3, c. 30, which provided that when the number of alienations or descents exceeded the usual degrees a new writ should be allowed. Writ of Error, a judicial process for correcting errors made by inferior tribunals. Writ of Good Abearing, a writ to ensure good behaviour. Writ of Pone, an obsolete writ, removing the plaint in a County Court into the King's Bench or Common Pleas. Writ of Supersedeas, a writ issued in many cases, on good cause shown, to stay some ordinary proceedings which ought otherwise to proceed. INDEX Abjuration of the realm, 9, xxxiv Accomptants, process against, 105 Acts of Parliament, Wales included in England in, 206, 239, 280, xcviii Amendment of records, or processes of outlawry not to extend to Wales, 39, 40 Amobragium (Amobr), 27, xli Anglesey, estreats of fines, fee to clerks of the peace and justices of the peace, 69 land of, division of, 3 merchandise, &c., proviso for landing in, 143-144 offences committed in Merionethshire, to be tried in, 62 Sessions, Courts of Great, twice a year in, 102 repealed, 151-152 Archdeacons, in Welsh dioceses, to restore the jurisdiction of the, 252, cxv, cxvi Archery, Welsh, lxxxiii Armour, for the having of horse, and weapon in Wales, 143, lxxxiii Arrest, process to be in English language, 205, xcvii Arthel, casting, into Courts or Lordship Marchers prohibited, 57, liv Assache, oath of three hundred men, proviso respecting, 38 Assizes in Wales established, 242, 243, cxi Associates of Justices, authority and appointment of, 155 Attaint, juror in, qualification of, 126 Attornies, proviso for, of Court of Great Sessions, 24 Auditor, sheriff to account before, 64, 203 Bailiffs of Commotes, appointment and duties of, 3, xxxii Bailiffs of Hundreds, appointed by sheriffs, to attend on justices, 117 Bangor, Archdeaconry of, separated from bishopric, 260, cxvi limits defined, 265 diocese of, appointments in, suspended, 257, cxv Bastards, bishops to inquire as to, 18, xxxv not to be inherit, 18, 25, xxxv, xxxvi Beasts, untanned hides of, killed within Wales to be exported freely, 73 Benefices, provision for, in Wales, 252-257 Benefit of Clergy, 64, 1, lv Bible, bishops to execute Act for translation of, 149 expense of printing borne equally between parson and parishioners, 150 Bishopric of Manchester, established, 264, cxvii of St. Asaph and Bangor, legislation as to, 257, 264, 265, cxv may keep castles, 35 rights of, to mortuaries, 50 abolished, 197, li, lii to empower, to facilitate the making provision for English services in to inquire as to bastards, 18 to inquire as to dower, 24 to execute Act for translation of Bible, 149 writ of summons to House of Lords, procedure established, 266 Blodwyte, 28, xli Borderland, law of, I, xxiv Boroughs, the King dissolving and erecting new, 106 Bows and Arrows, keeping instead of harquabuts, 143, lxxxiii shooting with, only permitted, 57, liv Brecon, Collegiate Church, property vested in Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 255 rights in, 254, 255 Burgesses in Parliament, wages of, secured, 90, 134 who shall be electors of, 135 Bydale, not to be levied, 57 Brecknockshire, Brecknock to be shire town of, 79 Chancery and Exchequer in Castle of, the King to have, 81 County Court kept in shire town, 79 customs of Wales observed in, 82 escheator, appointment and duties of, 81 hundreds, divided into, 89 justice appointed, 102 laws of England observed in, 82 recognizances, sheriff to take, in, 87 sessions, twice a year, 102 sheriff, accounts, appointment and duties of, 81 towns and parishes, taken as part of, 79 |