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Common Law; and we have referred though briefly to some of the points in which the Common Law itself has been affected by the Law of Rome.

That the history of Roman Law in England has yet to be written, no one is more conscious than the author of this Essay; he can only hope for an indulgence, proportioned to the difficulties of the task, in the attempt to gather together some of the materials for such a history.

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Edward I., invites Accursius to Eng-

land, 71, 73.

Edward the Confessor, Laws of, 9, 59.
Englishman's house his castle, 147.
Equity, see Chancery.

Essoins, 116.

Ethel, its nature and incidents, 21.
Ethelbert, Laws of, 4.

Ethelred, Laws of, 6.

Exceptions, in procedure, 117, 118,
131, 147.

Exchange, Bills of, and Law Merchant,
179, 182.

Executors, 93, 167.

Family Land in Early Law, 21.
Family Law, Roman Law in Early,

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40.

Mr Coote on, 43, 44.
Teutonic differs from
Roman, 41.

Feudalism and the Roman Law, 61-
63.

Fideicommissa and Trusts, 156.
Finlason, on influence of Roman Law,
13, 16-18.

Flambard developes Feudalism, 63.
Fleta, history and contents of, 123.
Folcland, nature and incidents of, 22.
Forgery, and Crimen falsi, 107, 148.
Fortescue on Roman Law, 73.
Fraud in Chancery, 161.

Fulbeck on Civil, Canon and Common
Law, 125, 126,

Gaulish colonies in Britain, 4, 36.
Gavelkind, origin of, 30.
Gebur, his position, 33.
German land system, 36.
Gilds, 54-57.

Glanvil and Roman Law, 74–77.
Glossators on Roman Law, 67.
Grand opinion, 135, 136.
Gratian, Decretals of, 80, 81.
Grotius and Blackstone, 143.
Guardians, 97, 130, 144, 159.
Guidon de la Mer, 183.

Hale, Lord, and Roman Law, 140, 141.
Half-blood, succession of, 96, 115, 130,

145.

-Ham, -heim, -hem, as place suffix, 35.
Heirs, Bracton on, 95.

Henry I., Laws of, 60.

Herciscundae, actio familiae, 121, 124,

130.

Hide, origin of, 27, 28.

Hiring, Bracton on, 94.

Hlothaere, and Edric, Laws of, 5.
Holt, Lord, and Roman Law, 188, 190,
192.

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its claims before the Con-
quest, 12-18.

Mr Finlason on, 13, 16-
18.

in Early Land Law, 19—
39.

in Early Family Law, 40—
44.

in early Procedure, 45-49.
and Norman Conquest,
58-64.

and clerical influence, 23-
25, 61, 153, 172.
before coming of Vacarius,
65, 66.

in 13th and 14th centuries,

67-73.

in Glanvil, 74-77.
in Bracton, 78–121.

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conclusions as

in pleading, 118, 119.
in Fleta and Britton, 123,

124.

in Coke, 129-133.
its authority in Hale and
Blackstone, 140–142.
in Blackstone, 143–149.
in English Courts, 151.
in Chancery, 152-162.
in Ecclesiastical Courts,
163-169.

in Admiralty, 170-176.
in Law Merchant, 177—
186.

in Common Law, 187-
193.

Roman occupation of Britain, 3.

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Provincial system, 3.

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Seebohm, on Manors, 30-39.
Servitudes, Bracton on, 92.
Set-off, and Compensatio, 147.
Shires, origin of, 50, 51.
Skipwith, and Roman Law, 72.
Specific Performance, 161.
Staple, Court of Mayor of, 178.
Statu Liber, Bracton on, 83.

199

Stephen forbids study of Roman Law,
69.

Suicides, Bracton on, 109.

Summons, and jus in vocando, 147.

Testamentary Jurisdiction, 166, 169.
Theft, 109-111, 126, 148.
Theobald and Vacarius, 68.
Theodorici Edictum, 10.

Thornton's Summa of Bracton, 122.
Three-Field system, 35-37, 39.
Tidenham, Manor of, 34.

Tilbury, Gervase of, and Roman Law,
70.

Torture and Civil Law, 131.

Towns, organization of, 53-55.
Traditio, in Bracton, 90.'
Transaction witnesses, 46, 47.
Treason, 107, 148.

Treasure Trove, 83, 108, 144.

Trinoda necessitas, 26, 27.

Trusts and fideicommissa, 156.

Universities, Courts of the, 141, 152.
Uses, 156.

Usucapio, 49, 91.

Vacarius, 68, 69.

Ventre inspiciendo, de, 96, 144.

Villa, Roman, constitution of, 35, 36.
Villein, his position, 31-33.

Wales, and Roman Law, 7, 8.
Wales, Land System of, 21, 33, 34.
Warranties, 116–117.

Wenck on Vacarius, 68.
Wessex, Code of, 5.

Wihtraed, Laws of, 5.

William the Conqueror, Laws of, 59,
60.

Wills, 24, 25, 93, 146, 158, 166-169.
Wisbuy, Laws of, 171.

Witnesses in Common and Civil Law,
148.

Yardland, nature of, 31.

Saxon invasions of Britain, 4.

Seashore, Bracton on, 83.

CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY, M.A. AND SON, AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.

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