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their_o many_o foul_a calumny_n speak_v their_o own_o interest_n though_o in_o disguise_v and_o fair_a word_n and_o pretence_n i_o shall_v say_v no_o more_o but_o leave_v what_o i_o have_v say_v to_o thy_o judicious_a consideration_n and_o the_o book_n to_o thy_o serious_a perusal_n and_o favourable_a acceptance_n william_n style_n from_o my_o study_n in_o the_o paper_n building_n in_o the_o inner_a temple_n july_n the_o 1._o 1646._o the_o table_n a_o attorney_n vid._n warrant_v page_n 1_o action_n page_z 5_o amendment_n page_n 10_o attachment_n page_n 15_o amercement_n page_n 18_o assignment_n page_n 19_o averment_n ibid._n avowry_n page_n 20_o adjournment_n ibid._n arrest_v vid._n judgement_n page_n 23_o administration_n page_n 21_o appearance_n page_n 23_o affidavit_fw-la page_n 25_o addition_n page_n 26_o award_n page_n 27_o afirmance_n page_n 28_o agreement_n page_n 29_o attornment_n page_n 30_o assumpsit_fw-la ibid._n appeal_n page_n 33_o age._n ibid._n advantage_n ibid._n assize_n page_n 34_o arraignment_n ibid._n attaint_n page_n 35_o andita_fw-la querela_fw-la ibid._n authority_n page_n 36_o appertinent_a and_o appendant_a page_n 37_o account_n ibid._n auditor_n page_n 38_o argument_n ibid._n aide_n and_o aide_n prayer_n ibid._n b_o baron_n and_o fem._n page_n 39_o bar_n in_o action_n page_n 40_o bail_n page_n 41_o burglary_n page_n 48_o bankrupt_a ibid._n breach_n page_n 49_o bailiff_n ibid._n bargain_n and_o sale_n page_n 50_o battery_n ibid._n bill_n page_n 51_o book_n ibid._n c_o court_n and_o their_o jurisdiction_n vid._n jurisdiction_n page_n 52_o corporation_n page_n 58_o cost_v and_o charge_n page_n 59_o chancery_n page_n 62_o capias_fw-la ibid._n challenge_n page_n 63_o certiorari_fw-la page_n 64_o custom_n page_n 67_o compulsion_n page_n 69_o council_n and_o councillor_n ibid._n county_n page_n 70_o constable_n ibid._n commission_n and_o commissioner_n ibid._n cession_n page_n 71_o commitment_n ibid._n contempt_n page_n 72_o condition_n page_n 73_o cause_n ibid._n confirmation_n ibid._n chattel_n ibid._n copyhold_n and_o copyholder_n page_n 74_o contract_n ibid._n covenant_n page_n 75_o consideration_n ibid._n common_a and_o commoner_n page_n 76_o confession_n page_n 77_o copy_n ibid._n conveyance_n page_n 78_o certificate_n ibid._n clerk_n ibid._n d_o d_o departure_n page_n 78_o denison_n page_n 79_o delivery_n ibid._n dower_n ibid._n difference_n page_n 80_o deposition_n ibid._n discretion_n ibid._n devise_n page_n 81_o deodand_n ibid._n demurrer_n page_n 82_o discharge_v page_n 85_o disseisor_n page_n 86_o distress_n and_o distringas_fw-la ibid._n discontinuance_n page_n 87_o demand_v page_n 89_o declaration_n page_n 90_o duty_n page_n 96_o damage_n ibid._n deputy_n page_n 102_o default_n ibid._n debt_n ibid._n deed_n page_n 107_o e_z ejectment_n and_o ejector_n page_n 107_o evidence_n page_n 112_o emparlance_n page_n 118_o executor_n page_n 119_o escape_n page_n 121_o endictment_n ibid._n exposition_n page_n 123_o election_n page_n 124_o estople_n page_n 125_o e_z extinguishment_n page_n 125_o error_n page_n 126_o entry_n page_n 133_o examination_n page_n 134_o engagement_n page_n 135_o exemplification_n ibid._n endictment_n page_n 136_o exigent_n page_n 135_o execution_n page_n 139_o elegit_fw-la page_n 142_o essoigne_n page_n 143_o exception_n ibid._n estate_n ibid._n enrollment_n page_n 144_o escape_n page_n 145_o extent_n ibid._n escheater_n page_n 146_o f_o fine_a page_n 146_o file_v of_o process_n etc._n etc._n page_n 148_o false_a latin_a and_o form_n page_n 149_o forma_fw-la pauperis_fw-la page_n 150_o forfeiture_n ibid._n franchise_n page_n 151_o fe_n page_n 152_o faits_fw-fr vid._n deed_n felony_n page_n 152_o fee_n simple_a page_n 154_o false_a imprisonment_n ibid._n feoffment_n page_n 155_o foundation_n ibid._n fiction_n of_o law_n ibid._n g_o gavel_n kind_n page_n 156_o guardian_n ibid._n good_a behaviour_n page_n 157_o h_n heir_n page_n 158_o heriot_n ibid._n habeas_fw-la corpus_fw-la ibid._n habere_fw-la facias_fw-la possessionem_fw-la page_n 160_o homage_n page_n 161_o hundred_o ibid._n i_o jury_n page_n 161_o issue_n page_n 165_o judgement_n page_n 168_o infant_n page_n 184_o justification_n ibid._n jurisdiction_n vid._n court_n page_n 185_o injunction_n page_n 186_o information_n ibid._n justice_n of_o peace_n page_n 188_o issue_n page_n 190_o judge_n page_n 191_o jeofail_n page_n 192_o interogatories_n ibid._n intendment_n and_o intention_n page_n 193_o impossbility_n page_n 194_o impropriation_n page_n 194_o l_o livery_n and_o seisin_n page_n 195_o lease_n lessor_n and_o lessee_n page_n 196_o liberty_n page_n 199_o liver_n vid._n book_n leet_n page_n 199_o limitation_n page_n 200_o london_n ibid._n latitat_fw-la page_n 201_o m_n marshal_n page_n 201_o monstrance_n ibid._n motion_n ibid._n manslaughter_n page_n 204_o mortgage_n page_n 205_o message_n ibid._n n_o non-sute_n page_n 205_o nolle_n prosequi_fw-la page_n 206_o nomine_fw-la poenae_fw-la page_n 207_o infancy_n ibid._n notice_n ibid._n non_fw-la
this_o debt_n at_o a_o day_n to_o come_v the_o party_n to_o who_o he_o make_v this_o promise_n can_v bring_v his_o action_n for_o the_o debt_n until_o the_o day_n be_v pass_v upon_o which_o he_o promise_v to_o pay_v it_o by_o rolle_n chief_a justice_n and_o by_o german_a justice_n for_o he_o say_v that_o the_o promise_n be_v a_o suspension_n of_o the_o debt_n pro_fw-la tempore_fw-la 29._o jan._n 1650._o b._n s._n if_o one_o promise_n unto_o a_o woman_n that_o in_o consideration_n that_o she_o will_v marry_v with_o he_o he_o will_v intermarry_v with_o she_o this_o be_v a_o mutual_a promise_n and_o a_o action_n lie_v by_o either_o party_n against_o the_o other_o for_o breach_n of_o it_o 18._o ap._n 1650._o b._n s._n appeal_n in_o a_o writ_n of_o appeal_n all_o the_o plead_n ought_v to_o be_v in_o french_a mich._n 22._o car._n b._n r._n this_o be_v since_o alter_v by_o the_o late_a statute_n that_o enact_v all_o proceed_n in_o law_n to_o be_v in_o english_a if_o in_o a_o appeal_n the_o 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it_o be_v a_o litigious_a title_n the_o buy_v where_o the_o law_n do_v not_o allow_v battery_n to_o lay_v one_o hand_n light_o or_o gentle_o upon_o another_o though_o he_o have_v no_o occasion_n so_o to_o do_v be_v no_o battery_n to_o ground_v a_o action_n upon_o trin._n 24._o car_fw-fr b._n r._n for_o the_o law_n will_v not_o prosume_v the_o party_n be_v damnify_v by_o it_o bill_n there_o be_v difference_n betwixt_o a_o inland_a bill_n of_o exchange_n and_o a_o outland_n bill_n of_o exchange_n which_o be_v make_v to_o return_v money_n beyond_o the_o sea_n for_o a_o inland_a bill_n be_v but_o in_o nature_n of_o a_o letter_n but_o a_o outland_n bill_n be_v of_o another_o nature_n and_o more_o regard_v in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o law_n 3._o july_n 1650._o b._n s._n because_o it_o be_v more_o for_o the_o advance_v of_o trade_n book_n when_o book_n be_v deliver_v to_o the_o judge_n in_o cause_n which_o be_v to_o be_v argue_v the_o atturnye_n that_o deliver_v the_o book_n aught_o to_o 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court_n yet_o he_o may_v afterward_o come_v in_o and_o allow_v the_o jurisdiction_n and_o plead_v there_o mich._n 22._o car._n b._n r._n the_o court_n of_o the_o king_n bench_n be_v to_o regulate_v all_o the_o court_n of_o law_n throughout_o england_n that_o they_o do_v not_o exceed_v their_o jurisdiction_n nor_o alter_v their_o form_n 22._o car._n b._n r._n in_o some_o case_n the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o court_n of_o the_o cinque_fw-fr port_n extend_v upon_o the_o high_a sea_n mich._n 22._o car._n b._n r._n this_o court_n may_v commit_v a_o attorney_n for_o do_v of_o thing_n against_o the_o express_a rule_n of_o the_o court_n and_o notice_n of_o it_o 22._o car._n b._n r._n this_o court_n may_v issue_v out_o a_o writ_n to_o compel_v one_o that_o be_v elect_v to_o the_o office_n of_o constable_n and_o refuse_v to_o serve_v to_o take_v his_o oath_n and_o to_o execute_v his_o office_n mich._n 22._o car._n b._n r._n the_o superior_a court_n at_o westminster_n and_o the_o inferior_a court_n elsewhere_o do_v differ_v in_o their_o form_n in_o proceed_v in_o many_o thing_n mich._n 22._o car._n b._n r._n a_o court_n that_o holt_n plea_n by_o ventue_n of_o letter_n patent_n aught_o to_o proceed_v according_a to_o the_o course_n of_o the_o common_a law_n but_o court_n that_o be_v court_n by_o custom_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o proceed_v according_a to_o the_o strict_a rule_n of_o the_o common_a law_n but_o may_v proceed_v according_a to_o their_o custom_n mich._n 22._o car._n b._n r._n so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o contrary_a to_o law_n one_o may_v sue_v in_o the_o king_n bench_n court_n by_o original_a as_o well_o as_o he_o may_v by_o bill_n of_o midlesex_n or_o write_v
open_a the_o record_n unto_o the_o jury_n and_o prove_v the_o lease_n of_o ejectment_n and_o cause_v it_o to_o he_o read_v and_o then_o open_a the_o plaintiff_n title_n and_o if_o no_o evidence_n be_v give_v for_o the_o defendant_n the_o jury_n find_v for_o the_o plaintiff_n and_o give_v he_o damage_n and_o cost_n of_o suit_n 1654._o b._n s._n if_o the_o jury_n find_v a_o matter_n special_o and_o do_v conclude_v a_o thing_n which_o can_v not_o stand_v and_o agree_v with_o their_o find_n the_o conclusion_n be_v idle_a and_o shall_v be_v take_v to_o signify_v nothing_o by_o rolle_n chief_a justice_n 1654._o b._n s._n for_o the_o verdict_n be_v perfect_a without_o the_o conclusision_n and_o therefore_o a_o idle_a and_o impertinent_a thing_n shall_v not_o vitiate_v a_o good_a verdict_n the_o jury_n may_v find_v a_o matter_n of_o record_n if_o it_o be_v very_o ancient_a or_o if_o the_o record_n be_v embezele_v or_o can_v be_v find_v upon_o search_n make_v for_o it_o notwithstanding_o what_o be_v hold_v in_o scholasticas_fw-la case_n to_o the_o contrary_a although_o the_o record_n be_v not_o show_v to_o the_o jury_n by_o rolle_n chief_a justice_n valuation_n a_o jewel_n be_v not_o valuable_a but_o according_a to_o the_o valuation_n of_o the_o owner_n of_o it_o and_o be_v very_o incertain_a hill_n 21._o car._n b._n r._n q._n tamen_fw-la for_o it_o seem_v there_o be_v a_o certain_a value_n for_o pearl_n and_o diamond_n among_o the_o merchant_n jeweller_n according_a to_o their_o weight_n bigness_n and_o lustre_n if_o one_o declare_v in_o a_o action_n of_o trespass_n for_o the_o take_v away_o of_o live_a cattle_n he_o ought_v to_o say_v that_o he_o take_v away_o his_o cattle_n pretii_fw-la so_o much_o but_o if_o he_o declare_v for_o take_v away_o of_o thing_n without_o life_n he_o ought_v to_o say_v ad_fw-la valentiam_fw-la of_o so_o much_o mich._n 1649._o b._n s._n q._n differentiam_fw-la inter_fw-la pretium_fw-la &_o valentiam_fw-la or_o price_n and_o value_n use_v a_o use_n and_o a_o trust_n be_v all_o one_o at_o the_o common_a law_n and_o do_v both_o rest_n in_o privity_n but_o be_v now_o distinguish_v by_o the_o statute_n of_o 27._o h._n 8._o mich._n 23._o car._n b._n r._n the_o limitation_n of_o a_o use_n be_v at_o the_o common_a law_n but_o a_o matter_n in_o equity_n and_o the_o party_n concern_v be_v only_o relievable_a upon_o it_o in_o chancery_n mich._n 22._o car._n b._n r._n feoffment_n to_o uses_n have_v the_o same_o acception_n as_o deed_n at_o the_o common_a law_n have_v and_o be_v not_o to_o be_v interpret_v as_o will_n be_v mich._n 23._o car._n b._n r._n it_o be_v all_o one_o whether_o a_o use_v be_v raise_v by_o way_n of_o covenant_n or_o by_o way_n of_o feoffment_n mich._n 24._o car._n b._n r._n privity_n of_o estate_n and_o confidence_n in_o the_o party_n be_v the_o two_o great_a pillar_n by_o which_o use_v be_v support_v pasc_n 1650._o b._n s._n 18._o maii._n usury_n where_o there_o be_v not_o a_o usurious_a contract_n precede_v although_o he_o that_o dare_v money_n do_v take_v more_o than_o eight_o pound_n per_fw-la annum_fw-la per_fw-la centum_fw-la upon_o a_o just_a compute_v of_o the_o money_n receive_v by_o he_o whether_o it_o fall_v out_o by_o the_o miscasting_a of_o the_o party_n or_o by_o the_o mistake_n of_o the_o scrivener_n this_o be_v not_o usury_n forbid_v and_o punishable_a by_o the_o statute_n trin._n 22_o car._n b._n r._n threescore_o pound_n be_v reserve_v payable_a upon_o a_o mortgage_n of_o land_n for_o three_o year_n payable_a at_o every_o six_o month_n by_o equal_a portion_n whereas_o the_o whole_a use_v money_n for_o three_o year_n for_o the_o money_n lend_v upon_o the_o mortgage_n according_a to_o the_o statute_n come_v but_o in_o the_o whole_a to_o sixty_o pound_n and_o yet_o this_o adjudge_v to_o be_v no_o usurious_a contract_n mich._n 23._o car._n b._n r._n void_a and_o voideable_a a_o thing_n be_v void_a which_o be_v do_v against_o law_n at_o the_o very_a time_n of_o the_o do_v of_o 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this_o book_n i_o take_v it_o be_v in_o the_o exchequer_n variance_n if_o there_o do_v uppear_v to_o be_v a_o material_a variance_n 'tween_o the_o matter_n plead_v and_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o plead_n of_o it_o this_o be_v not_o a_o good_a plea_n pasc_n 24._o car._n b._n r._n view_n the_o court_n will_v grant_v that_o the_o jury_n shall_v view_v the_o thing_n in_o question_n for_o they_o to_o try_v if_o they_o doubt_v of_o it_o if_o the_o plaintiff_n and_o defendant_n will_v consent_v unto_o it_o otherwise_o not_o 15._o nov_n mich._n 1650._o b._n s._n but_o the_o jury_n must_v find_v without_o a_o view_n according_a to_o the_o light_n they_o have_v receive_v from_o the_o evidence_n as_o their_o conscience_n shall_v direct_v they_o warden_n of_o a_o church_n or_o churchwarden_n a_o churchwarden_n be_v a_o churchwarden_n although_o he_o do_v not_o take_v a_o oath_n for_o the_o oath_n be_v only_o enjoin_v he_o by_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o diocese_n by_o a_o usurp_a authority_n for_o 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