TABLE -OF TITLES, DIVISIONS, SUBDIVISIONS, AND REFERENCES. [The principal titles are printed in CAPITALS; subordinate heads and references in small letters. Abandonment by the assured to the assurer. of goods sold. See SALE OF CHATTELS, IV. of Congress. See CONSTITUTIONAL Law. on a policy of insurance. See INSU- -, limitation of. See LIMITATION OF AC- by and against executors and adminis- TORS. by and against agents. See PRINCIPAL by and against husband and wife. See NERS. by and against infants. See INFANTS. by and against sheriffs. See SHERIFFS. II. Misfeasance: (a) Misfeasance of a public officer: (b) Enticing away a wife or I. (a) What constitutes an agreement; (b) When an agreement will be construed a conveyance in præsenti, or an agree-. II. Consideration: (a) What is a sufficient consideration; (b) Necessity of, III. What renders an agreement void: (a) ·Disability of parties; (b) Illegal con- sideration; (c) Want of consideration; 14 See ATTACHMENT. cases. See PRACTICE. certiorari and return. See CERTIORARI TO A JUSTICE'S COURT. Animals feræ naturæ. See TITLE TO PROPERTY. Answer in Chancery. See CHANCERY, XLIV. to interrogatories. See ATTACHMENT. CHANCERY, XLVI. Appeal to and from Chancery. See CHANCERY, III. from an order of justices of the peace. See BASTARDY. POOR. Appearance. See AMENDMENT, I. CHANCERY, XLVI. COURts of JusticeS OF THE PEACE. PRACTICE, II. Appendant and appurtenant. See COMMON. Appointment. See CHANCERY, XXIV. Apportionment and suspension of rent. See RENT. Arbitration. See AWARD. Argument of a cause. See PRACTICE. 22 ARREST OF SHIPS AND VESSELS, 22 Arrest of judgment. See Judgment. ASSAULT AND BATTERY, 23 Assessment of damages. See DAMAGES. PRACTICE, XV. Assessments by the corporation of the city of New York. See NEW YORK. Assets. See EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS. Assignee. See ASSIGNMENT. I. What is assignable, and the effect of an assignment, 23 II. How far the interest of an assignee will be protected at law, Assignment under foreign bankrupt act, 24 25 I. When an action of assumpsit will lie, 25 II. What consideration will support an as RANCE. on a policy of insurance. See INSU for use and occupation. See USE AND OCCUPATION. —— on a wager. See WAGER. on a warranty in a sale. See SALE OF CHATTELS. Assurance. See INSURANCE. ATTACHMENT, I. In what cases an attachment will be granted, and what will be admitted in excuse, 33 II. Rule to show cause, attachment, and subsequent proceedings, Attachment against a sheriff. SHERIFF. 33 See BAIL. against absconding and absent debtors. See ABSCONDING AND ABSENT Debtors. in equity. See CHANCERY, XXVI. -XLVI. CONTEMPT. ATTORNEY, I. Admission of an attorney, II. Agents of an attorney, III. Duty and authority of an attorney, IV. Privilege of attorneys and counsel, V. Liability of an attorney, 34 34 34 34 35 VI. Attorney's lien and remedy for his costs, 35 Attorney, private, or in fact. See PRINCIPAL AND AGENT. 36 -and contribution in equity. See CHAN CERY, IX. Averment. See AMENDMENT. PLEADING. Avowry. See RENT. REPLEVIN, PLEADING. Authority. See ATTORNEY AND COUNSEL. CHANCERY, XLV.-XLVII. EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS. POWER. PRINCIPAL AND XV. 9 bail. See BAIL, III. IV. for gaol liberties. See SHERIFF, V. action on. See DEBT, I. PLEADING, -, proof of. See EVIDENCE. execution of. See DEED, IV. surety in. See PRINCIPAL AND Surety. Breach of a condition. See CONDITION. covenant. See COVENANT, IV. assignment of. See PLEADING, XV. Bridges. See CAYUGA BRIDGE COMPANY. TURNPIKES AND TURNPIKE COMPANIES. Broker. See PRINCIPAL AND AGENT. Brooklyn village. See TownS AND VILLAGES. Buying a pretended title. See CHAMPERTY AND MAINTENANCE, III. 63 CANALS AND CANAL COMMISSION- ad satisfaciendum. See BAIL. EXE CUTION. 46 Carrier. See COMMON CARRIER. Case. See ACTION ON THE CASE. for argument. See PRACTICE, XXXIII. XXXIV. 63 64 CAYUGA BRIDGE COMPANY, Certainty in pleading. See PLEADING. Certificate of a judge. See Costs, III. justice See COURTS OF JusTICES OF THE PEACE, VII. XII. CERTIORARI, CERTIORARI TO A JUSTICE'S COURT, I. On what a certiorari may be brought, 65 II. Certiorari and return: (a) How a certiorari may be obtained, and the effect of it; (b) What the justice may be required to return, and how the return must be made; (c) How the want of the return may be remedied, III. Joinder in error, and subsequent proceedings, 65 67 IV. Amendment: (a) of the certiorari; (b) Of the return, V. Costs, Cestui que trust. 53 LXIII. V. Acceptance and non-acceptance, VI. Payment and nonpayment: (a) When and how payment is to be made; (b) When and how demand of payment is to be made; (c) When it will be excused, VII. Notice of non-acceptance and nonpayment: (a) When and how to be given; (b) When want of notice or irregular notice will be excused, 56 VIII. Liability of the parties, and how discharged, 56 IX. Action on a bill or note: (a) When and by whom the action may be brought; (b) Declaration; (c) When a bill or note may be given in evidence under the money counts, X. Damages and costs, 58 60 And see CHANCERY, XLIX., and PROMISSORY NOTES. Bill in Chancery. See CHANCERY, XLIV. of credit. See PRINCIPAL AND SURETY, I. 67 67 See TRUST. CHANCERY, B. Guardian's power over the person 106 C. How a guardian shall account, and of actions against them, 107 XXII. Heirs, and devisees, and distribution, XXIII. Highways, XXIV. Husband and wife. 107 108 109 109 A. (a) Marriage; (b) Voluntary settlements, B. The husband's interest in his wife's estate, and his power over it; and how the wife's equity to a suitable provision out of it will be secured, C. The wife's power over her separate estate; how far she is considered a feme sole in regard to it during coverture; and of her consent to the acts of her husband in relation to it, 110 D. Dower; title of the widow; of what lands, how endowed; remedy; election; bar, 111 E. Adultery; divorce; articles of separ |