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ABANDONMENT on a policy, iii. 318.
when definitive, iii. 324.
effect on freight, iii. 333.
of an easement, iii. 432, note,
447.

Abeyance, iv. 217. 258-260.
Abjuration of allegiance, ii. 64.

of the realm, ii. 156, note.
Abridgments of the law, i. 507. 510.
Absconding and absent debtors, ii.
401-408.

Absence of seamen, iii. 198.
Absolute rights, ii. 1.

of personal safety, ii. 11.
of personal character, ii. 16.
of personal liberty, ii. 26.
of religious liberty, ii. 34.
Acceptance of goods, ii. 494, 495.
502, 503. 545.

in part, ii. 495.
of a bill, iii. 82.
supra protest, iii. 87.

of forged drafts, iii. 86.
Accession, title by, ii. 360-364.
Accommodation paper, iii. 86.
Account, action of, iv. 359. 369.
Accretion, iii. 428. 430.
Accumulation of profits, of per-
sonal property, ii. 353.

of real, iv. 284--287.
if void, other parts of the will
good, iv. 346.
as to liens and material men,
i. 170.

none in trusts, on accounts or
for specific performance, i.

170.

Actions, real, iv. 71.
Adjudications, force of, i. 473. 490.

Adjustment of general average, iii.

240-245.

of partial loss, iii. 335.
Admeasurement of pasture, iii. 418.
Administration of estates, ii. 409
-414.

effect of domicile, ii. 428-434
title to, ii. 410-414.
foreign, ii. 431-433.

Administrators, ii. 414-418.

power to sell land, iv. 438.
who are entitled to be, ii. 409
-414

order of paying debts, ii. 416
-419

distribution among next of
kin, ii. 420-436.
liable for devastavits of intes-
tate, ii. 416.
not for each other, ii. 416.
Administrator, public, in New-
York, ii. 410.

Admiralty decisions, i. 18.

jurisdiction over prizes, i. 353.
criminal jurisdiction, i. 360-

365.

between high and low water
mark, i. 366.

as to torts, i. 367, note.
limits as to courts of law, i.
365-378.
civil jurisdiction, i. 371. 377,
378.
acquisitions of territory, i. 259.
new proofs on appeal, i. 299.
practice, i. 380, and note.
Adultery, cause for divorce, ii. 98.
104, 105.

bars dower, iv. 52, 53.
Advancement to a child, ii. 421,
422, iv. 417, 418.

bound to keep the principal
duly informed, ii. 623.
cannot be both buyer and
seller, ii. 618.

not answerable after using
reasonable skill and dili-
gence, ii. 633.
when personally bound, ii.
630. 633. 631.

notice to, ii. 630.
when responsible to his prin-
cipal for extra damages, ii.
630, note.
public, when responsible, ii.
633.

when all must join, ii. 693.
power to insure, iii. 260.
lien, ii. 634.
revocation of them, ii. 643.

effect on licenses, i. 69.
with France, i. 51.
Allies not to trade with the enemy,
i. 69.

included in treaties of peace,

i. 167.
Allodial lands, iii. 488. 495. 498.
513, 514. iv. 3.
Allodium, iii. 488. 498. 513. iv. 2.
Alluvion, iii. 428.
Amalphitan table, iii. 9.
Ambassadors, their inviolability, i.
15. 38.

protection given them, i. 182.
grades of them, i. 39.
when suspended, i. 38.
privileges, i. 39.

binding acts, i. 40.
Ambiguitas patens et latens, ii. 556.
Amphyctionic council, i. 5.
Ancestor, debts of, iv. 419-422.
Ancestral estates, iv. 404.
Ancient lights, iii. 445, 446.
Animus manendi, i. 76.
Animals, feræ naturæ, ii. 348.
Annuities, iii. 460.

when not to be reached by a
creditor's bill, iv. 311.

Antenati, ii. 40. 56. 58.

Ante-nuptial engagements, ii. 172.
Antichresis, iv. 137, note.
Anticipation, clause against, ii. 165.
170,
Appellate jurisdiction, S. C. U. S..
i. 298, 299. 316-321.
its limitations, i. 324–326.
how enforced, i. 316. 321.
442.

i. 302, 303.

Appeal in criminal cases, i. 352.
Appendant of common, iii. 404.
Appointment under a power, iv.
316, 317. 324-346.

to offices, U. S., i. 287.
Appointor of a power, iv. 317.
Appointee of a power, iv. 317.
Apportionment of rent, iii. 469. 471.
of annuities, iii. 471.
of wages, iii. 471.
of premium, iii. 341.
of freight, iii. 333.

of representation in congress,
i. 230.
Appraisement on execution, iv.
432-437.

Apprentices, ii. 261-266.
Appurtenant of common, iii. 404.
Appurtenances to land sold, iv.
467.

Aquatic rights, iii. 427.
Aristotle on rights of war, i. 5.
Arkansas Territory, i. 384.
Armed neutrality, i. 126, 127.
Arms of the sea, i. 26, 30.
Articles of confederation, i. 210

their imbecility, i. 212.
Assent of creditors, to a trust deed,

not essential, ii. 533. iv.307.
by grantee to the delivery of
a deed, essential, iv. 455.
Assets in futuro, iv. 354.

marshalled, iv. 421, 422, note.
distribution in cases of foreign
domicile, ii. 420. 434, 435.
distribution in equity, ii. 418.
Assignee of covenants, iv. 471,

Athenians, their maritime laws,
iii. 2.

Attachment of property of absent
debtors, ii. 401, 303.

creating a lien, i. 247.

in rem, i. 261, note.

of real estate, on mesne pro-
cess, iv. 435.
Atkyn's Reports, i. 494.
Attendant terms, iv. 87-94.
Attorney General, U. S., i. 308.
Attorneys, U. S., i. 306.
Attorney's lien, ii. 640.
Attorneys in New-York, i. 307.
in notis.
Attorney may commit mainten-
ance, iv. 449.

undue bargains with client,
checked, iv. 449, note.

Attornment, iv. 490.
Average, general or gross, iii. 232.
particular, iii. 233, 335.

bond from consignee, iii. 244.
jettison, iii. 233, 234.
wages and provisions, iii. 235,
236, 237.
losses by necessity, iii. 238,

Bills, foreign, iii. 94.

endorsement, iii. 88.

special and without recourse,
iii. 90. 92.
demand and protest, iii. 93.
place of demand, iii. 95-99.
discussion as to the place of
demand, iii. 99.

days of grace, iii. 100.
notice of non-payment, iii.
104-109.

notice waived, iii. 109. 113.
giving time, iii. 111.
measure of damages, iii. 115.
Bills of credit, i. 407.
Bills of rights, ii. 1—11.
Bills of sale of a ship, iii. 130.

grand bill of sale, iii. 133.
Bill of recital of the register, iii.

143.
of sales of chattels, ii. 526.
531.
Blackstone's Commentaries, i.
512.

Blank endorsements and deeds, iii.
90.