supported, 1251.
Clerks, hiring of, 569.
Co-cautioners, 1733.

Code de commerce, p. 396, note.
Cognates, 391.-See Guardianship.
Cognition of insane or facile person,
510 et seq.-See Guardianship.
Cohabitation, marriage by, 36.
Collaborateur or fellow-servant, 659

et seq.

Collateral kindred, 826.
Collation, 985.

Collections at church doors, 1981.
College of Justice, founded on the
model of the Parliament of Paris,
3; its present members, 2040.
Collision, insurance against, 1777.
Combinations among workmen, 741.
Commercial Bank, 1678.
Commercial law, 1040 et seq.
Commissary Court, 2081.
Commission of the Peace, 2159.
Commission of Assembly, 2237.
Commissioner, Royal, to General
Assembly, 2232.
Commissioners in

1499.

sequestration,

Common, rights of pasturage over,
1237.

Communication of cases among co-
cautioners, 1734.

Community of goods, 108.-See
Marriage.

Company, 1622.-See Partnership.
Compensation for improvements,
1368 et seq.

Composition to superior, 1169.
Composition by bankrupt, 1512.
Compulsitor, 2012.

Compulsory licence of patent, 1887.
Concubinage, how converted into
marriage, 36.-See Marriage.
Conditional legacy, 979.
Condonation, 237.-See Marriage.
Confirmation, writ of, now abolished,
1181.

Confirmation of executor, 988.
Conjunct and confident persons,

1510.

Conjunct rights, 877.

Conscience clause, 2011.-See Educa-

tion.

Consent, legal, requisites of, 14.
Consistorial actions, 262.
Contracts, constitution of, in general,
1043; consent must be deliberate
and voluntary, 1044; error in es-
sentials, 1045; force and fear,
1046; fraud, 1047; all contracts
valid until reduced, 1048; court
cannot reform the contract but
must reduce it, ib.; written con-
tracts, 1049; locus penitentiæ,
1051; how excluded, 1052; rei
interventus, 1053; homologation,
1054; immoral contracts, 1055;
gaming debts and wagers, 1056;
contracts made on Sunday, 1057;
Tippling Act, 1058; to what this
Act applies, 1059.
Contracts, marriage, 265 et seq.
Contributories in joint-stock com-
panies, 1711.

Contributory negligence, 671, 736.
Conveyance of land, 1157 et seq.-
See Sale of Heritage.
Conveyancers, 2255.-See Writers
to the Signet.

Copula, 20.-See Marriage.
Copyright, history of, 1835-37; now
regulated by 5 and 6 Vict. c. 45,
1838; what is a book? 1839; does
not include designs which are pro-
tected by separate Acts, ib.; re-
publication of standard author
with notes is a book, ib.; endur-
ance of copyright, 1840; must be
for forty-two years, 1841; may be
longer, ib.; applies to copyrights
under former law, if held by author
or his representatives, 1842; Privy
Council may license publication
of book when author dead, 1843;
copies of books must be delivered
at British Museum, and given to
Bodleian Library, Oxford, Public
Library at Cambridge, Library of
Faculty of Advocates, Edinburgh,
and Library of Trinity College,
Dublin, 1844; penalty for failure to

Courts-continued. '

Valuation Appeal Court, 2086.
Registration Appeal Court, 2087.
House of Lords, 2088; highest

court of appeal in civil causes,
ib.; history of right of appeal
to Parliament, 2089; of what
courts judgment carried di-
rectly to House of Lords, 2092;
general rule as to Court of Ses-
sion cases, 2093; in what cases
there is no appeal, 2094; how
judgments of House of Lords
executed, 2095; reconstituted
by 39 and 40 Vict. c. 59,
2096.

Court of Justiciary, 2097; Lord
Justice-General is president,
2098; and Lord Justice-Clerk
in his absence, ib.; five other
Lords of Session are Commis-
sioners of Justiciary, 2099; three
are a quorum, ib.; Lord Advo-
cate, Solicitor-General, and four
advocates-depute prosecute in,
2100; private party may also
prosecute, ib.; jury consists of
fifteen, 2101; verdict of "not
proven," ib.; special verdict,
2102; no appeal from Court of
Justiciary, 2103; cannot review
its own judgments, 2104; when
it reviews those of inferior
courts, ib.; arbitrary power, ex-
ceptions to, 2105; Peers amen-
able to Court of Justiciary for
ordinary crimes, 2106; cannot
try military or ecclesiastical of-
fences, 2107; can punish inno-
minate offences, 2108; Circuits
of Justiciary, when and where
held, 2109, 2110; constitution
and jurisdiction of Circuit
Courts, 2111-14.

Inferior Courts, 2115 et seq.

Sheriff Court, 2115; history of
office of Sheriff, 2115-2020 ;
Sheriff-depute, 2121; history
of constitution, 2121-23; here-
ditary Sheriffs abolished by 20
Geo. II. c. 43, 2122; Sheriffs

Courts-continued.

must be advocates of at least
three years' standing, 2124;
his former jurisdiction, 2125;
his present civil jurisdiction,
2126; recent extension of it,
2127; duties under bankrupt
statutes, 2128; recent altera-
tion in forms of procedure,
2129; certain fees to Sheriffs
abolished, 2131; criminal ju-
risdiction formerly very great,
2132; its present limits, 2133;
procurator-fiscal is public pro-
secutor in Sheriff Courts, 2135;
Sheriff-substitute, 2136; rules
as to appointment of, 2137
et seq.

Small Debt Courts, 2140; Sheriff

and Sheriff-substitutes the
most frequent judges in small
debt, ib.; prosecutor and de-
fender state their own cases,
2149; procedure in court, ib.;
no record kept, 2142; when
appeal allowed to Justiciary
or Circuit Court, 2143; juris-
diction of, 2144; Circuit
Small Debt Courts, ib.; sum-
mary jurisdiction under 30
and 31 Vict. c. 96, 2145; law
of evidence, 2146.-See Evi-
dence.

Police Court of Sheriff, 2149;
Sheriff's Police Court in Edin-
burgh cumulative with that
of civic authorities, ib.; juris-
diction of, 2150; period of
imprisonment limited to sixty
days, ib.

Burgh Courts, 2151; still held
by magistrates for disposal of
civil causes, ib. ; magistrates
in some burghs justices of the
peace, ib.; special justices for
Edinburgh, 2152; Edinburgh
magistrates admirals of ports
of Leith and Newhaven, 2153.
Dean of Guild's Court, 2154;
jurisdiction, ib.; does not
extend to portion of burgh

Damage by game, 1331; by vermin
to town house, 1393.

Damage, when covered by insurance,
1816. See Insurance.
Damages, actions of, 2051.-See
Jury Court.

Date of holograph deed, 957; of
bill, 1546; of patent, 1879.
Daughters, succession of, 834.-See
Succession.

Days of grace, 1555.-See Bill.
Dead's part, 949.

Dean of Faculty, 2247.
Dean of Guild's Court, 2154; appli-
cation may be made to, where
landlord refuses to indemnify for
repairs, 1355.

Debt: Sheriff Small Debt Court,

2140; Justices' Small Debt Court,
2184. See Courts.

Debt, Small, Court of, mode of
raising or defending action in,
2241.

Debt, life policy assigned in security
of, 1832.

Debt, securities for, 1906 et seq.
Decennial prescription, 1281.
Deeds, how executed by married
women, 128 et seq.; for bequeath-
ing heritage, 855 et seq.; for be-
queathing moveables, 935 et seq.;
rules for making a will, 952; form
of will, 984.

Deeds, execution of, 959 et seq.
Delectus personæ in partnership,

1634.

Diligence on bills and notes, 1615.
Discharge of bankrupt, 1512, 1513.
Discussion, 1727.-See Cautionry.
Dishonour of bills, notice of, 1580.
Disposition, 855.

Dissenters, marriage of, 31.
Dissenters, Presbyterian, how go-
verned, 2241.-See Courts, Eccle-
siastical.
Dissolution of marriage, 176; of
a contract of partnership, 1640,
1650.

Division among co-cautioners, 1735.
--See Cautionry.

Divorce, 215. See Marriage.
Domestic servants, hiring of, 566.
-See Master and Servant.
Domicile, 228; wife's follows hus-
band's, 58; matrimonial, 224;
in succession, 1003.

Dominant and servient tenement,
1230.

Dominium directum and utile, 1164.
Donatio mortis causa to be distin-
guished from legacy, 953.
Donations between husband and
wife, 168.

Dormant partners of a company,
1625.

Dovecots, 1264.-See Pigeon-houses.
Dramatic works, 1853.-See Copy-
right.

Drawer of a bill, 1539.

Drunkenness, 615.-See Master and
Servant.

Ducks, wild, not game, 1334.
Duration of term of service, 564 et
seq.
Duration of a contract of partnership,

1640.

Duty on bills and promissory notes,

1611.

Duty on succession, 998.
Dwelling-house, lease of, 1381.-
See Letting and Hiring.

Earnest, 561.

Eases, communication of, among
cautioners, 1734.

Ecclesiastical Courts, 2204. - See
Courts.