Abridgment in United Kingdom

Bacon’s Abridgment, 7th ed. (1832)

Matthew Bacon, A new abridgement of the law
7th ed. by Sir Henry Gwillim and Charles Edward Dodd
(London: J. and W.T. Clarke, 1832)
KF 154 B32 1832

Contents of the Bacon’s Abridgment, 7th ed. (1832)

• Abatement
• Accompt
• Accord and Satisfaction
• Actions in General
• Actions Local and Transitory
• Actions on the Case
• Actions Qui Tam
• Affidavit
• Agreements
• Aliens
• Ambassadors
• Amendment and Jeofail
• Ancient Demesne
• Annuity and Rent-Charge
• Appeal
• Approver
• Arbitrament and Award
• Assault and Battery
• Assignment
• Assise
• Assumpsit
• Attachment
• Attorney
• Audita Querela
• Authority
• Bail in Civil Causes
• Bail in Criminal Cases
• Bailiff
• Bailment
• Bankrupt
• Bargain and Sale
• Baron and Feme
• Barratry
• Bastardy
• Bigamy
• Bill of Exceptions
• Bills of Sale
• Borough-English
• Bridges
• Burglary
• By-Laws
• Carriers
• Certiorari
• Champerty
• Charitable Uses and Mortmain
• Churchwardens
• Commitments
• Common
• Conditions
• Constable
• Coparceners
• Copyhold
• Coroners
• Corporations
• Costs
• Court of Admiralty
• Court of Chancery
• Court of Common Pleas
• Court of Exchequer
• Court of King’s Bench
• Court of Parliament
• Court of Pipowders
• Court of Sessions of the Justices of the Peace
• Court of the Constable and Earl Marshal
• Court of the Justices of Assize and Nisi Prius
• Court of the Justices of Oyer and Terminer, and Gaol-Delivery
• Courts of the Cinque Ports
• Courts of the Forest
• Courts Palatinate
• Courts, and their Jurisdiction in General
• Covenant
• Curtesy of England
• Customs
• Customs of London
• Damages
• Debt
• Deodand
• Descent
• Detinue
• Devises
• Discontinuance
• Disseisin
• Distress
• Dower and Jointure
• Duress
• Ecclesiastical Courts
• Ejectment
• Election
• Error
• Escape in Civil Cases
• Estate for Life and Occupancy
• Estate in Fee-Simple
• Estate in Tail
• Estate-Tail after Possibility of Issue Extinct
• Evidence
• Excommunication
• Execution
• Executors and Administrators
• Extinguishment
• Extortion
• Fairs and Markets
• Fees
• Felo De Se
• Felony
• Feoffment
• Fines and Amercements
• Fines and Recoveries
• Forcible Entry and Detainer
• Forestalling
• Forfeiture
• Forgery
• Formedon
• Fraud
• Game
• Gaming
• Gaol and Gaoler
• Gavelkind
• Grants
• Guardian
• Habeas Corpus
• Heir and Ancestor
• Heresy, and Offences Against Religion
• Heriot
• Highways
• Hue and Cry
• Idiots and Lunatics
• Indictments
• Infancy and Age
• Informations
• Injunction
• Inns and Innkeepers
• Joint-Tenants and Tenants in Common
• Juries
• Justice of Peace
• Leases and Terms for Years
• Legacies
• Legacies and Devices
• Libel
• Limitation of Actions
• Maihem
• Maintenance, and the Offence of Buying or Selling a Pretended Title
• Mandamus
• Marriage and Divorce
• Master and Servant, and Apprentice
• Merchant and Merchandize
• Misnomer and Addition
• Monopoly
• Mortgage
• Murder and Homicide
• Nonsuit
• Nuisances
• Obligations
• Offices and Officers
• Outlawry
• Papists and Popish Recusants
• Pardon
• Pauper
• Perjury
• Piracy
• Pischary
• Pleas and Pleadings
• Praemunire
• Prerogative
• Privilege
• Prohibition
• Release
• Remainder and Reversion
• Rent
• Replevin and Avowry
• Rescue
• Scandalum Magnatum
• Scire Facias
• Sequestration
• Set-Off
• Sheriff
• Simony
• Slander
• Smuggling and Customs
• Sodomy
• Soldiers
• Stamps
• Statute
• Summons and Severance
• Supersedeas
• Surety of the Good Behaviour
• Surety of the Peace
• Tender and Bringing Money Into Court Upon the Common Rule
• Tenure
• The County Court
• The Court Leet
• The Court of Commissioners of Sewers
• The Court-Baron
• The Courts in London
• The Courts of the Stannaries
• The Hundred Court
• The Marshalsea and Palace Court
• The Royal Franchise of Ely
• The Sheriff’s Torn
• Treason
• Trespass
• Trial
• Trover
• Trusts
• Tythes
• Universities
• Uses and Trusts
• Usury
• Verdict
• Visne or Venue
• Void and Voidable
• Wager of Law
• Warranty
• Waste
• Wills and Testaments

Brooke’s Abridgment (1576)

Robert Brooke, La Graunde Abridgement (London: R. Tottyl, 1576)
KF 148 ZC2 B86

Contents of Brooke’s Abridgment (1576)

Abbe & Prior

Abridgement

Acceptance

Accion Populer

Accion sur le Case

Accion sur le Statute

Accompt

Accord & Concord

Ad Quod Dampnum

Addicions de Homes & Villes

Adiournement

Admeasurement de Pasture, Dower & Huiusmodi

Administratours & Administracion

Admirall & Admiralty

Age

Agreement & Disagreement

Aid del Roy

Alienation & Alienations sans Lycence, & Lycences le Roy pur Alien Terre & pur Alienacions in Mortmain et huiusmodi

Amendement

Amerciaments

Annuitye

Appeale

Apporcionement

Appropriacion & vnion & consolidacion

Arbiterment

Arrerages

Assets Enter Mains

Assets per Discent

Assise

Assuraunces

Attachement en Assise, & Attachement des Biens & Auters Attachements

Attachement sur Prohibicion

Attaint

Attorney

Attournement

Audita Querela

Auerment contra Retorne del Vicount, Episcopi & Huiusmodi, et ou Home Poet Apperc, ou destre Resceiue, contre retourne del vicount

Auerments

Auncien Demesne

Auowrye

Ayde

Bailly, & plees pur lui

Bailment

Baron & Feme

Barre

Bastardy

Battaile

Bille

Briefe al Euesque

Briefe denquire de Damages

Briefe et Abatement de Briefe

Cause a Remouer Plee & Trauers a Ceo.

Cerciorari

Certificat Deuesque

Certification Dassise

Cessauit

Challenge

Champertie

Charge

Charter de Pardone

Charters de Terre et Detinue de Eux.

Chattels et Quid sont Chattels

Chemin

Chose in Accion & Chose in Suspence

Cinke Ports & Countie Palantine

Clergie

Collusion & Couin

Colour in Assisse, Trespas & Huiusmodi

Commission & Commissoners

Comoner & Comon

Compris et Nient Compris, & Parcel & Nient Parcell

Condicions

Confesse & Auoide

Confession

Confirmation

Conscience & Subpena & Iniunctions

Conspiracie

Consultation

Contemps

Continual Claime & Non Claime

Continuance & Imparlances

Contra Formam Collacionis

Contra Forman Feoffamenti

Contract, Bargaine & Achate

Conusaunce

Coperceners

Corodies et Pencions

Corone & Matters del Crowne

Corporacions & Capacities

Cosinage, Aiel & Besaile

Costes

Couenant

Couerture & Infancye

Count

Counterple de Aide de Commen Person & del Roy

Counterplee de Garrantye

Counterplee de Resceit

Counterplee de Voucher, & de Cause del Voucher

Court Baron, Countie Court, & Hundred

Cui in Vita

Curia Claudenda

Customes

Dammages

Darrein Presentment

De son Tort Demesne sans Tiel Cause

Deane & Chapter & Patron, Parson & Ordinarie

Decies Tantum

Default & Apparance

Defeisaunce

Defence

Demaunde

Demurrer in Ley

Denizen & Alien

Departure de son Ple ou Matter

Departure in Dispite & Retraxit

Deposition, Depriuation & Visitacion

Deputie & Assigne

Deraignement & Deuorce

Detinue de Biens

Dette

Deuise

Deux Plees & c.

Dilatories

Disceit

Discent

Disclaimer

Discontinuance de Possession

Discontinuance de Proces

Dismes and Tenthes Spirituales

Disseisor & Dissesin & Pernor & Plees pur Eux.

Distresse

Done & Remainder

Double Plee

Dower

Droit de Recto

Dum fuit infra aetatem & dum non fuit compos mentis

Dures

Dures & Manasse

Eiectione Custodie

Elegit

Emblements

Encrochements

Encumbent & Glebe

Enquest & Enquests

Enter en le Per, Cui & Post

Enterpleder

Entre Congeable

Error

Escape

Eschange

Eschete

Essoine

Estates

Estoppel & Conclusion

Estraunger al Fait ou Record

Estray & Waiff

Estrepement

Examinacion

Exception

Excomengement

Executions

Executor

Exempcion

Exigent & Capias

Explees

Expositio de Certein Polx et Sentences & Coment ils Seront Expound

Extent & Extendors

Extinguishement & Suspencion

Failer de Record

Faits

Faits Enroll

Faux Imprisonment

Faux Iudgement

Faux Latine & Forme

Fauxifier de Recouerie

Fealtie & Homage

Fees del Court de Officers del Parlement & leuer Deleux

Feffements al Vses

Feffements de Terres

Fine Leuie del Terre

Fine pur Contempts & Offences

Forcible Entrie

Forest Parke et Chase

Forfeiture de mariage

Forfeiture de Terres & Biens & Offices

Forger de Faits

Formedon

Fourcher & Fourching

Frainchies & Liberties

Frank Mariage & Frank Almoign

Freshe Suite

Gage Deliuerance

Garanties

Garde

Garden & Prochen Amy

Garden ou Mastre de Hospitall & Garden desglise

Garnishe & Garnishment & Scire Facias sur Garnishment

Garrantie datturny

General Briefe & Speciall Declaracion

General Issue & Speciall Euidence

Graund Cape, Petit Cape, et Seisen del Terre Agarde

Graunts

Hariots & Mortuaries

Heresye

Hors de son Fee

Idemptitate Nominis

Idiott

Imprisonment

Incidents & Appendantes

Indictements

Ingressu ad Communem Legem in Consimili Casu & c.

Intrusion & c.

Ioinder in Accion & in Plee

Iointenant, Iointour, & Suruiuour & Ioint Actes

Iointenauncie

Iournes Accomptes

Iours & Iour in Court

Ioynder in Ayde

Issues Ioynes Enter Parties

Issues Returnes sur Terres, & Issues & Profits de Terre

Iudgements

Iudges Iustices & lour Power & Matter de Eux

Iurisdiction

Iurisutrum

Iurors & Iury & Enquest

Iusticies

Iustificacion

Laborers

Laches

Lease

Lete Vewe de Frank Pledge & Tourn de Vic.

Leygager

Licenses Graunts de vu a Auter Enter Subiects

Lieu & Countie ou Accion doit este Vse ou Port & Huiusmodi

Limitacions

Liuerie Extra Manus Regis & Oustre le Maine

London

Mainprise & Mainparnors

Maintenance

Maintenance de Briefe

Manor

Mesne & Briefe de Medio

Misnomer

Moigne ou Chanon et Prior Datife et Prior Alien

Monstrans de Faites, Recordes, & Huiusmodi

Monstrauerunt

Mordauncester

Mortmaine

Negatiua Preignans & Ple Repugnant

Nisi Prius

Non est Factum

Nonabilitie

Nonsuit

Nontenure

Nosme & Nosme de Dignitie

Notice

Nugation & Surplusage

Nuper Obijt

Nusance & Assise Inde

Obigacion

Octo Tales & Auters Tales

Office & Officer & Son Poyar

Office del Court & Act del Court

Office Deuant Eschetor & Huiusmodi

Omission de Choses

Ordinary & Comissary

Oyer & Determiner, & Oier, & Iustices in Oier

Oyer de Records & de Faits

Paine & Penance

Pannel & Array

Pape & Matter de Ceo

Parliament & Statutes

Parnor de Profits & Rents & Profits Apprender

Paroll demurre & Paroll sans Iour

Paroll ou Plee Remaund

Particion

Patents & Graunts le Roy

Peace & Surety de Peace & Iustices de Peace

Per Que Seruicia

Peremptorie

Peticion & Monstrans de Droit

Plaints in Assise & in Auters Courtes

Pledges & Pledg de Acquietandis

Pledings and Formainde

Plenertie

Prebend & Prebendarie

Precipe Quod Reddat

Premunire

Prerogatiue le Roy

Prescription

Presentacion al Esglise

Presentments in Courts

Priuiledges & Corpus Cum Causa

Procedendo

Proces

Proclamacion

Prohibicion

Propertie & Proprietate Probanda

Proteccion

Protestacion

Purueiours

Qualius

Quare Eiecit Infra Terminum & Eiectione Firme

Quare Impedit

Quare Incumbrauit

Quare Non Admisit

Que Estate

Quem Redditum Reddit

Quid Iuris Clamat

Quinzime, Disme, Taxe & Tallage

Quo Minus

Quo Warranto

Quod ei Deforceat

Quod Permittat

Rape

Rationabili Parte Bonorum

Rauishement de Garde

Reasonable Ayde

Reattachment

Recapcion

Recognisance

Record & Matter de Ceo

Recordare & Pone

Recouerie in Value

Redisseisin & Post Disseisin

Relacion

Releases

Relief

Remitter

Rents

Repellance & Ressumption

Repleder & Ieofaile

Replegarie des Auers & del Home

Replication & Reioynder

Resceit

Rescous

Reseiser Pro Rege de Terre ou de Biens

Reseruacion

Resommons

Responder & Responder Oustre

Restitution

Restore al Primer Accion

Retorne de Auers de Homes

Returne de Briefe

Reuiuing de Rents, Accions, & Huiusmodi

Riots & Routs & Assemblies

Sanctuarie

Sauer del Default in Plee Real

Scire Facias

Seconde Deliuerance

Seisin

Sequatur Sub Suo Periculo

Serche pur le Roy

Seueral Tenancy & Sole Tenancy

Seuerall Precipe & Ioint Precipe, & Ioint Briefe & Seuerall Briefe

Sommons & Seuerance

Sommons in Terra Petita & Auters Sommons

Spoliation

Statute Merchant & Statute Staple

Suite & Contribucion

Supersedeas

Suretie

Surmise & Suggestion

Surrender

Taile & Dones in Taile

Taile Dexchequer

Tenant per Copie de Court Rol, Tenant a Volunte & Tenant per Suffrance

Tenants in Common & Tenancy in Common

Tenaunt per le Curtesie

Tender & Refusell & Paiment

Tenures

Testament & Volunt

Testmoignes

Titles

Tolle

Tout Temps Prist & Vncore Est

Trauerse de Offices & de Presentments & Huiusmodi

Trauerse per Sauns Ceo

Treason & Traytors

Trespas

Trialles

Variance

Venire Facias

Verdicte

View & Counterple de View

Villenage

Visne

Voucher

Vsurie

Vtlagarye

Waiuer des Choses

Warrantia Carte

Warren

Waste

Wrecke de Meare

Wythernam