Index of proper names and topics
�Abbey lairds’, 350-2 Aberdeen, Old, 341 acceptilatio, ch.1 passim accidental killing, see also homicide, 175, 176,
177,179,339,344 Accursius, 15, 17, 29, 39, 48 actio confessoria (servitutis}, ch.3 passim de pauperie, 84
negatoria (servitutis), ch.3 passim Publiciana, 22, 106, 107 spolii, 354
utilis, 67, 70, 71 actus reus, 288,289, 290 Adams, John (later President of the USA), ch.24 passim
Admiralty courts, see Vice-Admiralty adoption, see also adrogation, ch.6 passim, 105, 106, ch.27, passim, ch.30 passim agencies, 331
�new’ adoption, 299, 325, 329-31 adrogation, 59, 105 adultery, and its penalties, ch.11 passim, ch.14 passim, 180, 181 advocates/advocati, ch.21 passim, 248
Faculty of Advocates, Library of, 214, 236, 241
aequitas and strict law, 97, 101, 401, 417 Age of Legal Capacity (S) Act 1991, 381, 382, 383
agnates, agnatic rights, 54, 55, 205, 206, 208,
210
Alexandria, and the Library of, 183, 186, 187, 189, 198
America, United States of, 232, 265, 325-8, 329, 330
amnesty, ch.14 passim animals, domesticated, herd, wild, ch.10 passim
annulment of criminal charges, 118 Antonius, M., orator, 97, 146, 147, 148 Appellentscheidungen (admonitory decisions),
78
Aquinas, Thomas, St, 415 Arabia, province of, 165 Arcadius & Honorius, 121, 122 Aristoboulos, 185, 187
Aristotle, 80, 193, 393, 394, 415 Augustus, 51, 54, 60, 95, 124, 146, 150, 153, 393, 394
Ayrer, Jacob, ch.29 passim
Baldus, 42, 355
Bankton (Lord), 252, 253
baptism, 365, 366
Bartolus, 42, 224, 355
bastards, see children born out of wedlock
Batavia, ch.30 passim
Bayne, Alexander, 238, 240, 241
Begriffsgeschichte, 42
Belial, ch.29 passim
Bell, G J, 253, 254, 255
Beirut (Beryt, Beyrouth), 217, 218
Besold, Christoph, 401, 411
betrothal etiquette, see also dowry, dotis dictio, kidushin, 163, 169,170, 171 Bible, 189, 206, 207
births, multiple, 394, 395
bishops, 113, 114, 115, 217
Blackadder, John (laird of Tulliallan), 339, 345, 351
Blackfriars, Glasgow, 339
Board of Punishments in nineteenth century China, ch.18 passim
boars, ch.10 passim
bonorum possessio in the law of succession, 205
boundaries, conceptual, 71
Bulbus, 148, 149
Caepio, Q.
Servilius, 146, 147Caepio junior, 147, 148
camels, 84, 85
canon law, 219, 222, 224, 321, 322, 334, 343, 344, 402
capital punishment, ch.14 passim, 177, 178, 179, 368
capitis deminutio, ch.6 passim, 203
castration, ch.11 passim
catastrophes, 398
causa, also iusta causa, putative causa, 15, 17, 107
traditionis, usucapionis, 18, 24, 25, 28, 29 causae = grounds, 269, 274, 275 causation, 173, 177, 178, 181, 390 certum/incertum (also certa pecunia, certa res), ch.23 passim
Ceylon, 368
children, abandoned, 299, 322, 323
born out of wedlock/illegitimate, ch.6 passim, 201, 202, 206, 208, 210 legitimate, 53
Chinese traditional law of homicide, ch.18 passim
Christ, Jesus, ch.29 passim Christianity, 48, 123, ch.30 passim
Christian Roman Empire, 117 Church, Reformed (Dutch), ch.30 passim Cicero, 96, 97, 98, 128, 144, 145, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 167, 215, 216 citizens, citizenship (Roman), ch.6 passim civic law of the Jews, ch.19 passim classification = system, ch.23 passim, ch.25 passim, ch.26, passim
Claudius Pulcher, Appius, 150 Claudius Saturninus, praetor, 66 Clement X, Pope, 221, 222 codex Leopoldinus, 267 cognates, cognatic rights, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 205, 206, 303
coining, see also forgery, lex Cornelia de falsis, 120, 121, 122, 125, 126
Columella, 86, 87, 91 Commentators, see also Baldus, Bartolus, 231 comparison of Roman and Jewish law, ch.17 passim, ch.19 passim, ch.20, passim compilers, see Justinian concubinage, 367, 368, 369 condictio, 25, 26, 27,28, 63, 65, 250, 251,252, 253
causa data causa non secuta, 255 indebiti, 11, 29, 255, 258, 259, 387, 388 conditional transactions, 269 Confucianism, neo-Confucianism, 174, 182 Constantine, ch.13 passim, 123, 126 Constantinople, 217, 218 Constantius, 118, 122, 124 consumer protection, 385 contracts, oral/verbal, ch.1 passim, ch.17 passim
Cornelius, C., tribune 67 BC, 149, 150, 153 Court of Session, 214, 215, 348, 386 covenant, 183, 186
Craig, Sir Thomas, 247, 399 Crassus, L.
Licinius, 97 crime, criminal law, ch.14 passim, ch.18 passim, ch.26 passimclassification of, ch.26 passim crimes against the dead, 119, 120, 121 Cujas, Jacques (Cujacius), 72, 135, 223, 314 culpa, see also fault, 294, 385 Culross Abbey, 339, 345, 351
Darius I of Persia, 188, 189 Daube, David (master of Alan Watson), 249 de albo corrupto, edict, see edict debtors' sanctuary, 346—52
Decianus, C. Appuleius, 146 declaratory power, 285, 389, 390 defences, 359 definitions of crimes, 283—7 delict, 249, 259, 385
Demotic Chronicle (case book), Egyptian, 188, 189, 190
deposit, 64—5
descensus ad inferos, ch.29 passim description of events, importance re crimes, 290-2
disciplina publica, 126 divorce, 195, 381
Doane v Gage, ch.24 passim dogma/dogmatics, ch.4 passim
Donoghue v Stevenson, 386
dotis dictio, see also dowry, ch.17 passim dowry, see also dotis dictio, 24, 25, 107, ch. 17 passim
drink driving, 284
Dumoulin, Charles, 315
Dutch customary law, ch.30 passim
East India Company, Dutch East Indies, ch.30 passim
duties and rights, ch.25 passim
d’varim haniknim ba’amira, ch.17 passim Dworkin, R, ch.34 passim
East Indies, Dutch, ch.30 passim economic aspects of law, 76-8, 379 edict[um perpetuum] of the Urban Praetor, ch.15 passim, 417
de albo corrupto, 130, 131, 132, 133, 138, 139
quod quisque, 128, 130, 131, 138, 139, 140
Edinburgh, and its castle, 214, 241, 339, 346, 347, 349, 351
education, legal, ch.21 passim, 236, 381, ch.33 passim
effundatio, effundere, 74, 75, 77
Egypt, 167, ch.19 passim, 394
Elementa Iuris Civilis of Leibniz, ch.25 passim elephants, 84, 85
England, 215, 220, 224, 233, 234, 235, 323, 324, 343, 387, 414, 417
English Law, 63, 79, 384, 385
Erskine, John, 236, 253 evidence, see proof, witnesses exceptiones, see defences extinction of rights and duties, 281, 282
Falcone, G, 31
falsum, see coining, forgery, lex Cornelia de falsis
family, family relationship; see also agnates, cognates, 59, 138, ch.18 passim, 380-4
Family (S) Act 1985 s.9(1)(a), 381 fault (culpa), 173, 174
Feinberg, Joe, 289 feudal law, feudalism, 385 fictio legis Corneliae, re wills, 107 fideicommissum, fideicommissa, 104, 309, 373,
374
fideiussio, 66
Finnis, John, 80, 415
first taking (occupatio}, ch.24 passim Flamininius, L Quinctius, 152—3 Flavian municipal law, ch.6 passim floating charge, 384, 385
Forbes, William, 238
forgery, see also coining, lex Cornelia de falsis, 124-5
formulary procedure, 63, 109 forum for jurisdiction, 355 fostering, 299, 315, 316, 322 foundations, legal, as institutions, ch.5 passim France, also French law, 223, 225, 226, 230, 231, 300, 302, 308, 310-16, 320, 324, 325
freedom, Leibniz' presumption of, ch.25 passim
Freirechtsschule, 414
Fuero Real, Fuero de Soria, 301, 308, 309
Gabinius A., 151, 152
Gabrielli, Girolamo, 304
Gaius, ch.10 passim
Galba, ?Servius Sulpicius Galba (consul 144 BC, ch.11 passim
game parks (leporaria, vivaria], 90-92
general vs particular, ch.12 passim
Gentili, Alberico, 40
Germanic tribes, 298, 300, 301, 308
Germany, also German law, 225, 227, 228, 229, 230, 233, 267, 317-9, 320
girth (sanctuary), ch.28 passim
girths at, qv
Holyrood, Innerleithen, Lesmahagow, Luss, Tain, Torphichen, Tyninghame, (Stow in) Wedale, Whithorn
Gloag & Henderson, 10th edn, 258
Globulus, P Servilius, 149
Glossators, 222, 231, 353, 396, 403
Gratian, Valentinian & Theodosius, 119, 120 Greek (Hellenistic) law, 157, 164, 170, 171, 186, 187, 192, 198
Greenhuff, 285
Grotius, Hugo, 247, 263, 264 guarantee, see fideiussio guilt/innocence, see girth
Gunther, Klaus, 81
Habermas, Jurgen, 81
Hadrian, 54, 56, 123, 128, 205, 394, 417 Hammurabi, his Code, 184
Harpprecht, Georg F, 315, 319
Harrowing of Hell, ch.29 passim Hermias, case of, 190 hierarchy of laws, 191 High Court of Justiciary, 389,390 Historical School, 35, 41 history of law (also, history of concepts), ch.4 passim
Holyrood, Edinburgh, 335, 346-52 homicide, see also accidental killing, murder, ch.14 passim, ch.18 passim, 292 homosexuality, 125
Horace, ch.11 passim
Huber, Ulrik, 316, 317
Hugo, Gustav, 35, 40
Hume, David (Baron), 257
ignorantia iuris nocet, 416 illegitimate children, see children incertum, see certum
incest, 55, 119, 120, 121, 124, 126, 202, 368 Ingolstadt, ch.33 passim inheritance rights, see also bonorum possessio, succession, ch.6 passim, ch.20 passim, ch.27 passim, ch.30 passim
Innerleithen, 335, 337 innocence/guilt, see girth insider trading, 284 institutional writings, Scots version, ch.22
passim, ch.23 passim
Institutes of Erskine, ch.23 passim Institutions of Mackenzie, ch.22 passim
of Stair, ch.23 passim
institutions = foundations, legal, ch.5 passim interdicts
de aqua and de itinere actuque privato, ch.3 passim
uti possidetis, 31, 33, 355 interlocutory judgments, 357, 359, 362 interpretation, ch.7 passim intestacy, ch.20 passim
Italy, 223, 225, 233, 303-8, 320 iudex commissarius, 355, 358 formulary, 136 ordinarius, 363
iurisdictio, ch.15 passim iurisperitus/iurisperiti, 38, 94, 95, 96, 213, 217,
223
iurisprudentia, 43, ch.9 passim, ch.25 passim ius civile, gentium, honorarium, quiritium,
103
and see also Roman law, 73, 103, 105, 248, 399, 411
commune, 219-24, 231, 235, 247, 262, 265, 267, 270, 301-02, 385
latii, see Latin right ius publice respondendi, 417
Jews, and Jewish law, ch.17 passim, ch.19 passim, ch.20 passim
Judaea, 165, 187, 197, 198 judges and judicial law-making/innovation,
386,387,389,390, 391
Jugurtha, 145
Julian, 128
jurisdiction, ch.15 passim jurisprudence, 41, 44, 78, ch.9 passim, 97, 98, 399, 402, 411, 415
jurisprudentia thetica, 268
jurists, 21, 31, ch.4 passim, ch.11 passim, 103, 104, 110, 216, 218, 223, 224, 227, 231, 233
Jus Regium of Mackenzie, 237 Justinian, 43, 45, 75, 122, 124, 125, 140, 165, 206, ch.21 passim, 218, 219, 300, 303
Kelsen, H, 103, 108
Khaliq v HMA, 389, 390
kidushin, see also betrothal, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 168
koine (Greek common law), 192
Labeo, ch.10 passim
Lando Commission, 415
laokritai (Egyptian priests), see priests, Egyptian
Latin language, 218
right, also Latins, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58 Junian Latins, 53
law schools, see education legal, universities Lazarus, 396
Le Brun, Denis, 312, 313
legal capacity, 381, 382, 383 change, ch.31 passim education, see education, legal profession, why divided, 218 rules (see also regulae iuris), 410, ch.34 passim
transplants, ch.17 passim, ch.19 passim, 283, 295, 365, 381, 384, 385, 387, 391 validity, 269, 416
legislation, ch.19 passim, 379, 380, 381, 383, 384, 385, 386, 391, ch.32 passim
legitimation, 299, 302, 309, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 366, 367, 370, 373, 375, 376, 377, 378
Leibniz, G W, ch.25 passim
Lenel, Otto, 64, 127, 129, 130, 131, 133, 134, 136, 139, 140
leporaria, see game parks
Lesmahagow, 334, 335, 338 lex Aelia Sentia, 55
Appuleia maiestatis, see also maiestas, lex Julia maiestatis, 144-8, 151, 152
Aquilia, 6, ch.10 passim, 173
Cornelia de confirmandis testamentis, see also fictio legis Corneliae, 55, 108
Cornelia de falsis, see also forgery, coining, 125
Cornelia de iurisdictione (67 BC), 128 Cornelia de maiestate, 144, 148, 149, 150,
151 Cornelia de sicariis et veneficis, see also magic practices 123, 124
Irnitana, 56
Julia de adulteriis, see also adultery, 93, 95,
124 Julia de vi, see also ravishing, 125 Julia de vicesima hereditatum, ch.6 passim Julia et Papia de maritandis ordinibus, 51, 59 Julia maiestatis, see also treason, 124, 143, 148, 149
Julia peculatus, see also embezzlement, 125 Julia repetundarum, 144
Mamilia (109 BC), 145 Pompeia, see also parricide, 124 Salpensana,56 litis contestatio, 360, 362 loan, see also mutuum, 62-6 Lombards, 298, 300
Low Countries, 316, 317 Lucca, and its Rota, 306, 307 Lucifer, see Satan
Luss, 339 Lyncker, Nicolaus von, 318, 319
Mackenzie, Sir George, ch.22 passim magic practices, see also lex Cornelia de
sicariis et veneficis ch.14 passim maiestas, see also lex Julia maiestatis, lex
Appuleia maiestatis ch.14 passim, ch.16 passim
Majorian, 126 Maimonides, 209 mamzer, see also children born out of wedlock,
202, 209 mandate, ch.7 passim manus (as accompaniment to marriage), 56,
204, 205 marriage, see also manus, 163, 193-7 iustum matrimonium/iustae nuptiae, 54, 204,
205
liberum matrimonium, 204, 205 settlements concerning, 381 marital rape, 389
Manz, Kaspar, ch.33 passim Massachusetts, 261, 262, 327 Masuer, Jean, 312, 314 matrimonial property, 380-81
Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (S)
Act 1981 380 maxims, legal, ch.32 passim Mayno, Jason de, 358 mens rea, 173, 174, 175, 286 Merton, parliament/statute of, 323 Metellus, L., 152 mines, see penalties minor, see legal capacity Mishnah, 208 mitigation of loss, 73,77 Montesquieu, 222, 231 moral condemnation, ch.26 passim liability, ch.18 passim
Morgan Guaranty Trust, 387, 388 mos Italicus, 402, 403, 404
Moses, ch.19 passim, ch.29 passim Mucianus, P. Licinius Crassus, 97, 98, 99, 101 Mucius, P.
and Sestius Aelius, 97, 98 multiculturalism, 103 multi-layeredness of law, ch.12 passim murder, see also homicide, ch.14 passim, ch.18 passim, 284-8, 293, 344 mutuum, 23, 26, 27, 28, 64, 65Muyden, J van, 263
name change, 325 Napoleon Bonaparte, 225, 227, 233, 324 natural law, 40, 249, 250, 259 negligence, see lex Aquilia negotiorum gestio, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255 Nehemiah, 197 neighbourhood principle, 386 Nerva, 52, 55, 57, 58, 60
Netherlands, see also Low Countries, 225 nomen iuris (of criminal law), 283 nomos, see also Torah of Moses, ch.19 passim Norbanus, C., 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 153 notaries, ch.21 passim nulla poena sine lege, 390 nullum crimen sine lege, 291
oaths, procedural, 359, 361, 362 obligations, classification of, ch.23 passim, 268,
397
Observations on the Acts of Parliament, of Mackenzie, 237, 241 occupatio, see first taking
Octavius, Cn (praetor c79 BC), 128 onus probandi, 35
orators, ch.4 passim, 110, ch.21 passim ordines iudiciarii/ iudiciorum), 353 Osler, Douglas, 245, 247, 248
Papal court, 303, 304, 322 Papinian, 104, 105, 106 pardon, ch.14 passim parental desires/wants, 299, 330-31 responsibilities, 382, 383 rights, 329, 382, 383
Paris, and the Parlement, 225, 313, 314, 315 parricide, see also lex Pompeia, 118, 119, 120, 121, 123, 124
partes iuris, ch.12 passim patria potestas, 52, 53, 56, 57, 58, 59, 105, 106, 203, 204, 311
Paul of Tarsus, St, 185, 186 pauperies, and actio de pauperie, 84 pecora, ch.10 passim pecus/pecudes, ch.10 passim penalties, capital, corporal, monetary, other, ch.14 passim, 175
peregrines, peregrini, 9, 55, 59 persons, law of, 79, 268, 270, 271
Philip III, King of France, 221, 222 phronesis, 80, 81
pigs, ch.10 passim Piso, C. Calpurnius, 149
Plato, 185
Plautus, 99, 100, 101, 169
Pliny the Younger, ch.6 passim, 91, 167 poisoning, see also venefici, ch.14 passim Portugal, 310 posek, 160, 162, 167 postliminium, 55 praedial servitudes, see servitudes praetors, see also edict, 31, ch.15 passim, 205, 417
precedent, ch.31 passim, 417
Principles of the Law of Scotland, Bell's, 4th edition, ch.23 passim
5th edition, ch.23 passim priests, Egyptian, and their custumal, see also Demotic Chronicle, 188,189, 190, 191 procedure, law of, ch.29 passim proctor, see also procurator, 216, 220, 221, 223, 354, 357
procurator, ch.7 passim, ch.21 passim -fiscal, 215
professors of law, ch.21 passim proof, see also witnesses, 109, 363 Ptolemaic monarchy, ch.19 passim public law, 37, 401
Pulcher, Appius Claudius, 150 pupil in Scots law, 381 punishment, see penalties
quaestiones perpetuae, 150 quasi-contract (obligations quasi ex contractu), 256, 257
quod quisque, edict concerning, see edict quod raro fit, non observant legislatores, ch.32 passim
rape/sexual assault, 124, 286, 287, 389 rationes decidendi, 414, 418 ravishing (perhaps meaning abductionÂmarriage), ch.14 passim
real rights, 276, 277, 279, 384, 385 Reception of Roman law, 399 Recopilacton, Nueva & Novtsma, 309 recompense in Scots Law, ch.23 passim recusatio iudicis, 355 redemption of penalty in Chinese law, 176 reduction on grounds of minority and lesion,
382
Reformation of 1560, 333, 334, 345, 346, 347, 348, 351
Reformed Dutch Church, see Church, Reformed
regulae iuris, 38, 103, ch.34 passim relationship as inferring fault, ch.18 passim remuneration in Scots law, ch.23 passim reparation, 249
repetition in Scots Law, ch.23 passim, 387, 388, 389
restitution in Scots law, ch.23 passim, 388 rhetoricians, see orators
Rhodian Law, 252 Riemsdijk, Willem Vincent Helvetius van, and family, 369, 371, 376, 377
Riggs v Palmer (1889), 415 rights and duties, ch.25 passim
rights, extinction of, 281, 282 Road Traffic Act offence, 284 Roman law, see also ius civile, 213—6, 297, 298
Rota, see Rota Roman-Dutch law, ch.30 passim Rota, Sacred Roman, 303—6
of Lucca, 306—7 rule of law, 388
S[tallard] v HMA, 389 sacrilege, 119, 120, 121, 122, 126 sale, buyer's duties, 74—6
seller's duties, 75, 77
of wine, ch.8 passim sanctuary, see girth Satan (Lucifer), ch.29 passim Saturninus, Claudius, praetor, 67, 68 Saturninus, L.
Appuleius, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148SC, see senatusconsultum Scaurus, M. Aemilius, 146 Scotland, 214, 215, 221, 236, 246, 324, 399
Scots law, 236, 245, 247, 257, ch.22 passim, ch.23 passim, ch.28 passim, ch.31 passim
criminal, ch.26 passim, 389, 390, 391 family, ch.31 passim
Scott, Sir Walter, 335,350,351
Scottish Law Commission, 380, 382, 387 security, see also fideiussio, 307, 360, 361, 384 sedition, 118, 119, 145, 146, 147, 149
Senate, Roman, and senators, 118, 149, 152 senatusconsultum Orphitianum, 54, 206 senatusconsultum Tertullianum, 54, 205 Senecas (younger and elder), 110, 152 Septuagint, ch.19 passim servitudes, praedial, ch.3 passim
Severus, Septimius, 112 shameless indecency, 390
Shaw, Patrick, 253, 255
Siete Partidas, Las, 308, 395, 396, 398
Signet Library, and Writers, 214
Skene, Sir John, 345 social policies, 379, 383
Solon, laws of, 184 solicitors, Scottish, ch.21 passim, 354 solutio, 7, ch.2 passim
Spain,223,233,300,308-10, 320
Speculator, Durandus, 355 Spotswood, John, 238, 241 spouses, rights of, 161, spurii, see children born out of wedlock Staienus, 149
Stair, Viscount (James Dalrymple), 246, 247, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 256, 259 statues, imperial and other, 143, 151 status, see also capitis deminuto, relationship, 60
stipulation, 9, 12, 13, 28, 157, 158, 163, 164, 165, 167
requirements of, 12,13
Stow in Wedale, 336, 337 strict liability, 174, 385, 398 Stryk, Samuel, 317 stuprum, see also adultery, 120, 121, 124 succession, see also inheritance rights, ch.6 passim, ch.20 passim, 270, 271, 307, 370, 371
sui heredes, suus heres, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 203, 204, 205
sui iuris, 167, 203, 309 suicide, 177, 178, 180, 181 Sulla, 123, 148, 149, 150, 153 suretyship, see security Surinam, 370
Switzerland, 395, 415
Syracuse, 151, 152 system, see classification
tabelliones, 216, 218, 221, 223
Tain, 340, 341, 344
Talmud, 158, 159, 162, 163, 206, 207, 208 taxes, exemption from, ch.6 passim Telecommunications Act offence, 284 Temple, at Jerusalem, 197, 198
Terence, 169, 170
testament, testation, 298, 315, 371, 372, 373 theft, 284, 290, 291, 348
Theophrastus, 393, 395 Theramo, Jacobus de, 354
Titius, Sextus, 146 title to property, 279
Torah, see also Bible, ch.19 passim Torphichen, 336, 338, 339, 344, 345 torture, 111, 112, 121
traditio, see also causa traditionis, ch.2 passim,
107
Trajan, 51, 52, 54, 58, 60
translation, problems of, ch.7 passim, ch.9 passim
transplants, legal, ch.31 passim
treason (maiestas), ch.14 passim, ch.16 passim trespass, 353, 354
Tubingen law faculty, 317, 318
Twelve Tables, 104, 143, 203
Tyninghame, 335, 336, 337
typicity, ch.32 passim
Ulpian, ch.15 passim
unde cognati, see also cognates, 54, 55, 205 unio prolium, 315, 319
universities, see also individual towns, ch.21 passim, 361, 362
unjustified enrichment in Scots law, ch.23 passim, 387—9
unpardonable crimes, ch.14 passim
Ur-Nammu, 184
USA (America), 232, 265, 325-8, 329, 330 usucapion, ch.2 passim
usufruct, 34, 311
utilitas, 108, 126, 275, 280
vadimonium, 139, 140
Valentinian, Valens & Gratian, 119, 122, 123
Valerian, 217
Varro, 84, 86, 87, 89, 90, 91
venefici (poisoners), see lex Cornelia de sicariis et veneficis
Verres, C., 150, 151, 152 veterans, 60
Vice-Admirality Court of Massachusetts, 261, 264, 265
Vico, Giambattista, 42, 43
Viehweg, T, 413, 414
Vinnius, 261 violation of sepulture, 120, 121, 123, 126 virtues, cardinal, 80 vivaria, see game parks
VOC, see Dutch East India Company
Voet, Johannes, 316, 325
Watson, Alan (decanophobe), ch.1 passim, 49, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 379
Watt v Annan, 390 Wedale (Stow in), 335, 336, 337 whaling, ch.24 passim
Whithorn, 339
wills, see testament, testation
Windscheid, B, 40 wine, sale of, ch.8 passim witnesses, ch.13 passim, 356, 359, 360, 362 Wolff, H J, 192
women as poisoners, 123, 126 legal status as mothers, 205, 206, 208 tutory of adult women, 167
Yochanan (Rabbi), 158, 159, 161, 162
Zachariae, K S, 227