title of, 224.

Mary:

her impositions on merchandise, 323, 324.
her additions to representation, 332.
Master of the Rolls:

may not sit in Commons' House, 81.
Medical Relief:

does not disqualify for Parliamentary
franchise, 120.

Meeting of Parliament: see Parliament.
Members:

of House of Commons, writ for election
of, 55, 57.

when summoned to bar of Lords, 59,
301-302.

evidence of election, 60.

oaths required of, 61, 62, 88, 96.

disqualifications of, 76-88.

extinct disqualifications of, 90.

cannot resign seat, 91.

wages of, 123.

privileges of, 141–184.

expulsion of, 173.

corruption of by Crown or its ministers,
335 et sq.

Memorial:

of opponents of a private bill, 278.
Messages:

from Crown to Parliament, 296–297.
from one House to another, 258-259.
Middlesex, Earl of:

his impeachment and sentence, 212.
Ministers of the Crown:

attempted control of by Commons, 19.
how far a check on feudal king, 20-21.

Oath:

required of Irish peer before voting for
representative peer, 218.
evidentiary, Parliamentary Committee
may administer, 365.
Obstruction:

of business of the House, 251, 253.
Occupation:

a qualification for franchise, 100.
in counties, 102.

in boroughs, 108, 110, 111.

present qualification, 113, 114, 117.
Occupier :

various senses of term, 112.
joint occupiers, 122.

entitled to be placed on register, 129, 130.
Office:

oath of, 19.

a disqualification for Commons' House by
Act of Settlement, 30, 79.

by Act of Anne, 80, 81.

when acceptance of vacates seat, 67.

reasons for disqualification, 82, 337, 338.
a means of resigning seat, 91.

a means of influencing members, 337-
Order:

in Council to issue writs, 51.
form of, 52.

of the day in House of Commons, 249.
Orders and Rules, Provisional, 281-285.
Ordinance :

how different from Statute, 235-238, 306.
Overseer:

his duties in making up register, 129.
Owner:

of land, his qualification for franchise,
IOI, 102.

growth of its powers, 22-29.
meeting of, 42.

alone can make laws, 43, 235, 309.
or impose taxes, 230, 275, 328, 329.
or grant supplies, 274, 275, 288.

its duties other than legislative, 44. 340.
Simon de Montfort's Parliament, 46.
the Model Parliament, 46, 122.

an assemblage of estates, 47.

objects of summons, 49, 239.
form of opening, 59, 63.
dissolution of, 68-71.
prorogation of, 68.

how affected by demise of Crown, 71, 72.
regularity of summons how secured, 287,
371-372.

Spiritual, how created, 218, 219.
number of, 206, 222.

when entitled to summons, 206, 222.
whether ennobled in blood, 221-222.
form of summons, 53, 54, 221.
power of resignation, 222.

as Lord of Appeal, 223.

Peerage: see Lords, House of:

law relating to, rests on custom, 72. 195.
a disqualification for House of Commons,
78, 162.

and for franchise, 118.

exceptions in case of Irish peers, 78, 118.
functions of, 186.

ranks of, 192.

additions to, how limited by Acts of
Union, 197.

by rules of devolution, 198, 206.

for life, rules as to, 196, 208-209, 210.
alienation of, 193, 195, 202, 203.
descendibility of, 196, 206.

claims of, how made, 213-214; by whom
adjudicated on, 227.

Petition:

a preliminary to legislation, 239-240.
as mode of introducing private bills, 276.
receivers and triers of, 277, 359 (note).
right of subject to make, 318.
legislation concerning, 360-361.
history of, 358-360.

modern rules respecting, 362.
Petition of Right: 23, 326, 327.
Poll:

at Parliamentary election, 98, 133.
in Universities, 133-134.
Praemunientes clause:
form of, in bishop's writ, 47.
instance of, 151, n. 4.
Precedence:

of Speaker, 143.

of peers, 224.

Speaker:

demands privileges of Commons, 60, 65,
147.

issues warrant for new writ, 67, 143, 162.
his precedence, 143; his deputy, 144; his
counsel, 280.

assault upon, 153, 171.

motion that he leave the chair,' 255.
of House of Lords, 225-226.
Speech from the Throne:

declares cause of summons, 62.

does not limit topics of discussion, 63, 65.
not a legal necessity, 74.

a mode of communication between Crown
and Parliament, 294.

Spiritualities:

guardian of, 221.

Standing Order:

as to daily business of House, 245, 281.
as to obstruction, 253, 254.

as to bills concerning religion and trade,
and law, 256-257.

as to money bills, 257, 268, 269.
as to private bills, 278, 279.
Staple :

ordinance of, 237.

Star Chamber:

its judicial powers, 23, 356.
its use and abuse, 356.

enforces proclamations, 307, 309.
Statute. See Index of, at p. xviii.
St. John:

counsel for Hampden in case of ship-