GENERAL INDEX 
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Abercorn, Earl of, 324 
Abeicromby, James, South Carolina Attorney 
& Advocate General 
agent for N.C. & Va., 168, 578 
draft bill for regulating colonial legislation, 
579-82 
on Board of Trade hearing on Va. act of 
1758, 611-12 
on Committee hearing on Va. act of 1758, 
614 
on need for reform in regulation of colonial 
legislation, 578-79 
reforms proposed in appeals regulations, 168- 
70 
Accounts, cases involving referred to commissioners, 
312-14 
Acquitaine, 88 
Act for Encouragement of Trade to America, 
see Acts of Parliament, Statute 6 Ann. c. 37 
(1707) 
Act for Preventing Frauds, &c, see Acts of 
Parliament, Statute 7 & 8 Wm. 111, c. 22 
(1696) 
Act of Settlement, see Acts of Parliament, 
Statute 12 & 13 Wm. 111, c. 2 (1700) 
Acts of Parliament 
analogy of colonial legislation to, 296, 570-71 
appeals regulation by, 171, 214, 244-46 
application in dominions overseas, 466, 467 
application to colonial appeals, 244-46 
draft bill of 1735/6 for preserving Mass. 
woods, 188 
draft bill of 1742 on vice-admiralty appeals, 
188-89 
draft bill of 1742/3 for preserving woods 
in America, 188 
draft bill of 1752 for regulating colonial 
legislation, 579-82 
draft bill of 1764 for Stamp Act, 293 
[138] 
draft bill of 1769 for settling laws of Quebec, 
495 
draft bill of 1775 on vice-admiralty appeals, 
192, 267 
drafted unskillfully in 18th century, 504 
extension to colonies, 341 [3 2 9j> 345 [455]> 
401, 465-522, 550, 553. 574 [284], 588, 
656, 660, 661 
acts expressly extending, 495-503, 554 
adjudications of English courts, 466-73 
adjudications of Privy Council, 476-78, 
487-503 
by charter provision, 465-66, 485-86, 530- 
3i. 553-55. 587 
by colonial legislation, 487, 589 
by colonial usage, 486-87, 521 
by governors' commissions, 466 
by migration, 469, 495 
by royal prerogative, 469 
by royal proclamation, 494-95 
colonial opinion, 473-76, 477-78, 480, 483, 
484-87, 520-22, 661 
influence of English adjudications, 473 
opinion of Burd, 521 
opinion of Coke, 467-68, 469 
opinion of De Grey, 494 
opinion of Forrester, 498 
opinion of Holt, 471, 499 
opinion of Hutchinson, 520-21 
opinion of Keith, 484 
opinion of Mansfield, 491-92, 499 
opinion of Marriott, 494 
opinion of Michie, 588-89 
opinion of Northington, 498-99 
opinion of Norton, 494 
opinion of Pemberton, 471 
opinion of Pratt, 499 
opinion of Randolph, 485 
opinion of Sharpe, 574 [284] 
opinion of Shower, 470-71 
opinion of Talbot, 492 
opinion of Vaughan, 469-70 
opinion of Wearg, 483 [68] 
opinion of West, 483 [68], 514-15 
opinion of Wilks, 560 
opinion of Willes, 489 
opinion of Wilmot, 494-95 
opinion of Yorke (C), 493. 495, 499 
opinion of Yorke (P.), 483 [68] 
policy of Privy Council, 482-83 
pre-settlement statutes, 487-95 
proof of required, 296 
statutes on admiralty jurisdiction, 514-20 
interpretation of, 4, 465, 496-99 
judicial review of, 1 ) 59 1 
opinion of Coke, 521