Colonies 
legal status of, 296 [163], 417, 491-92, 522 
[231], 59i 
opposition to enforcement of Orders in 
Council, 328-44, 351 
see also Chartered colonies; Proprietary 
colonies; Royal colonies; and particular 
colonies 
Columbier, Anthony, 496-97 
Commissioners for examining accounts, 312- 
M 
Commissioners, insular, see Channel Islands, 
courts 
Commissioners for Foreign Plantations, 47-48, 
50, 51 
Commissioners, Lords, see Admiralty; Customs; 
Prize Appeals; Treasury; Victualling the 
Navy; etc. 
Commission of Enquiry 
opinion of Northey, 207, 225 
proposed in New Jersey, 369 
Commission of review, 32, 311, 429, 453 
in Conn.-Mohegan controversy, first commis- 
sion, 428-29, 431, 433, 440 
in Conn.-Mohegan controversy, second commission, 
430-32, 440 
in Conn.-Mohegan controversy, third commission, 
432-36, 663 
in Mass.-R.I. boundary dispute, 452-53 
Commission, royal, 13, no [223] 
appeals from, 450 
appeals referred to, 16, 17-18, 19, 21-22, 26, 
28, 35, 38. 43. 97. 110 [223], 288 
in Channel Is., see Channel Islands, courts 
of 1664 in N. England, 55-58, 123 
to examine Mohegan claims, 425-26 
to setde boundary disputes, 55, 121-22, 124- 
25, 311-12, 322, 348, 418-22, 442-63 
to setde Mass.-N.H. boundary, 445-46, 448 
to setde Mass.-R.I. boundary, 450-52 
to settle N.Y.-N.J. boundary, 459-61 
to settle extent of Fairfax grant, 455 [233] 
to settle Kennebec Company controversy, dis- 
approved, 455 [233] 
see also Commission of inquiry; Commission 
of review 
Commissions, governors', see Governors' commissions 

Committee for Trade and Foreign Plantations, 
see Lords Committee of Trade and Planta- 
tions 
Committee of the Whole Council, 135, 149, 
276, 281, 369, 555 
appeals referred to, 138, 146, 150, 153, 157, 
163, 174, 181 [278], 182, 205 [396, 397], 
217, 273, 274 [n], 278, 283, 436 
attendance, 294, 323-24. 326 [338], 327, 367 
[66]. 375 [109], 427 [59]. 545 [109], 
564 [223], 575 [288] 
difficulty of getting quorum, 324 
composition, 323-24 
concept of appellate function limited, 325, 
351-52. 356 
continuance of, 136 
distinguished from "cabinet council," 135 
distinguished from Lords Commissioners for 
Prize Appeals, 135 [24] 
distinguished from councilors sitting to hear 
colonial ecclesiastical appeals, 136 [24] 
doleances referred to, 280 
extension of policy of statutes to colonies, 
499-503 
felony appeals attempted, 241-42 
in Bayard case, 303, 304 
in Conn.-Mohegan controversy, 427-28, 437, 
438-42 
in Cunningham case, 408-10 
influence of law lords, 324 
in Mass.-N.H. boundary dispute, 445, 447- 
49 
in Mass.-R.I. boundary dispute, 450 
in Parson's Cause, 621-23 
interpretation of colonial legislation, 503-14 
interpretation of instructions of 1753 con- 
jectural, 414 
jurisdiction, 135-37 
legislative review of colonial legislation, 523- 
24, 584, 586 [319], 606, 613-14, 632-33, 
637, 640, 644 
procedure, 633 [563] 
on special verdicts, 353, 359 
on appeals from general verdict in N. England, 
355 
on Barbados appeals regulations, 217 
on meaning of "current lawful money of 
N. England, 501-02 
on Minorca appeals regulations, 267 
on N. England admission of new evidence on 
appeal, 375 
packing attempted, 326-28, 657 
policy on extension of English law, 661 
policies 
on nullification of colonial legislation, 635 
on procedural error below, 379, 383 
on record of proceedings below, 309 
on time limitations for appeals, 278 
policy reasons influential upon, 328, 661 
procedure 
appearance by respondent, 275-76, 289 
consultation of crown law officers, 369, 
409, 584 
decisions outside report, 314-15 
default entry, 276 
docket, 275