act of 1705 against Quakers (disallowed), 549 [121] act o£ 1712 for establishing superior courts, &c, 540, 546 [ill] act of 1715 for securing general privileges &c, 553 acts for issuing bills of credit nullified byact of Parliament, 529 [24] agent, 601 [399]; see also Ashurst, Sir Henry; Belcher, Jonathan; Dummer, Jeremiah; Ingersoll, Jared; Jackson, Richard; Johnson, William Samuel; Life, Thomas; Palmer, Eliakim; Partridge, Richard; Wilks, Francis appeal from general verdict believed impossible, 355 appeals become matter of course, 161 appeals obtained by petition for royal writ, 400 appeals regulations, absence of, 161, 248 appeals regulations: opinion of N.Y. Council, 403 bills of credit, 500, 552 [146], 553 [M 7] boundary dispute with Mass., 419 [7] boundary disputes with N.Y., 55, 419 [7], 455 [238].456 [238] boundary dispute with Pa., 419 [7], 422, 462 boundary dispute with R. 1., 419 [7] charges of Board of Trade against, 150-51 charter, explanatory, urged, 559, 560 Charter of 1662, absence of appeals reservation, 51, 76, 140, 144, 148, [90], 161 Charter of 1662, absence of provision for legislative review, 549, 572 [273], 652 Charter of 1662, grant of lands in, 423, 440 Charter of 1662, limiting effect on legisla- tion, 465 [3], 548, 549, 500, 553-55, 556, 558, 568, 573, 574 [284] Code of 1650, 538 [66] complaint of Congreve, 149 [93] complaint of Winthrop, 160-61, 545, 550 [131]. 551, 552, 554 [is 3], 555, 556 courts Assistants, 140 [4], 142, 149, 374 [102] Governor and Council, 143 [56, 57], 149, 150 [94, 96], 545 Governor and Magistrates, 423 New London County, 140 [47], 142 [54], 143 [57] Prerogative, 142 [54] Probate, 537 [64], 538, 539, 540, 541, 543. 546, 547, 550, 557, 558, 572, 573, 575 [286] Special County, 540, 546 Special Superior County Court, 544 Superior, 160, 374 [102], 540-43, 546, 547, 55i. 573 extension of laws of England to, 474, 547- 48, 550, 559-60, 574 [283] finances Tousey, 574 [285] gavelkind in, 541, 547 ]nB], 555, 566 [ 2 34] General Assembly, 143 [57], 149 [93], 161, 424, 439, 537 [64], 542, 544, 546-47, 549-50, 55i, 552, 553. 558. 573. 574 [285], 652 appellate jurisdiction of, 643-44, 649 exempt from royal control, 642-43 on right of appeal, 160, 427 General Court, 52 [333], 75, 140 [47], 423, 424, 425, 538 [66], 550 Governor, 424; see also Fitch, James; Law, Jonathan; Pitkin, William; Saltonstall, Rev. Gurdon; Talcott, Joseph; Trumbull, Jonathan; Winthrop, John Governor and Company, 423, 424, 431 [84], 433. 435, 436, 544, 545 governors' assent not necessary to legislation, 601 governors' instructions, absence of, 601 House of Representatives, 554 [156, 157] intestacy, customary distribution upon, 538, 553. 554. 573 [283], 574 [286] intracolonial appeals, 140-41, 160 intracolonial appeals, practice, 374, 573 laws of, report of Fane, 561 [208] legal status of, 548 [119], 550, 553, 554 Mohegan Indians controversy, 311, 322, 327, 377 [125], 418, 419, 422-42, 449, 453, 462 [278] on parliamentary sanction of governors' instructions, 600 [394] petitions for relief after nullification of act of 1699, 556-60 right of appeal denied, 75-76, 142, 147, 148 [86], 149, 150-51, 160 discouraged, 659 opinion of Board of Trade, 141 opinion of Fitch, 161 opinion of Northey and Hawles, 144 opinion of Stanley, 143 [57] royal commission of 1664, 55, 56 see also Chartered colonies; New England Constitution use of word in 18th century, 526 "Contrary to the laws of England," see Legislation, colonial Conway, Sir Edward, royal commissioner in Jersey instructions, 25 [159]