Lawe, Nicholas, Chief Justice Jamaica Supreme 
Court, 193 
Lawes, Sir Nicholas, Governor of Jamaica, 195 
Lawyers, see Attorney General; Counsel; Crown 
law officers; King's Advocate; Solicitor; 
Solicitor General 
Learned counsel, 16 [87], 18 
Lebron, George, 283 [71] 
Lechford, Thomas 
on right of appeal in Mass., 45 [290] 
Lechmere, Anne Winthrop, 538, 539 [70], 542 
[86] 
Lechmere, Nicholas, Attorney and Solicitor 
General, 549 [127] 
on right of appeal from Isle of Man, 172 
Lechmere, Thomas, 355 [16], 538-51, 552 
[146]. 553 [147] 
Lee, Sir George, counsel, 277 [34], 289 [118], 
325 [335]. 375 [109], 377 
citation of Order in Council as precedent, 
481 
on Rhode Island "orthodox" Minister controversy, 
328, 481 
Lee, William, Chief Justice of King's Bench, 
324, 564 [222, 227], 565 [232, 234], 566 
[237, 238], 568 [241, 246, 247] 
on scope of prize jurisdiction, 520 
Leeward Islands 
act of 1715 for judicial establishment, &c, 
(disallowed), 251-52 
acts disallowed for omission of suspending 
clause, 605 
agent, see Cary, Richard 
appeal from general verdict believed impossible, 
354 
appeals regulation 
colonial legislation, 251-52, 262 
instructions, 81, 219 [23, 28], 229 [74], 
256-57 
to be followed in Grenada, 235 
appeals to Lords Committee, 73 
Chancellor, 347 
Chancery appeals, 88, 176, 354, 659, 660 
coffee house in London, 277 [32] 
complaints of Mead and Freeman, 202-03 
courts 
Chancery, 347 
Common Pleas, 204 
conciliar, control of, 658-59 
Court of Errors, 195, 354 [12] 
Governor and Council, 78, 195, 354 [12] 
King's Bench and Common Pleas, 354 
[12] 
Ordinary, 292 [133] 
criminal appeals regulations, 240 [128] 
enforcement of Orders in Council in, 341 
extension of acts of Parliament to, 474 
Governor, see Codrington, Christopher; Hart, 
John; Mathew, William; Parke, John; 
Thomas, George 
governor's instructions, 78, 81, 219 [23], 
229 [74]. 235. 240 [128], 271 
intracolonial appeals regulations, 78, 219 [23] 
intracolonial vice-admiralty appeals, 182, 195- 
96 
Secretary, see Smith, Wavel 
vice-admiralty appeals, 91, 182, 190 
see also Antigua; Dominica; Montserrat; 
Nevis; St. Christopher 
Legal advisers of Council 
composition, 18, 29-30 
jurisdiction, 20-22 
procedure, 19-20 
reference of matters to, 16, 18-22, 28-30, 38, 
63 
Le Geyt, Philip, jurat of Jersey, 282 [71] 
Le Geyt, Philip, 40 [261] 
Legislation, colonial 
analogy to acts of Parliament, 296, 570-71 
analogy to corporate by-laws, 523, 525-26, 
554, 556, 558, 559 [191]. 569-70, 631 
appeals regulation by, 82, 84-87, 153 [113], 
214, 224, 245, 246-61 
assent of governor necessary, 60 r 
confirmation of, legal effect, 248, 251, 565, 
566, 568, 569, 578 [300], 635, 636 
argument of Camm, 622 
opinion of Board of Trade, 251 
opinion of Mansfield, 512 
opinion of Northey, 570, 571 
opinion of Raymond, 570 [260] 
opinion of Yorke (P.) and Talbot, 571 
"contrary to laws of England" defined, 529- 
31, 550, 552, 555, 565, 566, 568, 578, 
589-91 
crown control of, 523 
disallowance of, 138, 155, 348, 373 [100], 
458, 465, 475 [29], 479, 492, 524, 596- 
97, 605-06, 612, 615 [470], 616-17 
disallowance of by governors directed, 528, 
598 
disallowance of 
by proprietors, 532, 534 [53] 
distinguished from failure to approve, 457 
[240] 
distinguished from nullification, 524, 534- 
35. 572, 577. 585. 623 [522], 626 
interrelation with appeal and complaint, 
158, 174-76 
legal effect, 524, 620, 626 [537] 
drafted unskillfully, 503-04, 513 
extension of English law to colonies by, 246 
[158], 475 [29]. 477-78, 479, 482, 484- 
87, 589