Prerogative, royal, 84, 91, 124, 133 [10], 169, 
204, 212, 418, 466, 580, 590, 605, 608 
[444], 610, 614, 635, 636, 648, 652, 656 
altered by Revolution of 1688, 91 [97] 
basis of legislative review, 524 
effect of colonial legislation on, 84 [74], 
251, 484, 577, 622 
effect of Northington's opinion on, 499 
in dominions overseas, 88, 467-70, 529, 558 
in dominions overseas, administrative practice, 
470 
in dominions overseas, opinion of Coke, 
468-69, 656 
in dominions overseas, opinion of Fane, 558 
in dominions overseas, opinions of Holt and 
Jeffreys, 470 
in dominions overseas, policy of crown, 475- 
76 
in dominions overseas, recognized by Parliament, 
470 
in settling boundary disputes, 422, 457, 461 
limiting effect on colonial legislation, 582 
nullification of Channel Islands legislation 
by, 596 
of allowing appeals, 58 [381], 84 [74], 141, 
142, 143, 144, 159, 172, 175, 252, 253, 
400, 402, 429 
of granting pardons, 632 
of regulating money, 603 [404], 604 [405] 
Prerogative writs, 10 [56], 212 [443] 
President of the Council, Lord, 30, 289, 315 
[281, 282], 323, 326 [338], 375 [1091. 
427 [59]. 442, 575 [288]; see also Bedford, 
Duke of; Devonshire, Duke of; Dorset, Duke 
of; Granville, Earl of; Northington, Lord; 
Pembroke, Earl of; Wilmington, Earl of 
Pretorian appeals, 404 
Prince Edward Island, 597 [370] 
Privy Council, 3, 134, 207, 296, 409, 594, 595, 
639 [578], 657 
analogy to House of Lords, 655 
ancillary bodies employed, 25, 37, 344-50; 
see also Board of Trade; Council for 
Trade and Plantations; legal advisers; 
royal commissions; etc. 
appeals policy, absence of, 365, 416 
appeals policy, opinion of W. Smith Jr., 393- 
94 
appeals regulations, see Appeals regulations 
appeal to, see Appeal to Privy Council 
appellate procedure 
abuses of, 31-34, 38 
in Channel Islands cases, 96-99, 282-84 
legal practitioners, 272-73, 276 
precedent for in Channel Islands cases, 5, 
61, 70, 77, 87, 171, 215 
reform opportunity lost, 351-52 
simplicity of, 662 
summary nature of, 272 
treatises on, 272 
under Elizabeth, 14-19 
under first Stuarts, 34-37 
weaknesses of, 276 
appraisal of, 464-65, 653, 654-63 
attendance, 12-13, 25, 38 [244], 64 
clerk, 24 [138], 39 [252], 273, 292 [133], 
307 [229], 312 [269], 315 [282], 381 
[144], 410, 464, 498, 595 [366], 624 
Committee for Foreign Plantations, 44 
Committee for Grievances, 69-70 
Committee for Guernsey Appeals, 64 
Committee for Hearing Appeals from the 
Plantations, 72, 129 [361, 363], 135, 663- 
64 
committee for Jersey and Guernsey affairs, 
65. 97. 98. 528 
committee for Jersey appeals, 31, 64 
Committee for Trade, 64 
committee system, 25, 30-31, 38, 39, 44, 63, 
64. 97, 135 
Committee to consider Irish Bills, 136-37 
complaint jurisdiction, 16, 23-25, 36, 108, 
112, 128, 160, 168, 171, 174, 202-6, 227 
[67], 448 
composition of, 12, 25, 137, 401, 464, 662- 
63 
control of colonial justice, 41-45, 138, 658- 
59, 660 
Council Board, 99, 137, 146 [72], 153 
Council Board, confused with Lords Com- 
missioners for Prize Appeals, 186, 188 
[307], 200 
Council Board, functions, 137-38 
Council Board, hears Bayard appeal, 304 
Councils for Trade and for Plantations, 65 
Council Office in Whitehall, 273, 275, 283, 
321 
determinations, enforcement of, 13, 33-34, 
100, 103-4, 120-21, 205 [396], 317, 323, 
328-44 
determinations, precedential value of, 464, 
478, 480-82, 506, 568-69, 660-61 
determinations, reports of, 481, 506, 660-61 
emergence as quasi-entity, 10 
failure to achieve reforms, 663 
failure to adhere to consistent policy, 662- 
63 
failure to revise instructions, 662 
functions, nature of, 316-17 
ignorance of colonial conditions, 657 
impartiality doubted, 326-28 
intervention in criminal cases, 241-43 
intervention in Va., 44 
Irish Bill Committee, 136-37