A. 4. Of the actio non, 280.
§ 5. Of the body and substance of the plea, 280.
§ 6. The conclusion of the plea, 282.
A. 1. Conclusion to the country, 282.
A. 2. Conclusion with a verification, 284.
C. 7. Of replications, 285.
S. 1. General nature of replications, 285.
S. 2. Form of the replication, 287.
§ 1. Of the title of the court and term, 287.
§ 2. Of replication to new matter, 287.
A. 1. Of the commencement of the replication, 287.
A. 2. Of the body or substance of the replication, 288.
1. Replication by matter of estoppel, 288.
2. Of the denial of the plea, 288.
A. 2. The issue must be on a single and certain point, 308.
A. 3. It must be upon a material point, 308.
§ 2. Of the kinds of issues, 309.
A. 1. Of material and immaterial issues, 309.
A. 2. Of issues in law and in fact, 310.
1. Of issues in law, 310.
2. Of an issue in fact, 310.
A. 3. Of formal and informal issues, 312.
A. 4. Of actual and feigned issues, 312.
§ 3. How issues are procured, 313.
S. 4. Of repleaders and judgments non obstante veredicto, 314.
S. 5. Of pleas puis darrein continuance, 315.
§ 1. In what cases allowed, 315.
§ 2. When to be pleaded, 316.
§ 3. Effect of plea puis darrein continuance, 316.
§ 4. Form of such plea, 317.
C. 9. Of demurrers, 317.
S. 1. Of the form of a demurrer, 318.
§ 1. Of general demurrers, 318.
2. Of special demurrers, 318.
S. 2. To what pleadings there may be a demurrer, 320.
C. 11. Of the trial, 323.
S. 1. Of the nature and kinds of trials, 323.
S. 2. Of the calling of the trial list, 325.
S. 3. Of proceeding in the course of the trial, 327.
§ 1. Of the jury, 327.
A. 1. Of the selection of the jury, 329.
A. 2. Of the challenge of the jurors, 329.
A. 3. Of swearing the jury, 331.
2. Of opening the case, 332.
A. 1. Of the right of opening, 332.
A. 2. Of the manner of opening, 333.
1. Of the statement of the plaintiff's claim, 333.
2. Of the statement of the plaintiff's evidence, 334.
3. Of the statement of the points of law, 334.
4. Of the anticipation of the expected defence, 335.
Div. 1. Of the nature, objects, instruments and effects of the evi-
dence, 338.
A. 1. Of the nature of the evidence, 339.
1. Of primary evidence, 339.
2. Of secondary evidence, 341.
3. Of positive evidence, 343.
4. Of circumstantial or presumptive evidence, 344.
1° Of legal presumptions, 345.
2o Of natural presumptions, 352.
5. Of hearsay, 353.
8. Of relevant and irrelevant evidence, 366.
A. 2. Of the object of evidence, 367.
1. Substance of the issue must be proved, 367.
2. Evidence must be confined to the issue, 368.
3. The affirmative of the issue must be proved, 369.
A. 3. Of the instruments by which facts are established, 371.
1. Of records and public documents, 371.
1° Of their nature, 371.
(1). Of legislative records, 372.
(2). Of judicial records, 373.
1° Of the means used to obtain the attendance of witnesses,
410.
2o Of the character of the witnesses, 419.
(1). Of the quality of the facts to be proved, 420.
(2). Of the qualities of the persons of the witnesses, 423.
1st. Of persons who want understanding, 427.
2d. Of persons interested, 428.
3d. Of persons incompetent by policy of law, 432.
4th. Of persons wanting religious principles, 443.
5th. Of infamous persons, 445.
(i.) The crimes and punishment which are infamous,
445.
(ii.) The proof of the guilt, 446.
(iii.) The removal of the disability, 447.
(iv.) Effect of the conviction of an infamous crime, 448.
3o Of the number of witnesses, 448.
A. 4. Effect of the evidence, 449.
1. Of foreign judgments, 449.
2. Of foreign laws, 450.
3. Of parol evidence, 450.
Div. 2. Of the manner of giving evidence, 450.
A. 1. Of the form of the oath and affirmation, 451.
1. Of the objections to witnesses, 454.
2. Of the restoration of the capacity of witness, 455.
A. 2. Of the examination of witnesses for plaintiff, 457.
A. 3. Of the cross-examination, 465.
A. 4. Order of calling witnesses, 467.
A. 5. Of opening for defendant, 468.
A. 6. Of examination of witnesses for defendant, 468.
A. 7. Of rebutting evidence, 469.
A. 8. Of impeaching witnesses, 469.
§ 4. Of bills of exceptions, 472.
A. 1. In what cases a bill of exceptions may be had, 474.
A. 2. When the exception must be made, 475.
A. 3. When the bill must be signed, 476.
A. 4. Form of the bill of exceptions, 477.
A. 5. Of the effect of the bill of exceptions, 478.
§ 5. Of demurrers to evidence, 478.
§ 6. Of the arguments of counsel, 483.
A. 1. General observations, 483.
A. 2. Speech of counsel for plaintiff, 488.
A. 3. Speech for the defendant, 490.
A. 4. Of the reply of the plaintiff, 490.
§ 7. Charge to the jury, 491.
A. 1. Form of the charge, 491.
A. 2. Exceptions to the charge, 493.
8. Of the verdict, 493.
A. 1. Of considering the verdict, 493.
A. 2. Of rendering the verdict, 495.
A. 3. Of the kinds of verdicts, 496.
1. Of a privy verdict, 496.
2. Of a public verdict, 497.
3. Of general verdicts, 497.
4. Of special verdicts, 498.
A. 4. Of the requisites of a verdict, 499.
1. Of the conformity of the verdict with the issue, 500.
2. Of the certainty of the verdict, 500.
A. 5 Of the amendment of verdicts, 501.
C. 12. Of the proceedings after trial and before judgment, 502.
§ 1. For matters which arose before or in the course of the trial, 504.
A. 1. Of want of notice, 504.
A.2. Of irregularity in impanelling the jury, 504.
A. 3. Of the admission of illegal, and the rejection of legal evi-
dence, 505.
A. 4. Of the misdirection of the judge, 506.
$2. For the wrongful acts of the successful party, 507.
§3. On account of the conduct of the jurors, 509.
§ 4. A new trial will be granted when the verdict is against law and
the evidence, 509.
§ 5. It will be granted on account of newly discovered evidence, 511.
A. 1. Of the nature of the newly discovered evidence, 511.
A. 2. Of the discovery of the new evidence, 511.
6. New trial will be granted on account of surprise, 512.
7. When for excessive damages, 514.
8. When for inadequate damages, 514.
9. When on the ground of the perjury of a witness, 515.
S. 2. Of arrest of judgment, 515.
1. When for defects in the pleadings, 516.
2. When for defects in the verdict, 519.
A. 4. Of the return of the writ of error, and proceedings before the
assignment of errors, 546.
A. 5. Of the assignment of errors, 548.
A. 6. Of pleas in error, 550.
A. 7. Of the issue, 551.
A. 8. Of the judgment in error, 552.
S. 3. Of the remedy by certiorari, 556.
§ 1. Of the mode of obtaining a certiorari, 558.
§ 2. How a certiorari is to be returned, 558.
§ 3. How a certiorari operates as a supersedeas, 559.
§ 4. When a procedendo will be ordered, 559.
S. 4. Of the remedy by writ of false judgment, 559.
C. 15. Of execution, 560.
S. 1. Of the right to issue an execution, 561.
S. 2. Of the form of executions, 562.
S. 3. Of the time when an execution should be issued, 563.
S. 4. Of the effect of an execution, 564.
S. 5. Of the several kinds of executions, 565.
§ 1. Executions considered as to their end, 565.
2. Executions considered as to the objects they are to act upon, 565.
A. 1. Of executions to recover specific things, 565.
A. 2. Of executions for the recovery of money, 568.
1. Of executions against the body, 568.
2. Of executions against the goods, chattels and land, 571.
1° Of the fieri facias, 571.
(1). Of the form of the writ, 572.
(2). Of the effect of the writ, 572.
(3) Of the execution of the writ, 575.
(4). What goods may be seized and sold under a fieri facias,
576.
(5). Of the effect of seizure of personal property, 578.
(6). Of the seizure and sale of land under execution, 579.
(7). Of the return of the fieri facias, 582.
2o Of the venditioni exponas, 582.
3o Of the levari facias, 584.
4° Of the elegit, 584.
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