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ce of the office of chief justiciary, 336 _note_ r; functions of the court of exchequer, 336 and _note_ s, 425; institution of justices of assize, 337; establishment of the court of common pleas, 338; origin of the common law, 339; difference between the Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman systems of jurisprudence, 339, 340; complicated character of English laws, 341; necessity for a reformation of the statute-book, 342 and _note_; jurisdiction of the king's council, iii. 138-147, 249-257; safeguard for the independence of judges, 152 _note_ t; rarity of instances of illegal condemnation, 156-158; origin and jurisdiction of the court of chancery, 241-249. King's council (England), Jurisdiction of the, iii. 138; its composition, _ib._; its encroachments, 140; limitations on its power, 141; remonstrances of the commons, _ib._; its legislative status, 143; its frequent junction with the lords' house, 144-146 and _notes_; views of Sir F. Palgrave on the subject, 249-257. Knighthood. See Chivalry. Knights Templars, institution of the order of, i. 40; their large possessions and rapacity, _ib._ and _note_ s; question of their guilt or innocence, 138, 139; Count Purgstall's charges against them, 139-142; Raynouard's attempted refutation, 142; their estates and remarkable influence in Spain, ii. 8. Koran, characteristics of the, ii. 114-117. Labourers, amount of wages paid to, iii. 372, 373; degree of comfort thereby indicated, 373, 374 and _notes_. Ladislaus of Naples, accession of, i. 488; energy displayed by him, 489; his death, _ib._ Ladislaus of Hungary, defeat of the partisans of, ii. 105; his accession to the throne, _ib._; his death, _ib._; suspicions relative thereto, 106 _note_. Lambertazzi (Imilda de), pathetic story of, i. 402. Lancaster (duke of), ascendency of, over Edw. III. iii. 55; his ambitious projects, _ib._; cause of his retirement from court, 58; he curries favour with the commons, 65 and _note_ t; his quarrel with Arundel and Gloucester, 74; his marriage with Katherine Swineford, _ib._; his antenuptial children by her, 75; conduct of Richard II. on his death, 80. Lancastrians and Yorkists, wars of the, iii. 197. Lando (Michel di), cause of the elevation of, i. 435; his just exercise of power, 436;
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