of foreign trade;
  punishment of;
  forbidden to the merchants called grocers;
  forms forbidden;
  final definition of;
  of corn permitted in certain cases;
  of butter and cheese forbidden;
  by trusts. 
Entail created by statute of 1284. 
Equality, recognized in charter of Henry II;
  before the law in Magna Charta;
  guaranteed by statute of Westminster I.
Equity (see Chancery, Injunction),
  separate from law in some States. 
Equity jurisdiction (see also Chancery),
  jealousy of;
  its interference with the common law forbidden by statute of, 1311;
  in abductions;
  separate still. 
Eugenics, modern statutes recognizing. 
Evidence, compulsory intrust cases;
  legislation upon (see Incriminating Evidence). 
Exclusive contracts forbidden (see Trusts). 
Executive (see also King),
  usurpation of, under Henry VIII. 
Exemption laws for debtors. 
Exile (see Banishment) forbidden in Magna Charta. 
Experiments on. 
Exportation of wool forbidden 1337;
  corn, 1360;
  iron. 
Extortion and discrimination;
  unlawful under early common laws;
  rare in railway rates (see Elkins Act).

Factory legislation (see Hours of Labor, Labor),
  acts exist under police power;
  as to married women, etc.;
  the factory system, possible abolishment of;
  hours of labor limited;
  the factory acts;
  stores and dwellings. 
Fairs (see Markets). 
Farming on shares. 
Farms, labor on, no regulation of;
  State, frequently created. 
Federal and State jurisdiction, effects of;
  as to use of army;
  question as to prohibition laws. 
Federal government, powers of, in eminent domain. 
Federal incorporation (see Corporation, Trusts) effect of. 
Federal troops employed by President Cleveland. 
Federation of Labor (see Gompers, Samuel). 
Female labor, etc. (see Women). 
Ferries, charges of, regulated. 
Feudal system, imposition of, by Normans in England. 
Feudal tenures, abolished under Charles I;
  in United States. 
Fines must be reasonable principle dates from Westminster I.
Fish and game laws, first precedent in 1285;
  law protecting wild fowl under Henry VIII;
  snaring of birds forbidden. 
Fish, destruction of to enhance price made criminal in 1357;
  universally regrated in American markets;
  may not be carried out of England. 
Flume companies, eminent domain for. 
Food and drugs act (see Pure Food Laws, Trusts, etc.). 
Force bills (see Elections). 
Foreclosure of mortgages regulated by statute in United States. 
Forest reserves created in some States. 
Forestalling (see Trusts, Monopoly), first statute against;
  definition of;
  offence gradually lost sight of;