was the case, the expression 'coram ipso domino Rege is used," and Mr. Hunter goes on to prove that this was a real presence, and not a fictitious presence by a deputy.
   "II. The second portion of the Pine contains the names of the parties between whom the supposed suit takes place, and a specification of the lands, advowsons, rents, or other matters which are the subject of the transfer [or agreement]. The parties are called the Petentes and Tenentes, and sometimes the Querentes and Defortiantes. In the early Fines these terms rarely occur. Sometimes the parties appear by a representative, and this is generally the case with the religious communities, who appoint one of their own body as their attorney to proceed with the case, and he is, as the expression is,' positum loco suo ad lucrandum vel perdendum.' The description of the premises is generally short, the name of the Township or Manor in which the lands are situated being held a sufficient description, as 'a rent of two marks and a half in Harty,' ' one solin of land in East Ratling,' etc., 'eight acres of meadow in Sutton,' etc.; and it is rather in the latter part of the Fine, when the reservations are spoken of, that we have any minute particulars concerning the lands. But, in many of the Fines, there are particular facts or circumstances set forth when the lands are first mentioned, and these are sometimes of an interesting character.
   "III. The third portion of the Fine is the plea and the concession made by one of the parties. The form is often no more than this: ' Unde placitum fuit inter eos in prefata curia,' the simple assertion that a plea was raised between the parties; but " not unfrequently the supposed action proceeds upon some special plea, as 'placitum warantiae cartae,' etc. etc. All these pleas will be noticed specially as they occur, and we need not stop to enumerate them here, except to observe that, in a "few instances, there was a special point on which the