ON THE

LAWS OF ENGLAND.

IN FOUR BOOKS.

BY

SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, KNT.

OXE OF THE JUSTICES OF HIS MAJESTY'S COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

WITH

NOTES SELECTED FROM THE EDITIONS OF ARCHBOLD, CHRISTIAN, COLERIDGE, CHITTY, STEWART,

KERR, AND OTHERS,

BARRON FIELD'S ANALYSIS,

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AND

Additional Notes, and a Life of ine Füthor,

BY

GEORGE SHARSWOOD,

1

PROFESSOR OF THE INSTITUTES OF LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA,

THE NEW YOP.K PUBLIC LIBRARY

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CONTENTS OF THE ANALYSIS OF BOOK Ill.

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........ CHAPTER I.

11.

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III.

IV

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V

VI.

PRIVATE WRONGS.

Fır which the laws of England have provided redress,

I. By the mere act of the parties.....

II. By the mere operation of law ...

| III. By both together, or suit in courts; wherein

(1. Of courts; and therein of

s 1. Their nature and incidents........

12. Their several distinctions; viz.

1. Of public or general jurisdiction; as,

11. The courts of common law and equity...

2. Ecclesiastical courts,

3. Courts military,

4. Courts maritime....

2. Of private or special jurisdiction..

2 Of the cognizance of wrongs, in the courts

1. Ecclesiastical,

2 Military,

3. Maritime.....

4. Of common law; wherein

(1. Of the respective remedies, for injuries affecting

1. The rights of private persons

s 1. Absolute,

2. Relative ...

2. The rights of property

(1. Personal,

1. In possession; by

s 1. Dispossession,

12. Damage,

2. In action; by breach of contracts....

2. Real ; by

1. Ouster, or dispossession of

1. Freeholds....

VII.

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X.

XI.
XII

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

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2. Trespass

3. Nuisance..

4. Waste

5. Subtraction.

6. Disturbance..

3. The rights of the crown

2. Of the pursuit of remedies,

(1. By action at common law; wherein of

11. Original

2. Process

3. Pleading....

4. Demurrer and issue... ................................................

5. Trial : by

11. Record,

2. Inspection,

3. Witnesses,

4. Certificate,

5. Wager of battel,

6. Wager of law

7. Jury..

6. Judgment.

7. Appeal

8. Execution..

2. By proceedings in the courts of equity