COMMENTARIES

ON THE

LAWS OF ENGLAND:

IN FOUR BOOKS;

WITH

AN ANALYSIS OF THE WORK.

BY

SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, KNT.

ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS

IN TWO VOLUMES,

FROM THE NINETEENTH LONDON EDITION.

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, AND NOTES,

BY

CHRISTIAN, CHITTY, LEE, HOVENDEN, AND RYLAND

AND ALSO

REFERENCES TO AMERICAN CASES,

BY A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK BAR

VOL. II.-BOOK III. & IV

PHILADELPHIA:

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

1900.