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COMMENTARIES

ON THE

L AWS 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.

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NEW-YORK:
W. E. DEAN, PRINTER & PUBLISHER, 2 ANN ST.

1848.