ON THE

Laws of England

IN FOUR BOOKS

BY

SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, Knight

One of the Justices of His Majesty's Court of Common Pleas

WITH

NOTES SELECTED FROM THE EDITIONS OF ARCHBOLD, CHRISTIAN, COLE
RIDGE, CHITTY, STEWART, KERR, AND OTHERS; AND IN ADDITION

NOTES AND REFERENCES TO ALL TEXT BOOKS AND

DECISIONS WHEREIN THE COMMENTARIES HAVE

BEEN CITED, AND ALL STATUTES
MODIFYING THE TEXT

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1897,
By REES WELSH & COMPANY,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

CONTENTS OF THE ANALYSIS OF BOOK III.

PRIVATE WRONGS.

For 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

1. Their nature and incidents.

2. Their several distinctions; viz.

1. Of public or general jurisdiction; as,

1. 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,

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XXIII.

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