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. AD NEW-YORK: W. E. DEAN, PRINTER & PUBLISHER, 2 ANN STREET, PHILADELPHIA: THOMAS COWPERTHWAIT & CO. 1841. Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1832, by WILLIAM E. DEAN, In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New-York. STEREOTYPED BY SMITH & WRIGHT, 216 Wm. St. N. Y. 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, 3. Courts military, 4. Courts maritime 2. Of private or special jurisdiction 21543 Chapter 1 II III IV ༈ VI 2. Of the cognizance of wrongs, in the courts |