COMMENTARIES

ON

сам

THE LAWS OF ENGLAND.

IN FOUR BOOKS.

BY SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, KNT.

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

THE SEVENTEENTH EDITION,

WITH THE LAST CORRECTIONS OF THE AUTHOR:

WITH NOTES AND ADDITIONS

BY EDWARD CHRISTIAN, Esq.

BARRISTER AT LAW,

THE DOWNING PROFESSOR OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND, and chief
JUSTICE OF the Isle of ELY;

ENLARGED AND CONTINUED

BY THE EDITOR OF WARTON'S HISTORY OF ENGLISH POETRY.

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IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY RICHARD TAYLOR, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET,
FOR THOMAS TEGG, CHEAPSIDE:

R. GRIFFIN, AND CO. GLASGOW; AND J. CUMMING, Dublin.

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THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY,

THE FOLLOWING VIEW

OF THE LAWS AND CONSTITUTION

OF ENGLAND,

THE IMPROVEMENT AND PROTECTION OF WHICH

HAVE DISTINGUISHED THE REIGN

OF HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL CONSORT,

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WITH ALL GRATITUDE AND HUMILITY,

MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

BY HER DUTIFUL

AND MOST OBEDIENT

SERVANT,

WILLIAM BLACKSTONE.