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,
COLLINS, KEESE & CO., 254 PEARL STREET.

PHILADELPHIA:

THOMAS COWPERTHWAIT & CO.