ON THE

LAWS OF ENGLAND:

IN FOUR BOOKS;

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13581

WITH

LIBRARY

OF

UNIVERSITY OF

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. I.-BOOK I. & II.

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J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.

1859.