ON THE

LAWS OF ENGLAND.

IN FOUR BOOKS.

BY

SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, KNT.

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

WITH

NOTES SELECTED FROM THE EDITIONS OF ARCHBOLD, CHRISTIAN, COLERIDGE, CHITTY, STEWART
KERR, AND OTHERS,

BARRON FIELD'S ANALYSIS,

AND

Additional Notes, and a Life of the Author,

BY

GEORGE SHARSWOOD,

CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.-BOOKS III. & IV.

PHILADELPHIA:

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

1908

224057

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by

CHILDS & PETERSON,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

CONTENTS OF THE ANALYSIS OF BOOK
BOOK III.

PRIVATE WRONGS

far 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......

12. 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.........

Of the cognizance of wrongs, in the courts-

1. Ecclesiastical,

2 Military,

...............

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X.

XI.

XII

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII

XIX

XX

XXI.

5. Trial; by

(1. Record,

2. Inspection,

3. Witnesses,

4. Certificate,

5. Wager of battel,

6. Wager of law

7. Jury...

6. Judgment...

7. Appeal...

XXII

XXIII

XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVU

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