ON

THE LAWS OF ENGLAND.

BY

HERBERT BROOM, L.L.D.,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW; READER IN COMMON LAW TO THE INNS OF COURT;

AUTHOR OF "A SELECTION OF LEGAL MAXIMS," ETC.

AND

EDWARD A. HADLEY, M. A.,

OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW;
LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

WITH NOTES BY WILLIAM WAIT.

COUNSELOR-AT-LAW.

ALBANY, N. Y.
JOHN D. PARSONS, JR., LAW BOOK PUBLISHER.

1875.

Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-five,

BY JOHN D. PARSONS, JR.,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington,

WEED, PARSONS AND COMPANY, PRINTERS AND STEREOTYPERS,

ALBANY, N. Y.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

BOOK III.

PRIVATE WRONGS.

CHAPTER I.

OR. PAGE.

REDRESS OF PRIVATE WRONGS BY ACTS OF PARTIES... 1 to 10

The various modes of redressing a private wrong.

2

Redress by sole act of party injured..

3

self-defence.

3

recapture....

4

re-entry on land..

abatement of nuisance

5

distress...

6

seizure of heriot.

6

Redress by joint act of parties injured.

6

accord and satisfaction.

6

arbitration....

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CHAPTER II.

REDRESS OF PRIVATE WRONGS BY OPERATION OF LAW.. 11 to 18

Retainer ...

Set-off

Remitter ..

15

Marriage of debtor and creditor..

17

13

12 to 16

12

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14

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CHAPTER IV.

COURT OF CHANCERY..

The office of Lord Chancellor and its history

The twofold division of the Court of Chancery.