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

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SUTES SELECTED FROM THE EDITIONS OF ARCHBOLD, CHRISTIAN, COLERIDGE, CHITTY, STEWART

KERR, AND OTHERS,

BARRON FIELD'S ANALYSIS,

AND

Idditional 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

24037

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 THIE ANALYSIS OF BOOK III.

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........... CHAPTER I

II.

III

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IV

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V

VI

VII.

VIII

PRIVATE WRONGS

Par 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.

11. 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........

2 Of the cognizance of wrongs, in the courts

1. Ecclesiastical,

2 Military,

3. Maritime.....

4. Of common law; wherein

1. Of the respective remedies, for injuries affecting

(1. The rights of private persons

S 1. Absolute,

2. Relative

2. The rights of property

11. Personal,

1. In possession; by

s 1. Dispossession,

12. Damage,

| 2. În action ; by breach of contracts..........

2. Real; by

(1. Ouster, or dispossession of

1. Freeholds....

2. Chattels real................................

2. Trespass ..

3. Nuisance

4. Waste

5. Subtraction ....

| 6. Disturbance....

3. The rights of the crown ... ... ..........

2. Of the pursuit of remedies,

[1. By action at common law; wherein of

(1. Original

2. Process

3. Pleading....

4. Demurrer and issue...

6. Trial; by

1. Record,

2. Inspection,

3. Witnesses,

4. Certificate,

5. Wager of battel,

6. Wager of law

7. Jury...

6. Judgment.

7. Appeal..

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X.

XI.

XII

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

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XIX

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XXI.