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, BARRON FIELD'S ANALYSIS, AND Additional Notes, and a Life of the Author, BY GEORGE SHARSWOOD, PROFESSOR OF THE INSTITUTES OF LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II.-BOOKS III. & IV. PHILADELPHIA: CHILDS & PETERSON, 602 ARCH STREET. 1860. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. STEREOTYPED BY L. JOHNSON AND CO. PRINTED BY DEACON & PETERSON. CONTENTS OF THE ANALYSIS OF BOOK III. PRIVATE WRONGS. -the laws of England have provided redress, 11y the mere act of the parties........ by the mere operation of law........ 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....... 2. Of the cognizance of wrongs, in the courts . 1. Ecclesiastical, |