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Commentaries on the Laws of England in Four Books, vol. 1

A two volume edition of the classic work on English law by Blackstone. This edition is interesting because it includes the commentaries of at least 5 previous editors of Blackstone’s work along with additional notes by Sharswood, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Vol. 1 contains the Introduction to the Study of the Laws of England, Book I Of the Rights of Persons, and Book II The Rights of Things.

Commentaries on the Laws of England in Four Books. Notes selected from the editions of Archibold, Christian, Coleridge, Chitty, Stewart, Kerr, and others, Barron Field’s Analysis, and Additional Notes, and a Life of the Author by George Sharswood. In Two Volumes. (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1893). Vol. 1 - Books I & II.

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PREFACE BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
PREFACE.
POSTSCRIPT.
A MEMOIR OF SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE,
CONTENTS OF THE ANALYSIS OF BOOK I.
ANALYSIS.
CONTENTS OF THE ANALYSIS OF BOOK II. THE RIGHTS OF THINGS.
ANALYSIS.
INTRODUCTION. Of the Study, Nature, and Extent of the Laws of England.
SECTION I.: ON THE STUDY OF THE LAW.†
SECTION II.: OF THE NATURE OF LAWS IN GENERAL.
SECTION III.: OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND.
SECTION IV.: OF THE COUNTRIES SUBJECT TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND.
COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND.
BOOK THE FIRST. Of the Rights of Persons.
CHAPTER I.: OF THE ABSOLUTE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS.
CHAPTER II.: OF THE PARLIAMENT.
CHAPTER III.: OF THE KING, AND HIS TITLE.
CHAPTER IV.: OF THE KING’S ROYAL FAMILY.
CHAPTER V.: OF THE COUNCILS BELONGING TO THE KING.
CHAPTER VI.: OF THE KING’S DUTIES.
CHAPTER VII.: OF THE KING’S PREROGATIVE.
CHAPTER VIII.: OF THE KING’S REVENUE.
CHAPTER IX.: OF SUBORDINATE MAGISTRATES.
CHAPTER X.: OF THE PEOPLE, WHETHER ALIENS, DENIZENS, OR NATIVES.
CHAPTER XI.: OF THE CLERGY.
CHAPTER XII.: OF THE CIVIL STATE.
CHAPTER XIII.: OF THE MILITARY AND MARITIME STATES.
CHAPTER XIV.: OF MASTER AND SERVANT.
CHAPTER XV.: OF HUSBAND AND WIFE.
CHAPTER XVI.: OF PARENT AND CHILD.
CHAPTER XVII.: OF GUARDIAN AND WARD.
CHAPTER XVIII.: OF CORPORATIONS.
BOOK THE SECOND. Of the Rights of Things.
CHAPTER I.: OF PROPERTY, IN GENERAL.
CHAPTER II.: OF REAL PROPERTY; AND, FIRST, OF CORPOREAL HEREDITAMENTS
CHAPTER III.: OF INCORPOREAL HEREDITAMENTS.
CHAPTER IV.: OF THE FEODAL SYSTEM.
CHAPTER V.: OF THE ANCIENT ENGLISH TENURES
CHAPTER VI.: OF THE MODERN ENGLISH TENURES.
CHAPTER VII.: OF FREEHOLD ESTATES OF INHERITANCE.
CHAPTER VIII.: OF FREEHOLDS, NOT OF INHERITANCE.
CHAPTER IX.: OF ESTATES LESS THAN FREEHOLD.
CHAPTER X.: OF ESTATES UPON CONDITION.
CHAPTER XI.: ESTATES IN POSSESSION, REMAINDER, AND REVERSION.
CHAPTER XII.: OF ESTATES IN SEVERALTY, JOINT-TENANCY, COPARCENARY, AND COMMON.
CHAPTER XIII.: OF THE TITLE TO THINGS REAL, IN GENERAL.
CHAPTER XIV.: OF TITLE BY DESCENT.
CHAPTER XV.: OF TITLE BY PURCHASE AND I. BY ESCHEAT.
CHAPTER XVI.: II. OF TITLE BY OCCUPANCY.
CHAPTER XVII.: III. OF TITLE BY PRESCRIPTION.
CHAPTER XVIII.: IV. OF TITLE BY FORFEITURE.
CHAPTER XIX.: V. OF TITLE BY ALIENATION.
CHAPTER XX.: OF ALIENATION BY DEED.
CHAPTER XXI.: OF ALIENATION BY MATTER OF RECORD.
CHAPTER XXII.: OF ALIENATION BY SPECIAL CUSTOM.
CHAPTER XXIII.: OF ALIENATION BY DEVISE.
CHAPTER XXIV.: OF THINGS PERSONAL.
CHAPTER XXV.: OF PROPERTY IN THINGS PERSONAL.
CHAPTER XXVI.: OF TITLE TO THINGS PERSONAL BY OCCUPANCY.
CHAPTER XXVII.: OF TITLE BY PREROGATIVE AND FORFEITURE.
CHAPTER XXVIII.: OF TITLE BY CUSTOM.
CHAPTER XXIX.: OF TITLE BY SUCCESSION, MARRIAGE, AND JUDGMENT.
CHAPTER XXX.: OF TITLE BY GIFT, GRANT, AND CONTRACT.
CHAPTER XXXI.: OF TITLE BY BANKRUPTCY.
CHAPTER XXXII.: OF TITLE BY TESTAMENT, AND ADMINISTRATION.
APPENDIX.
No. I.: VETUS CARTA FEOFFAMENTI.
No. II.: MODERN CONVEYANCE BY LEASE AND RELEASE.
SECT. 1.: LEASE OR BARGAIN AND SALE, FOR A YEAR.
SECT. 2.: DEED OF RELEASE.
No. III.: AN OBLIGATION, OR BOND, WITH CONDITION FOR THE PAYMENT OF MONEY.
No. IV.: A FINE OF LANDS SUR COGNIZANCE DE DROIT, COME CEO, c.
SECT. 1.: WRIT OF COVENANT, OR PRÆCIPE.
SECT. 2.: THE LICENSE TO AGREE.
SECT. 3.: THE CONCORD.
SECT. 4.: THE NOTE OR ABSTRACT.
SECT. 5.: THE FOOT, CHIROGRAPH, OR INDENTURES OF THE FINE.
SECT. 6.: PROCLAMATIONS, ENDORSED UPON THE FINE, ACCORDING TO THE STATUTES.
No. V.: A COMMON RECOVERY OF LANDS WITH* DOUBLE VOUCHER.
SECT. 1.: WRIT OF ENTRY SUR DISSEISIN IN THE POST, OR PRÆCIPE.
SECT. 2.: EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE RECOVERY-ROLL.