COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND; IN FOUR BOOKS, BY SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, KNIGHT, ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. NO ABRIDGED AS TO RETAIN ALL PORTIONS OF THE ORIGINAL WORK WHICH ARE OF HISTORICAI WITH NOTES, AND REFERENCES TO AMERICAN DECISIONS; FOR THE USE OF AMERICAN STUDENTS. BY GEORGE CHASE, LL. B., PROFESSOR OF LAW IN THE NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL, NEW YORK CITY, AND DEAN OF (AMERICAN EDITION). THIRD EDITION. BANKS & COMPANY, ALBANY, N. Y. 1910 NOTE TO SECOND EDITION. To this edition several appendixes have been added, containin special information for the assistance of the student; also a new and much fuller index than was contained in the former edition. Such changes have also been made in the notes as were necessary to adapt them to the present state of the law; and additional cases of value have been cited. NEW YORK, Fanuary, 1884. G. C. NOTE TO THIRD EDITION. In this edition an additional appendix has been inserted, contat ing a translation of the Latin, French, and other foreign expressions used by Blackstone. Important additions have also been made to the other appendixes. The notes running through the body of the work have beet brought down to date by necessary changes and the citation of recent cases. NEW YORK, October, 1890. G. C. 15745 |