ON THE

LAWS OF ENGLAND:

IN FOUR BOOKS;

WITH

AN ANALYSIS OF THE WORK.

BY

SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, KNT.

ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

IN TWO VOLUMES,

FROM THE EIGHTEENTH LONDON EDITION.

WITH A

LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, AND NOTES:

BY

CHRISTIAN, CHITTY, LEE, HOVENDEN, AND RYLAND:

AND ALSO

REFERENCES TO AMERICAN CASES,

BY A MEMBER OF THE NEW-YORK BAR.

VOL. I.-BOOK I. & II.

A

NEW YORK:

W. E. DEAN, PRINTER & PUBLISHER, 2 ANN STREET.
COLLINS, KEESE & CO., 254 PEARL STREET.

1838.