NEW

COMMENTARIES

ON

THE LAWS OF ENGLAND.

(PARTLY FOUNDED ON BLACKSTONE.)

BY

HENRY JOHN STEPHEN,

SERJEANT AT LAW.

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"For hoping well to deliver myself from mistaking, by the order and perspicuous expressing

of that I do propound, I am otherwise zealous and affectionate to recede as little from

antiquity, either in terms or opinions, as may stand with truth, and the proficience of know-
"ledge."-Lord Bac. Adv. of Learning.

Fourth Edition.

PREPARED FOR THE PRESS BY

JAMES STEPHEN, LL.D.,

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER AT LAW,

AND PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE
AT KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

BUTTERWORTHS, 7, FLEET STREET,
Law Publishers to the Queen's most excellent Majesty.

HODGES, SMITH & CO., GRAFTON STREET, DUBLIN.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY C. ROWORTH AND SONS,

BELL YARD, TEMPLE BAR.

OF THINGS PERSONAL IN GENERAL, AND OF PROPERTY THEREIN.

Of Chattels Personal

Of Moveables

Of Animals Feræ Naturæ

Of Incorporeal Chattels

Of Property in Possession and in Action

Of Absolute and Qualified Property

Of Interests by Way of Remainder in Chattels Personal

Of Joint Tenancy and Tenancy in Common in Chattels Personal

Of Equitable Interest in Chattels Personal

CHAP. II.

OF TITLE TO THINGS PERSONAL; AND, FIRST, OF TITLE BY OCCUPANCY.

Of the Capture of Animals Fera Naturæ, and the Law relating to