Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New Commentaries on the Laws of England: (Partly Founded on Blackstone)

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Butterworths, 1903

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Contents

666
lxxxvi
Of Cruelty to Children 215
xcvi
Inquest of Office
c
OF THINGS PERSONAL IN GENERAL AND OF PROPERTY THEREIN
cxii
Of Police Supervision 400
cxxiv
Of the Writ of Scire Facias
cxxxvi
Of Civil Informations
clxii
Of the History and Progress of our Military System 566
clxx
Of Interim Injunctions and Interim Receivers
clxxxii
Of Interpleader
cxcii
INDEX
ccxxx
Introduction
1
Of Chattels Personal
2
Of the Distinction between Crimes and Civil Injuries
3
continued
4
judicial decisions has also been adopted and
7
Of Choses in Possession and in Action
8
Of the Right to Inflict Punishment
9
Of the Nature of Laws in general
10
Of Bylaws
11
Of the Dissolution of Corporations
13
Of OverSeverity in Punishments
15
Of the Liability of Members and Directors
19
Of Idiocy or Lunacy
21
Of the Power of a Borough to obtain a Court of Quarter Sessions
29
Of Principals in the First and in the Second Degree
30
Of the House of Lords
34
Of Homicide
37
V
45
A In Actions commenced by Writ of Summons 639
46
Of Malice Aforethought
56
Of Petit Treason
63
Of the Councils belonging to the Sovereign
64
2943
65
Of Procuring Miscarriage and Concealment of Birth
69
OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL AUTHORITIES
70
Book I
77
Of Kidnapping and Child Stealing
78
Of Death 401
79
Of the Common Law and the Poor Relief Act 1601
80
Of the Privy Council
83
Of Publication of a Libel
84
continued PAGE
86
Of Poor Law Settlements
87
Book II
88
SECTION I continued PAGE
89
OF THINGS REAL
92
Of the Administration of the Poor Law
94
Of the Remedies for Breach of Contract
95
CHAP II
97
Of the Allowance of the Poor Rate
100
Of the Legal Effect of Contracts made by Agents
101
Of the Feudal System
103
Of the Clergy generally 631
104
Of Larceny by Statute
105
Of the Registration of Births
107
Of the Form of the Contract
108
Of Assault with intent to Rob
111
Of Sales by Factors etc
114
Of Free Socage and its Incidents
115
Of Fraudulent Misappropriations Mutilations and Falsifications
117
Of the Duties of the Bailee
120
Of Attainder 401
121
Of Industrial and Provident Societies
122
OF THE CIVIL GOVERNMENT 360
124
Of Forgery
125
Of Copyhold
126
Of Public Elementary Education
127
Of the Nature of the Contract
128
Of False Pretences
131
Of Estates
132
Of the Nature of the Contract
134
Of the Statutes of Limitation as applicable to Land 541
135
Of Fraudulent Debtors
138
Of Estates in Fee Simple Absolute
139
Of the Definition of the Contract
140
Of Pauper Schools
141
Of the Dedication of Highways
143
OF FREEHOLD ESTATES NOT OF INHERITANCE
145
Of the Recovery of the Penalty
146
Of Hackney and Stage Carriages
147
Of Tenant by the Curtesy of England
151
Of Presentation for Payment
152
Of Conveyances by Water
155
Of Jointure
158
Of the Contract itself
159
continued PAGE
160
CHAP V
161
Of the Ownership Registration and Transfer of Merchant Ships
164
Of Tenancies from Year to Year
165
Of Fire and Life Insurances
166
CHAP V
167
OF ESTATES UPON CONDITION
171
Of Freight pro ratâ itineris
172
CHAP VI
173
Of Forcible Entry and Detainer
178
Of Estate by Elegit
179
Of the Nature of Bills of Sale
180
continued PAGE
184
Of other Points under the Acts
186
Of the History of Bankruptcy Law
187
Of Defeating Contingent Remainders
190
Of Reviling the Ordinances of the Church
192
Of the Proceedings subsequent to Adjudication or Receiving
196
OF ESTATES IN SEVERALTY JOINT TENANCY COPARCENARY
197
Of the Crime against Nature
198
Of Lunatic Asylums
200
Of the Effect of the Bankruptcy on the Property of the Bankrupt
204
Of Tenancy in Common
205
Of Criminal Lunatics
207
Of Lewdness
209
Of the Doctrine of Uses prior to the Statute of Uses
212
Of Houses of Correction
213
Of the Bankrupts Discharge
215
Of Taking up Dead Bodies
217
Of the Estate of the Trustee
218
Of Public Houses 21
219
CHAP VII
221
OF TITLE TO THINGS PERSONAL AND FIRST OF TITLE
223
OF TITLE BY DESCENT
225
Of acquiring Personal Estate by Will and by Administration
226
Of Escape and Prison Breach
227
Of the Censorship of the Press
229
Of the Maxim Seisina facit Stipitem
230
Of Compounding of Felony
231
Of Escheats propter Defectum Sanguinis
248
Of the Protection of the Executor
251
continued PAGE
253
July 1903
254
OF TITLE BY OCCUPANCY
255
Of the Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction
256
CHAP VIII
259
OF TITLE BY FORFEITURE
260
CHAP XIV
261
Of Hostile Capture 13
263
Of Alienation by particular Tenants
267
Of the Reality of Consensus
269
Of Menial Servants
272
Of the present Law on the subject
275
Of Quarantine
278
Of Employers Liability for False Character
280
CHAP XVI
281
CHAP XVI
283
CHAP XI
285
Of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction over Marriage
286
Of the Reddendum
287
II Of Redress by the mere Act of the Law
290
continued PAGE
292
Of Attachments for Contempt
298
OF ORDINARY CONVEYANCES AND FIRST OF THOSE
299
Of the Evidence at the Trial 596
301
Of the Jurisdiction generally
302
Of the Foreign Marriages Act 1892
304
Of the Exchange
307
Of the Courts of the Commissioners of Sewers
309
Of the Married Womens Property Acts 1870 1882 1893
312
Of the Surrender
313
Of the Liability of the Husband for the Wifes Torts
318
Of the Lease and Release
319
Of Real Actions
320
Of Limitations to Uses in general
325
Of an Indictment
329
Of Damnum sine Injuriâ
330
Of Powers
331
Of the old Stannary Courts now the County Court of Corn
333
Of an Appeal abolished
337
Of the Fine and Recovery
338
Of Attainder and of Conviction and of their different operations
343
Of the Legal Disabilities of Bastards
344
Of Deeds to Lead and to Declare Uses
346
Of the Oxford and Cambridge University Courts
348
Of Guardianship by Nature
352
Of Deeds Acknowledged
353
CHAP XX
357
Of the Origin and History of Parliament
361
Of the Construction of Devises
363
Of Lapse 683
368
Of the House of Commons
369
Of the Courts of Lancaster and Durham
370
OF EXTRAORDINARY CONVEYANCES OR THOSE BY MATTER
374
Of the Laws and Customs relating to the House of Lords in par
376
46
377
Of the Royal Marines 577
379
Of the Criminal Evidence Act 1898
380
OF TITLE TO COPYHOLDS
381
Of the Qualifications of Electors for Boroughs
384
CHAP XIX
387
Of Devises of Copyholds
388
51
389
OF INCORPOREAL HEREDITAMENTS CALLED ALSO PURELY
393
Of the Disqualifications of Electors
394
Of issuing the Writs for Elections
401
858
403
Of the ThirtyNine Articles 670
405
Of Corrupt and Illegal Practices
407
Of Reversal without Error
411
Of Vacating a Seat in Parliament
415
continued PAGE
416
Of Incorporeal Hereditaments in general
418
Of the Adjournment Prorogation and Dissolution of Parliament
424
Of Ways
426
Of the Progress from the earliest Times to the Norman Conquest
427
Of the Monarchs Duty to govern according to Law
431
Of the Progress from the Norman Conquest to Edward I
435
Of Natural Born Subjects
437
Of the Hereditary Succession to the Crown
443
Of Injuries affecting Rights in Private Relations
445
Of Injuries affecting Public Rights
451
57
455
Of the Subjects of Equitable Jurisdiction
457
Of the Settled Land Acts
458
Of the Settled Land Actscontinued
460
Of the Husband of a Queen Regnant
461
Of Perpetuating Testimony
463
GENERAL INDEX
467
Equity acts in personam
469
Of the Limitation of the Royal Authority
477
Equity acts on the Conscience
478
OF REGISTRATION OF TITLE TO LAND
481
Of the Nature of the Royal Prerogative
483
Of the Nature of Trusts
485
Of Completely Constituted Trusts
493
73
498
Of Incompletely Expressed Trusts
500
CHAP XXVI
501
continued PAGE
505
Of the Estate Duty
507
Of the Administration of Trusts
508
Of his Right as the Fountain of Honour Office and Privilege
511
Of the Settlement Estate Duty
514
Of the Maxim that the King can do no wrong
517
Of Simony 685
519
74
522
Of the Exchequer
523
Of Mortgages
528
Of the Antient Revenue from Purveyance and Preemption
529
Of Courts
530
Of a Wifes Equity to a Settlement
535
84
537
Of Parliamentary Remonstrance against the Acts of the King
538
Of Royal Mines
541
Of Libel
542
I d
543
Of his Right of Embassy to Foreign States and of the Law
546
Of False Imprisonment or Malicious Arrest
548
Of the Customs
549
Of his Right to make War and Peace
552
Of the Stamp Duties
555
Of the Consolidated Fund and the Public Income
562

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