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

Butterworths, 1903

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Of Absolute and Qualified Property . . . . . . Of Choses in Possession and in Action
. . . . . . Of Executory Interests in Chattels Personal . . . Of Joint Tenancy and
Tenancy in Common in Chattels Personal Of Equitable Interests in Chattels
Personal ...

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With respect to all animals fere natura , they are no longer the property of a man
than while they continue in his keeping or actual possession . If at any time they
regain their natural liberty , his property in them instantly ceases , unless indeed ...

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... either choses in possession , or else choses in action , a distinction which is
attended with certain important consequences in the law . Choses in possession
are those chattels of which a man has the enjoyment either actual or constructive
.

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and the bailee has the possession , but only a temporary right . There is therefore
a qualified property in them both ; aad each of them is entitled to an action
against any stranger by whom the goods are wrongfully damaged or taken away
...

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With regard to choses in action , these are things of which a man has not the
possession ( either actual or constructive ) , but merely the right to recover it by
action . They comprise not only corporeal things not in possession of the owner ,
but ...

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PART I	2

continued	13

continued	16

OF TITLE BY INVENTION	21

Of Patent Rights	35

Of Designs	44

Of the Nature of the Contract	46

680	49

Of the Power of Parents over their Children	338

Of the Legal Disabilities of Bastards	344

Of Guardianship by Nature	352

OF THE PARLIAMENT	361

Of the Privileges of Parliament	396

Of the Election of Members of the House of Commons	404

Of the Return	412

continued PAGE	416

Of Donatio Mortis Causa	53

Of the Intention to create Legal Relations	61

OF THE CIVIL GOVERNMENT	71

Of the Legal Capacity of Parties	78

682	95

Of the General Nature and Modes of Formation	103

Of the Nature of a Sale	109

SECTION IV	119

SECTION V	128

SECTION X	134

SECTION VII	140

Of Presentation for Acceptance	154

Of Fire and Life Insurances	166

SECTION XII	173

Of Alterations in a Bill or Note	174

SECTION XIII	180

OF TITLE BY BANKRUPTCY	187

Of the Proceedings subsequent to Adjudication or Receiving	196

Of the Effect of the Bankruptcy on the Property of the Bankrupt	204

Of the Bankrupts Discharge	215

CHAP VII	221

Of the present Power of bequeathing Personalty	228

Of the Solemnities of Wills	234

Of Administration cum testamento annexo	243

Of Payment of the Debts	249

continued PAGE	253

OF SOME MIXED OR IRREGULAR SUBJECTS OF PROPERTY	260

Of Shares in Public Undertakings Connected with Land	267

OF MASTER AND SERVANT	271

CHAP I	273

683	277

Of Employers Liability for False Character	281

CHAP II	287

2	303

Of the Married Womens Property Acts 1870 1882 1893	312

Of the Liability of the Husband for the Wifes Torts	318

continued PAGE	319

Of Divorce	325

OF PARENT AND CHILD	331

Of the Adjournment Prorogation and Dissolution of Parliament	424

OF THE MONARCH IN HIS GENERAL RELATION TO THE PEOPLE	430

Of Local Allegiance	436

Of Foreign Protestants	442

Of the Exclusion Bill	455

Of the Husband of a Queen Regnant	461

Of the Councils belonging to the Sovereign	466

Of the Judicial Committee	474

Of the Free Administration of the Law in the Courts of Justice	480

Of the Maxim that the King can do no wrong	486

Of his Right to make Treaties	493

Of the History and Progress of our Military System	498

Of his Right to appoint Ports and Havens	499

continued PACE	505

Of his Right as the Fountain of Honour Office and Privilege	511

Of his Right to stamp and regulate the Current Coin	517

OF THE ROYAL REVENUE	523

Of the Antient Revenue from Purveyance and Preemption	529

Of Royal Mines	541

Of the Customs	549

Of the Post Office	555

Of the Consolidated Fund and the Public Income	562

Of the Yeomanry and other Volunteers	564

Of the Degrees of Nobility	588

OF MAGISTRATES AND OTHER PUBLIC OFFICERS	594

Of Liberties within Counties	601

Of the Under Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff	609

Of Constables	629

Of Ecclesiastical Property in General	634

Of Perpetual Curates	651

OF THE DOCTRINES AND WORSHIP OF THE CHURCH AND HEREIN	670

Of Lapse	683

Of New ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICTS AND PARISHES AND OTHER	705

Of Controverted Elections	728

601	734

INDEX	739

11	751

613	762

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Title	Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New Commentaries on the Laws of England: (Partly Founded on Blackstone) 2. köide of Mr. Serjeant Stephen's New Commentaries on the Laws of England:, Henry John Stephen
Author	Henry John Stephen
Edition	14
Publisher	Butterworths, 1903
Original from	Harvard University
Digitized	8 mai 2008

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