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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798798603321

Autore

Blackstone William

Titolo

Commentaries on the laws of England . Book II Of rights of things / / William Blackstone ; with an introduction, notes, and textual apparatus by Simon Stern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-19-187064-1

0-19-107760-7

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (466 p.)

Collana

Oxford Edition of Blackstone

Disciplina

346.42043

Soggetti

Land tenure - Law and legislation - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Commentaries on the Laws of England ; Copyright; Contents; Editor's Introduction to Book II; Publication and Editions of Book II; Reception of Book II; Blackstone's Treatment of Property; Blackstone's Sources; The Influence of Book II; Acknowledgements; Note to the Reader; Abbreviations; General abbreviations; Bibliographical abbreviations; Chapter the first: Of property, in general; Chapter the second: Of real property;  and, first, of corporeal hereditaments; Chapter the third: Of incorporeal hereditaments; Chapter the fourth: Of the feodal system

Chapter the fifth: Of the antient englishtenuresChapter the sixth: Of the modern english tenures; Chapter the seventh: Of freehold estates, of inheritance; Chapter the eighth: Of freeholds, not of inheritance; Chapter the ninth: Of estates, less than freehold; Chapter the tenth: Of estates upon condition; Chapter the eleventh: Of estates in possession, remainder, and reversion; Chapter the twelfth: Of estates in severalty, joint-tenancy, coparcenary, and common; Chapter the thirteenth: Of the title to things real, in general; Chapter the fourteenth: Of title by descent

Chapter the fifteenth: Of title by purchase, and first by escheatChapter the sixteenth: Of title by occupancy; Chapter the seventeenth: Of title by prescription; Chapter the eighteenth: Of title by forfeiture; Chapter



the nineteenth: Of title by alienation; Chapter the twentieth: Of alienation by deed; Chapter the twenty first: Of alienation by matter of record; Chapter the twenty second: Of alienation by special custom; Chapter the twenty third: Of alienation by devise; Chapter the twenty fourth: Of things personal; Chapter the twenty fifth: Of property in things personal

Chapter the twenty sixth: Of title to things personal by occupancyChapter the twenty seventh: Of title by prerogative, and forfeiture; Chapter the twenty eighth: Of title by custom; Chapter the twenty ninth: Of title by succession, marriage, and judgment; Chapter the thirtieth: Title by gift, grant, and contract; Chapter the thirty first: Of title by bankruptcy; Chapter the thirty second: Of title by testament, and administration; Appendix; No. I: Vetus Carta Feoffamenti; No. II: A modern Conveyance by Lease and Release; . 1. Lease, or Bargain and Sale, for a year; . 2. Deed of Release.

No. III: An Obligation, or Bond, with Condition for the Payment of MoneyNo. IV: A Fine of Lands, sur Cognizance de Droit, come ceo, &c; . 1. Writ of Covenant;  or Praecipe.; . 2. The Licence to agree.; . 3. The Concord; . 4. The Note, or Abstract; . 5. The Foot, Chirograph, or Indentures, of the Fine; . 6. Proclamations, endorsed upon the Fine, according to the Statutes; No. V: A common Recovery of Lands, with *double Voucher; . 1. Writ of Entry sur Disseisin in the Post;  or, Praecipe; . 2. Exemplification of the Recovery Roll; Varia; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Sommario/riassunto

The only variorum edition of Blackstone's seminal treatise on the common law, tracing the evolution of Blackstone's thought from the first to the ninth edition. The second volume addresses central topics of land and property law, known as 'the rights of things'.