ON THE

LAWS OF ENGLAND;

IN FOUR BOOKS.

By SIR WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, Knight,

ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF HIS MAJESTY'S Court of Common Pleas.

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SUCH NOTES OF ENDURING VALUE AS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN
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A COPIOUS ANALYSIS OF THE CONTENTS;

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to date, which Illustrate or Change the Law of the Text; also, a
Full Table of Abbreviations, and

SOME CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING THE STUDY OF THE LAW.

BY THOMAS M. COOLEY,

JAY PROFESSOR OF LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, and Author OF
"Constitutional LimitatioNS."

VOL. 1. INCLUDING BOOKS I & II.

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