New Commentaries

ON THE

LAWS OF ENGLAND

(PARTLY FOUNDED ON BLACKSTONE)

BY JAMES STEPHEN, Esq., LL.D.,

JUDGE OF COUNTY COURTS.

"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.

The Ninth Edition

BY

HENRY ST. JAMES STEPHEN,

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

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VOLUME II.

Book II.

OF RIGHTS OF PROPERTY—(continued).

PART II.

OF THINGS PERSONAL

CHAP. I.

OF THINGS PERSONAL IN GENERAL, AND OF PROPERTY THEREIN.

Of Chattels Personal

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1

Of Joint Tenancy and Tenancy in Common in Chattels Personal

Of Equitable Interests in Chattels Personal ..

13

14

CHAP. II.

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

Of Title by Occupancy

15

Of Hostile Capture

16

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

Of Assignment, or Bargain and Sale

Of Fraudulent Gifts and Assignments

Of the Transfer of Coin and Negotiable Instruments

Of Contracts written and verbal, and of the Statute of Frauds

Of Specialty and Simple Contract Debts, and Debts of Record..

ibid.

Of the Effect of the Bankruptcy on the Property of the Bankrupt.. 165

Of Liquidation by Arrangement and Composition

176

CHAP. VII.

OF TITLE BY WILL AND BY ADMINISTRATION.

Of acquiring Personal Estates by Will, and by Administration

Of the original State of the Law as to bequeathing Personalty..

Of the Law of Pars Rationabilis..

180

181

ibid.

Of the present Power of bequeathing Personalty..

183

Of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction over Wills and Administrations..

Of the Capacity to be Testator

185

187