Commentaries on the Laws of England, Book the First

Transcriber's Notes: Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England was first published in 1765-1769. It contains a number of archaic spellings (including "goaler" for "gaoler" and "it's" for "its") that have been preserved as they appear in the original. All such spellings have been verified using the Oxford English Dictionary. Inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, capitalization, and italicization have also been preserved. Obvious printer errors have been preserved and marked with red dotted underlining. Hover the mouse over the underlined text to view a Transcriber's Note. Errata in the original are hyperlinked to the Errata section.

COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND. - BOOK THE FIRST. - BY WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, Esq. VINERIAN PROFESSOR OF LAW, AND SOLICITOR GENERAL TO HER MAJESTY.

PREFACE.

ERRATA.

COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND.

INTRODUCTION. - Section the first. On the STUDY of the LAW.[A]

Section the second. Of the NATURE of LAWS in general.

Section the third. Of the LAWS of ENGLAND.

Section the fourth. Of the COUNTRIES subject to the LAWS of ENGLAND.

COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND. Book the first. Of the RIGHTS of PERSONS. - Chapter the first. Of the absolute RIGHTS of INDIVIDUALS.