Transcriber's Notes: Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on theLaws of England was first published in 1765-1769. It contains anumber of archaic spellings (including "goaler" for "gaoler" and"it's" for "its") that have been preserved as they appear in theoriginal. All such spellings have been verified using the OxfordEnglish Dictionary. Inconsistencies in spelling, punctuation,hyphenation, capitalization, and italicization have also beenpreserved. Obvious printer errors have been preserved and marked withred dotted underlining. Hover the mouse over the underlined textto view a Transcriber's Note.Errata in the original are hyperlinked to the Errata section.
Long s (ſ) in the original has been modernized asmodern s. The archaic convention of placing quotation marks at thebeginning of each line of a quotation has also been modernized sothat quotation marks appear only at the beginning and end of the quotation.
This e-book contains a few phrases in ancient Greek, which may notdisplay properly depending on the fonts the user has installed. Hoverthe mouse over the Greek phrase to view a transliteration, e.g.,βιβλος.
COMMENTARIES
ON THE
LAWS
OF
ENGLAND.
BOOK THE FIRST.
BY
WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, Esq.
VINERIAN PROFESSOR OF LAW,
AND
SOLICITOR GENERAL TO HER MAJESTY.
OXFORD,
PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.
M. DCC. LXV.
TO
THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY,
THE FOLLOWING VIEW
OF THE LAWS AND CONSTITUTION
OF ENGLAND,
THE IMPROVEMENT AND PROTECTION OF WHICH
HAVE DISTINGUISHED THE REIGN
OF HER MAJESTY’S ROYAL CONSORT,
IS,
WITH ALL GRATITUDE AND HUMILITY,
MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED
BY HER DUTIFUL
AND MOST OBEDIENT
SERVANT,
WILLIAM BLACKSTONE.
PREFACE.
THE following sheets contain the substance of a course of lectures onthe laws of England, which were read by th BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!
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