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Entered according to act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy,

BY CALLAGHAN & COCKROFT,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-two,
BY CALLAGHAN & CO.,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-three,
BY CALLAGHAN & CO.,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

OF THE REDRESS OF PRIVATE WRONGS BY THE MERE ACT OF THE PARTIES.

wrongs are divisible into private wrongs and public wrongs,..

private wrongs or civil injuries are an infringement or privation of the private

or civil rights belonging to individuals, considered as individuals,..

for their redress courts of justice are instituted,......

the redress is effected, 1, by the mere act of the parties; 2, by mere opera-
tion of law; 8, by suit or action in courts,....

redress by the mere act of the parties is, 1, that from the act of the in
jured party only; 2, that from the joint act of all the parties,. . . .
of the first sort are:

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1. defence of one's self, and those who stand in the relation of hus-
band and wife, parent and child, master and servant............
2 recaption of goods wrongfully taken, or wife, child or servant
wrongfully detained,...

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distress should be made by day except in case of damage feasant,
and generally upon the premises,.
and for the whole duty at once,...
and must be reasonable in amount,
the property must be impounded,..
replevin of the property,.....

6. seizing of heriots, &c.,......

of the second sort are.

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right to real property cannot be submitted,.

the submission may be made a rule of court,.

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CHAPTER IIL

COURTS IN GENERAL,..

redress of injuries in courts is effected by the co-operation of the act of the par-

ties and the act of the law,.

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