CHAP. XVI.

Of TITLE by OCCUPANCY.

CHA P. XVII.

Of TITLE by PRESCRIPTION.

CHAP. XVIII.

Of TITLE by FORFEITURE.

CHA P. XIX.

Of TITLE by ALIENATION.

CHA P. XX.

Of ALIENATION by DEED.

CHA P. XXI.

Of ALIENATION by matter of RECORD.

CHAP. XXII.

Of ALIENATION by SPECIAL CUSTOM.

CHAP. XXIII.

Of ALIENATION by DEVISE.

CHAP. XXIV.

Of THINGS PERSONAL.

258

263

267

287

295

344

365

373

384

CHAP. XXV.

Of PROPERTY in THINGS PERSONAL. 389

CHAP. XXVI.

Of TITLE to THINGS PERSONAL, by Oc-

CUPANCY.

400

CHAP. XXVII.

Of TITLE by PREROGATIVE, and FORFEITURE. 4c8

CHAP. XXVIII.

Of TITLE by CUSTOM.

422

CHAP. XXIX.

Of TITLE by SUCCESSION, MARRIAGE, and

JUDGMENT.

430

CHAP. XXX.

Of TITLE by GIFT, GRANT, and CONTRACT. 440

CHAP. XXXI.

Of TITLE by BANKRUPTCY. 471

CHAP. XXXII.

Of TITLE by TESTAMENT, and ADMINI-

STRATION,

489

APPEN-

APPENDIX.

N°. I. Vetus Carta FEOFFAMENTI.

N°. II. A modern Conveyance by LEASE and RELEASE.

§. 1. LEASE, or BARGAIN and SALE, for a Year.

§. 2. Deed of RELEASE.

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N°. III. An OBLIGATION, or BOND, with CONDITION

for the Payment of Money.

N°. IV. A FINE of Lands, fur Cognizance de Droit,

come ceo, &c.

§. 1. Writ of Covenant, or PRAECIPE.

§. 2. The Licence to agree.

§. 3. The Concord.

§. 4. The Note, or Abstract.

N°. V. A common RECOVERY of Lands, with double

Voucher.

ii

5.1. Writ of Entry fur Diffeifin in the Poft; or

PRAECIPE.

5.2. Exemplification of the RECOVERY Roll.

xiii

XV

5. 5. The Foot, Chirograph, or Indentures of the FINE. ibid.

§. 6. Proclamations, endorsed upon the FINE, according

to the Statutes.

xiv

ibid.

ibid.

xvi

xvii

ibid.

HE former book of these commentaries having treated at large of the jura perfonarum, or fuch rights and duties as are annexed to the perfons of men, the objects of our inquiry in this fecond book will be the jura rerum, or, those rights which a man may acquire in and to fuch external things as are uncon nected with his perfon. These are what the writers on natural law ftile the rights of dominion, or property, concerning the nature and original of which I fhall first premise a few observations, before I proceed to diftribute and confider it's feveral objects.

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