 | William Blackstone, James Stewart - 1844 - 684 ページ
...capable as the rest of his brethren to help himself. Other authors" have indeed given a much stranger reason for this custom, as if the lord of the fee had anciently a right of concubinage with his tenant's wife on her weddingnight ; and that therefore the... | |
 | Samuel Farmar Jarvis - 1847 - 264 ページ
...rule of the whole kingdom, and form the common law in its stricter and more usual signification ; 2. particular customs ; which for the most part affect only the inhabitants of particular districts ; 3. certain particular laws ; which by custom are adopted and used by some particular courts of pretty... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Henry Vethake - 1851 - 640 ページ
...the universal rule of the whole kingdom, and form the common law in its more usual signification ; 2. particular customs, which, for the most part, affect only the inhabitants of particular districts ; 3. certain particular laws, which, by custom, are adopted and used by some particular courts of pretty... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860 - 874 ページ
...rule of the whole kingdom, and form the common law, in its stricter and more usual signification. 2. Particular customs; which, for the most part, affect only the inhabitants of particular districts. 3. Certain particular laws ; which, by custom, arc adopted and used by some particular courts, of pretty... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - 1863 - 812 ページ
...capable as the rest of his brethren to help himself. Other authors (j) have indeed given a much stranger reason for this custom, as if the lord of the fee had antiently a right of concubinage with his tenant's wife on her wedding night; and that therefore the... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1865 - 642 ページ
...the universal rule of the whole kingdom, and form the common law, in its stricter signification. 2. Particular customs; which for the most part affect only the inhabitants of particular districts. 3. Certain particular laws; which by custom are adopted by particular courts. I. As to general customs,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1866 - 526 ページ
...common law into three divisions, treats of Borough-English under the second division, namely : — " Particular customs, which for the most part affect...reason for this custom, as if the lord of the fee had anciently a right to break the seventh commandment with his tenant's wife on her wedding-night ; and... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1872 - 776 ページ
...rule of the whole kingdom, and form the common law, in its stricter and more usual signification. Й. Particular customs ; which, for the most part, affect only the inhabitants of particular districts. 3. Certain particular laws ; which, by custom, are adopted and used by some particular courts, of pretty... | |
 | David Mitchell Aird - 1873 - 366 ページ
...universal rule of the whole kingdom, and form the Common Law in its stricter and more usual signification. Particular Customs, which for the most part affect only the inhabitants of particular districts. Rules with regard to particular Customs. How Customs are construed. The Civil Law.— — -The Canon... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1875 - 860 ページ
...capable as the rest of his brethren to help himself. Other authors(z) have indeed given a much stranger reason for this custom, as if the lord of the fee had antiently a right of concubinage with his tenant's wile on her weddingnight ; and that therefore the... | |
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General customs; which are the universal rule of the whole kingdom, and form the common law, in its stricter and more usual signification. 2. Particular customs ; which for the most part affect only the inhabitants of particular districts. 3. Certain... 
