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COMMENTARIES
LAWS OF ENGLAND
OP
Sir WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, Knt.,
FORMEBLT OKB OP THK JD8TICB8 OP THB COURT OF OOmiOX PLEAS.
ADAPTED TO THE PRESENT STATE OF THE LAW,
"^N By ROBERT MALCOLM KERR, LL.D.,
BABBITER-AT-LAW, JUDGE OP THB CtTT OP LOKSOX COURT, AWD ONE OP THB
COmcISSIONERS OP THB CBtrTKA.L CBIHIKAL COURT.
VOL. I.
OP THE RIGHTS OP PERSONS.
FOURTH EDITION.
MICROFORMED BY
PRESERVATION
SERVICES
SEP 1 9 1989
DATE
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
1876.
LONDON: '
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS,
STAWFORD STRRET AND CHABING CROSS.
PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION.
In the preparation of this Edition of Sir William Blackstone's
Commentaries, the same rule has been followed as in the first revision of the Work by the present Editor.
He has altered the text, where the text required or seemed to require alteration; but he has in no case omitted anything which could usefully be retained. He may have preserved much which is of ajitiquarian interest only; but, if so, this will, he hopes, be esteemed an error in the right direction.
He can repeat confidently the statement he made in reference to his first attempt to adapt the Commentaries to the present state of the Law — that no trouble or labour has been wanting on his part to fulfil properly the responsible duty he has undertaken.
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