judicial decisions, has also been adopted; and the

Editor is indebted for much useful help in this

direction to Harry Procter, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn,

Barrister-at-Law.

In conclusion, the Editor must be allowed to
express his obligation to the careful criticisms of the
Thirteenth Edition which appeared in the Solicitors'
Journal, the Law Journal, Law Notes, and the Law
Students' Journal, by which he has greatly profited.
He has also to thank his former pupil, Mr. A.
Andrewes Uthwatt, B.C.L., of Gray's Inn, for

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help in the verification of dates, and the preparation
of the Table of Contents.

July, 1903

Those portions of the Text which are included in

square brackets, thus [
stantially from Blackstone.

], are taken sub-

[Revised by EDWARD JENKS, Esq.]

SECT. I. Of the Study of the Law

IV. Of the Countries subject to the Laws of England ...

V. Of the Kingdom of England itself

PART I.

OF THINGS REAL

CHAP. I.

OF THE DIVISIONS OF THINGS REAL.

[Revised by EDWARD JENKS, Esq.]

Of Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments

Of Hereditaments, Corporeal or Incorporeal

CHAP. II.

OF TENURES.

[Revised by EDWARD JENKS, Esq.]

PAGE

92

93

95

Of Petit Serjeanty, Tenure in Burgage, and Gavelkind

119

Of Apportionment

Of Tenant in Tail after Possibility of Issue Extinct

Of Tenant by the Curtesy of England

150

151

Of Dower

153

Of Jointure

157

CHAP. V.

OF ESTATES LESS THAN FREEHOLD (OR CHATTELS REAL).

[Revised by EDWARD JENKS, Esq.]

Of Estates for Years

160

Of Tenancies from Year to Year

165

Of Estates at Will and particularly of Copyhold Estates

Of Estates at Sufferance

167

169

Of the Right of Entry on Breach of Condition subsequent

173

OF ESTATES IN POSSESSION, REVERSION, AND REMAINDER.

[Revised by EDWARD JENKS, Esq.]