 | Charles Knight - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1866 - 526 pages
...common law into three divisions, treats of Borough-English under the second division, namely : — " Particular customs, which for the most part affect only the inhabitants of particular districts." In the first volume of the ' Commentaries' he gives a definition of the term similar to that contained... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1867 - 926 pages
...its stricter and more usual signification. 2. Particular customs ; which, for the most part, afiect only the inhabitants of particular districts. , 3....courts, of pretty general and extensive jurisdiction. *I. As te general customs, or the common law, properly so [*68] called ; this is that law, by which... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1872 - 776 pages
...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...courts, of pretty general and extensive jurisdiction. f*68l *^' "^s *° Seneral customs, or the common law, properly so called ; this LJ is that law, by... | |
 | William Blackstone, David Mitchell Aird - Law - 1873 - 386 pages
...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 ;...affect only the inhabitants of particular districts. First, as to general customs, by which proceedings and determinations in the Queen's ordinary courts... | |
 | David Mitchell Aird - Law - 1873 - 366 pages
...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... | |
 | Edward Livingston, Salmon Portland Chase - Crime - 1873 - 614 pages
...the unwritten or common law," consisting of " general customs" — of particular customs — and of " certain particular laws, which by custom are adopted and used by some particular courts : " the whole resting, as we see, upon custom. And when we come to inquire how these " customs " are... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - Law - 1875 - 860 pages
...customs; which are the universal rule of the whole kingdom, and form tho common law, in its stricter and more usual signification. 2. Particular customs ;...courts, of pretty general and extensive jurisdiction, go*-, *I. As to general customs, or the common law, properly so called; this J is that law, by which... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1877 - 640 pages
...customs ; which are the universal rule of the whole kingdom, and form the common law, in its stricter signification. 2. Particular customs; which for the...Certain particular laws ; which by custom are adopted by particular courts. of the kingdom, which ordains that not the eldest son only of the father shall... | |
 | Mercer Davies - Marriage - 1881 - 236 pages
...Common Law is properly distinguishable into three kinds : I. General Customs : 2. Particular Customs : 3. Certain particular laws ; which by custom are adopted...Courts, of pretty general and extensive jurisdiction And by these I understand the Civil and Canon Laws. " By the 'Civil Law,' absolutely taken, is generally... | |
 | Marshall Davis Ewell - Law - 1882 - 60 pages
...rule of the whole kingdom, and form the common , kw in its stricter and more usual signification. [67] 2. Particular customs, which for the most part affect...courts, of pretty , general and extensive jurisdiction. I. As to general customs, or the common law properly • rj called, this is that law by which proceedings... | |
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This unwritten, or common law, is properly distinguishable into three kinds: 1. 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... 
