REEVES'

HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LAW.

EDITED BY

W. F. FINLASON.

人

HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LAW,

FROM THE

TIME OF THE ROMANS

TO THE

END OF THE REIGN OF ELIZABETH.

A NEW EDITION, IN THREE VOLUMES.

WITH NUMEROUS NOTES, AND

AN INTRODUCTORY DISSERTATION

ON

THE NATURE AND USE OF LEGAL HISTORY, THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF OUR LAWS,
AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE ROMAN LAW IN THE FORMATION OF OUR OWN.

BY W. F. FINLASON, Esq.,

BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

VOL. I.

FROM THE TIME OF THE ROMANS TO THE END OF THE
REIGN OF HENRY III.

CLONDON:

REEVES & TURNER, CHANCERY LANE.

1869.

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Br

107.85,7,

1872, Apr. 23. Ninct Fund.

(Vol. I. - III.)

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY,

PAUL'S WORK.

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THE RIGHT HON. SIR JOHN TAYLOR COLERIDGE,

SOMETIME

ONE OF THE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH,

WHO,

BEFORE HIS ELEVATION TO THE OFFICE OF JUDGE,

HAD ACQUIRED REPUTATION AS A JURIST,

BY HIS VALUABLE EDITION OF

THE COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND,

THIS EDITION

OF

THE HISTORY OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND

Is Dedicated

(WITH HIS KIND PERMISSION)

IN TESTIMONY OF PROFOUND VENERATION FOR THOSE GREAT GIFTS, AND EMINENT ACQUIREMENTS

BY WHICH,

DURING HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER,

HE ADORNED THE JUDICIAL BENCH,

AND ADDED NEW LUSTRE TO A NAME AND FAMILY ALREADY ILLUSTRIOUS.