 | Edward Graham Gallagher - 2000 - 572 pages
...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,...particular courts, of pretty general and extensive jurisdiction.17 The principles of suretyship that developed in written decisions of the King's courts... | |
 | Steven A. Hetcher - 2004 - 420 pages
...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,...courts, of pretty general and extensive jurisdiction.") 26. Id. at 67. ("General customs; which are the universal rule of the whole kingdom . . . form the... | |
 | Joseph Story - 2006 - 234 pages
...people. The common law is usually divided into 8 kinds :—1. general customs, which are 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... | |
 | Charles Ellewyin George - 1912 - 460 pages
...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.' 1 Bl. Com. 67. In Black's Law Dictionary, page 232, it is thus defined: 'As distinguished from law... | |
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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... 
