COMMENTARIES

ON

THE LAWS OF ENGLAND.

(PARTLY FOUNDED ON BLACKSTONE.)

BY

HENRY JOHN STEPHEN,

SERJEANT AT LAW.

" For hoping well to deliver myself from mistaking, by the order and perspicuous expressing
“of that I do propound, I am otherwise zealous and affectionate to recede as lillle from
“ antiquity, either in terms or opinions, as may stand with truth, and the proficience of know-
" ledge."-Lord Bac. Adv. of Learning.

Fifth Edition.

PREPARED FOR THE PRESS BY

JAMES STEPHEN, Esq., LL.D.,

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER AT LAW,
PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LAW AT KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON,

AND RECORDER OF POOLE.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

Vol. IV.

LONDON:
BUTTERWORTHS, 7, FLEET STREET,

Law Publishers to the Queen's most excellent Majesty.
HODGES, SMITH & co., GRAFTON STREET, DUBLIN.

CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME.

Book v.

OF CIVIL INJURIES--continued.

CHAP. XII.

OF PREROGATIVE WRITS AND OTHER EXTRAORDINARY REMEDIES IN THE

COURTS OF Common LAW.

PAGE

Of Motions

1

Of the Writ of Procedendo

4

Of the Writ of Mandamus

5

Of the Writ of Prohibition ..

10

Of the Writ of Quo Warranto

14

Of the Writ of Habeas Corpus

18

Of the Writ of Certiorari

29

..

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CHAP. XIII.

OF INJURIES COGNIZABLE IN THE COURTS OF EQUITY,-WITH THEIR

REMEDIES.

of the Distinction between Courts of Law and Equity

31

of the Subjects of Jurisdiction in Equity

38

of the Kinds of Relief in Equity

39

Of Protecting and Enforcing the Execution of Trusts

40

Of the Specific Performance of Agreements

41

Of an Injunction

45

Of Perpetuation of Testimony

46

Of a Suit in Chancery

49

Of a Decree

58

Of a Rehearing

61

Of a Bill of Review

ibid.

Of an Appeal to Parliament

62

Of an Amended Bill

63

Of an Order of Revivor

64

Of a Supplemental Order

ibid.

Of a Special Case for the Opinion of the Court

..