Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769)Sir William Blackstone Of Master and Servant
NOTES

     1.    pag. 123.
     2.    Servi aut fiunt, aut nascuntur; fiunt jure gentium, aut jure civili: nascuntur ex ancillis nostris. [Slaves are either born or made so; they are made slaves by the law of nations, or by the civil law; they are born slaves as the children of our female captives.] inst. 1. 3. 4.
     3.    Stat. 3 & 4 Edw. VI. c. 16.
     4.    Salk. 666.
     5.    Co. Litt. 42.
     6.    F. N. B. 168.
     7.    Stat. 5 Eliz. c. 4.
     8.    Stat. Eliz. c. 4.
     9.    Stat. 5 Eliz. c. 4. 43 Eliz. c.2 1 Jac. I. c. 25. 7. Jac. I. c. 3. 8 & 9 W. & M. c. 30. 2 & 3 Ann. c. 6. 4. Ann. c. 19. 17 Geo. II. c. 5.
   10.    Salk. 57. 491.
   11.    Stat. 5 Eliz. c. 4.
   12.    Salk. 67.
   13.    Stat. 20 Geo. II. c. 19.
   14.    Stat 5 Eliz. c. 4.
   15.    See page 352.
   16.    Stat. 5 Eliz. c. 4.
   17.    Lord Raym. 514.
   18.    1 Ventr. 61. 2 Keb. 583.
   19.    Lord Raym. 1179.
   20.    1 Hawk. P. C. 130. Lamb. Eiren. 127.
   21.    F. N. B. 168.
   22.    Stat. 5. Eliz. c. 4.
   23.    2 Jones. 47.
   24.    2 Roll. Abr. 115.
   25.    9 Rep. 113.
   26.    2 Roll. Abr. 546.
   27.    In like manner, by the laws of king Alfred, c. 38. a. servant was allowed to fight for his master, a parent for his child, and a husband or father for the chastity of his wife or daughter.
   28.    F. N. B. 167, 168.
   29.    4 inst. 109.
   30.    Noy's Max. c. 43.
   31.    1 Roll. Abr. 95.
   32.    Dr & Stud. D. 2. c. 42. Noys max. c. 44.
   33.    Noy's max. c. 44.
   34.    Upon a similar principle, by the law of the twelve tables at Rome, a person by whose negligence any fire began was bound to pay double to the sufferers; or if he was not able to pay, was to suffer a corporal punishment.
   35.    Noy's max. c. 44.
   36.  Ff. 9. 3. 1. inst. 4. 5. 1.