William Blackstone: Of Title by Prescription

Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769)Sir William Blackstone

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Of Title by PrescriptionNOTES
   1. See Vol. I. pag. 75, etc.
   2. Co. Litt. 113.
   3. I Lev. 176.
   4. 4 Rep. 32.
   5. Co Litt. 113.
   6. This title, of prescription, was well known in the Roman law by the name of usucapio; (Ff. 41.3.3.) so called, because a man, that gains a title by prescription, may be said usu rem capere [to take the thing by use].
   7. Dr & St. dial. I. c. 8. Finch. 132.
   8. Rep. 31, 32.
   9. I Ventr. 387.
   10. Co. Litt.114
   11. Litt.§ 183.Finch. L.104.