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.