Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769)Sir William Blackstone Of Property, in General
NOTES

     1.    Gen. 1:28.
     2.    Justin. L. 43. c. 1.
     3.    Barbeyr, Puf. 1. 4. c. 4.
     4.    Quemadmodum theatrum, cum commune sit, recte tamen dici potest, ejus esse eum locum quem quisque occuparit. [The world is a great theater, common to the public, yet the place which any man has taken is for the time his own.] Ce Fin. L. 3. c. 20.
     5.    Gen. 21:30.
     6.    Gen. 26:15, 18 etc.
     7.    Colunt discreti et diversi; ut fons, ut campus, ut nemus placuit. [They dwelt separately, in different parts, as a fountain, plain, or grove pleased them.] De mor. Germ. 16
     8.    Gen. c. 13.
     9.    See Book I. pag. 285.
   10.    It is principally to prevent any vacancy of possession, that the civil law considers father and son as one person; so that upon the death of either the inheritance does not so properly descend, as continue in the hands of the survivor. Ff, 28. 2. 11.
   11.    Gen. 15:3.