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" They are not : there is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property ; or that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims and exercises over the external things of the world,... "
Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books ; with an Analysis of the ... - Page xxiv
by William Blackstone - 1836
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Commentaries on the laws of England. [Another], Volume 2

sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 626 pages
...and consider it's several objects. THERE is nothing which so generally strikes the imagin- [ 2 ation, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right...universe. And yet there are very few, that will give themVOL. II. B selves the trouble to consider the original and foundation of this right. Pleased as...
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The Western Messenger: Devoted to Religion, Life, and Literature, Volume 1

1836 - 708 pages
...generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property; on that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims...the right of any other individual in the universe." — Whether this right of property be natural or conventional, is a speculative question which we leave...
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The Pocket Lacon: Comprising Nearly One Thousand Extracts from the ..., Volume 1

John Taylor - Quotations - 1839 - 274 pages
...engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property ; of that sole and despotic dominion wJiich one man claims and exercises over the external things...individual in the universe. And yet there are very few that wiJl give themselves the trouble to consider the original and foundation of this right. Pleased as...
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volumes 19-20

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1841 - 1040 pages
...contained in every definition of property. Blackstone (ii. I) defines 'the right of property' to be 'that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims...the right of any other individual in the universe.' A foreign writer defines ownership or property to be ' the right to deal with a corporeal thing according...
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The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful ..., Volume 19

1841 - 524 pages
...contained in every definition of property. Blackstone (ii. 1) defines ' the right of property' to be ' that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims...the right of any other individual in the universe." A foreign writer defines ownership or property to be ' the right to deal with a corporeal thing according...
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Materials for thinking extracted from the works of the learned of all ages

Materials - 1846 - 478 pages
...generally strikes the imagination and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property ; of that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims...exclusion of the right of any other individual in the nniverse. And yet there are very few that will give themselves the trouble to consider the original...
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The Tenure of Land in Ireland Considered

Thomas Alcock - Farm tenancy - 1848 - 46 pages
...possessions by the force of arms alone, have no claim to the title of civilized beings ; and until that " sole and despotic dominion which one man claims...external things of the world, in total exclusion of the rights of any other individual in the universe," which Blackstone defines as "the right of property,"...
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A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full Definitions of ..., Part 2

Alexander Mansfield Burrill - Law - 1851 - 570 pages
...regarded in law not as property, but as the uiijecln of property. 2 Ы. Com. 15. The right of property is that sole and despotic dominion which one man claims...the right of any other individual in the universe. 2 Bl. Com. 2. The right of property consists in the free use, enjoyment and disposal of all a person's...
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A Compendium of the Law and Practice of Vendors and Purchasers of Real Estate

Joseph Henry Dart - Real property - 1851 - 1234 pages
...engages the atfertins of mankind, as the n^ht or" property : or, that sole and d*spotK dominion which oce man claims and exercises over the external things...individual in the universe. And yet. there are very few t^iat will gire themselves the trouble to consider the original and foundation of this right. Pleased...
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Reports of Cases in Law and Equity in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 9

Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1852 - 740 pages
...despotic dominion, which one man claims and VOL. IX. 69 The People ti. The Mayor, &c. of Brooklyn. exercises over the external things of the world, in...the right of any other individual in the universe." "The objects of dominion are things, as contradistinguished from persons. Things real are such as are...
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