Sir William Blackstone
Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769)
Table of Contents - Book 2

• Chap.   1:  Of Property in General
• Chap.   2:  Of Real Property and, First, of Corporeal Hereditaments
• Chap.   3:  Incorporeal Hereditaments
• Chap.   4:  Of the Feudal System
• Chap.   5:  Of the Ancient English Tenures
• Chap.   6:  Of the Modern English Tenures
• Chap.   7:  Of Freehold Estates, of Inheritance
• Chap.   8:  Of Freeholds, Not of Inheritance
• Chap.   9:  Of Estates Less than Freehold
• Chap. 10:  Of Estates Upon Condition
• Chap. 11:  Of Estates in Possession, Remainder, and Reversion
• Chap. 12:  Of Estates in Severalty, Joint-Tenancy, Coparcenary, and Common
• Chap. 13:  Of the Title to Things Real, in General
• Chap. 14:  Of Title by Descent
• Chap. 15:  Of Title by Purchase, and First by Escheat
• Chap. 16:  Of Title by Occupancy
• Chap. 17:  Of Title by Prescription
• Chap. 18:  Of Title by Forfeiture
• Chap. 19:  Of Title by Alienation
• Chap. 20:  Of Alienation by Deed
• Chap. 21:  Of Alienation by Matter of Record
• Chap. 22:  Of Alienation by Special Custom
• Chap. 23:  Of Alienation by Devise
• Chap. 24:  Of Things Personal
• Chap. 25:  Of Property in Things Personal
• Chap. 26:  Of Title to Things Personal by Occupancy
• Chap. 27:  Of Title by Prerogative, and Forfeiture
• Chap. 28:  Of Title by Custom
• Chap. 29:  Of Title by Succession, Marriage, and Judgment
• Chap. 30:  Of Title by Gift, Grant, and Contract
• Chap. 31:  Of Title by Bankruptcy
• Chap. 32:  Of Title by Testament, and Administration
• Appendix