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This Is A Comprehensively Revised And Updated Second Edition Of The Definitive Source Book On The Development Of Private Law In England. The Sources Are All Translated Into Modern English, Making The Book An Ideal Resource For Students Studying The History Of The Common Law. The New Edition Features Several Previously Unpublished Texts. Tenure: Services And Incidents -- Actions Concerning Land -- Family Interests And Settlements At Common Law -- Uses, Wills And Trusts -- Executory Interests Under The Statute Of Uses -- The Term Of Years -- Copyhold -- Debt -- Detinue -- Covenant -- Account -- Trespass -- Trespass On The Case -- Assumpsit For Misfeasance -- Assumpsit For Nonfeasance -- Assumpsit In Lieu Of Debt -- Assumpsit Against Executors For Money -- Various Developments Of The Money Counts -- Consideration And Privity -- Actions On The Case For Deceit -- Actions On The Case For Conversion -- Actions On The Case For Negligence -- Actions On The Case For Nuisance -- Actions On The Case For Various Kinds Of Economic Loss -- Actions On The Case For Defamation. John Baker. Translated From The Middle French. Previous Ed.: Published As Sources Of English Legal History. London: Butterworths, 1986. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.