This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1816 edition. Excerpt: ... till the period within which an action may be commenced is expired, can B afterwards sue him for the trespass?.. Answer. No, he cannot, as his right of action will be barred by the statute, unless he sue out a writ within the limited period, and, if A's residence be unknown, and he cannot be met with to be served with it, the action be kept ori foot, by proper continuances, regularly filed, till A can be met with, and then B, if he can get him served, may proceed With his action after the expiration of such period, the same as if A had been served within it. LORDS OF MANORS. Since the several inclosure acts, doubts have been entertained, whether lords of manors have a right to sport over the freehold of any other person within the manor, after notice; or whether a deputation to a gamekeeper will justify his going on any grounds, . except the lord's own soil?--Clearly not. A lord of a manor, or his gamekeeper (unless in a free tvarren, or by an especial right reserved, in letting or selling property) cannot sport on the land of another, without being liable to the same action as any other trespasser; neither can he prevent those, who are qualified, from sporting (on the grounds not his own) within the manor. But query as to officers? For more comprehensive information on the game laws, and particular modes of proceeding, I refer the reader to the late edition of Burn's Justice, and an excellent treatise, entitled the " Game Laws and Fisheries," lately published by Mr. Chitty, of the Middle Temple, London. The preceding abstracts, however, may serve as easy memoranda of those game laws, in which most persons are liable to be concerned, and which are highly necessary to protect the rights and liberties of the people; but which, like many of...