Lecture, "Analysis of the Law Touching Things Personal"

Analysis of the Law Touching Things Personal

I. What is included under the name of chattels

II. Distribution of chattels—wherein of

1a. Chattels real being estates in land less than freehold as

1b. [?] for years

2b. Estates by [?]

2a. Chattels personal

Being such things as may attend the person or owner and he carried with him from place to place

III. The property in chattels; wherein consider

1a. The degrees or quantity of dominion or property therein and therein consider

1b. Property in possession; wherein of

1c. Possession absolute

• When the right and the occupation is sole and exclusive, as in the case of money, slaves, vegetables severed, inanimate things, movable, and all animals naturae domitiae (tame) with their offspring [illegible]

2c. Possession qualified or limited wherein of possession qualified by reason of subject matter

1e. Animals ferae naturae wherein property is acquired

1f. Per industriam as by tanning etc.

2f. Propter impotentiam

3f. Propter privilegium 

2(?) The elements—air, water, light etc."

​​​​​​"2c. The law of Virginia and therein of

1d. Exclusive right to hunt on one’s own land

2d. Modes of protecting right

3d. Prohibition against hunting etc. at certain seasons even on one’s own land

5b. Emblements

6b. Things gained by accession, wherein of

1c. Corporeal substances added to, or wrought, which may be reduced to their original element, as rebels, government etc., mode of another’s materials

They belong to the original proprietor

2c. Things altered in their nature, as oil wine, flow etc. mode of another’s olives grasses wheat etc. belong to him who converted them into new forms

3c. Young of animals in case of temporary ownership

1d. Brute animals; young belongs to temporary usufructuary

2d. Slaves

Offspring belongs to permanent owner"