Note 143 — Chapter XVI · THE COURTS, THE LAW, AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE.
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These rules were gathered together and put into written form by various commentators, chief among whom were Glanvil, Bracton, Coke, Littleton, and Blackstone. Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Common Law of England, compiled before the American Revolution, is still the standard work, known to every lawyer.