242 THE USE OF THE LAW, 



Property in goods. 



Of the several ways 

 whereby a man may 



get property in good 

 or chattels. 



1. By gift. 



2. By sale. 



3. By stealing. 



4. By waving. 



5. By straying. 



6. By shipwreck. 



7. By forfeiture. 



8. By executorship. 



9. By administration. 

 10. By legacy. 



I. Property by gift. 



A deed of gift By gift the property of goods may be passed by word or 

 of goods to de- writing ; but if there be a general deed of gift made of all 

 t c e ;n s h void edi &quot; his goods, this is suspicious to be done upon fraud, to 

 against them, deceive the creditors. 



but good And if a man who is in debt make a deed of gift of all his 



ecutors tdmT g oods to protract the taking of them in execution for his 

 nSrTtore, oT~ debt, this deed of gift is void, as against those to whom he 

 vender of the stood indebted; but as against himself, his own executors 

 party himself. Qr administrators, or any man to whom afterwards he shall 

 sell or convey them, it is good. 



II. By sale. 



What is a sale Property in goods by sale. By sale any man may con- 

 bonajide and ve y hi s own goods to another : and although he may fear 

 There r a pri- en execution for debts, yet he may sell them outright for 

 vate reservation money at any time before the execution served, so that there 

 of trust between k e no reservation of trust between them; paying the money, 

 the parties. he s j iall haye ^ g 00( j s a g a i n . f or that trust, in such case, 



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doth prove plainly a fraud to prevent the creditors from 

 taking the goods in execution. 



III. By theft, or taking in jest. 



How a sale in Property of goods by theft, or taking in jest. If any 



market shall be man steal my goods or chattels, or take them from me in 



own&quot;r t0the J est &amp;gt; or borrow them of me, or as a trespasser or felon 



carry them to the market or fair, and sell them, this sale 



doth bar me of the property of my goods, saving that if he 



be a horse he must be ridden two hours in the market or 



