Excerpt from Essay Upon the Law of Contracts and Agreements, Vol. 1 of 2 The exercife of this common right in a Rate of nature, flood in the place of that right oi property which fubfifts in a civilized Rate; for no man could then J a /fly take from anoth'er, that'which another had firll: taken to' himfelf. But it the firft taker afterwards abandoned ft, Others might make u( e of it in their turn. But during the occupation of the firit taker, he ac quired a right, by virtue of which he was entitled to prevent others from Interrupting him In the enjoyment of that, Of Which their *creator had granted them the common ufe. This {tate 13 well illufirated by the fimile oi a theatre, which though Open for every per f'on that comes, yet the place in which any individual fits, is; in, a proper and peculiar fenfe, his own; for the moment any place is filled, nobody has a' right to remove the occupier for the phrpofe oi feizing it for himfelf. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.