Edward Jenks Quote

The common law of chattels, that is to say, the law ultimately adopted by the King's courts for the regulation of disputes about the ownership and possession of goods, was, to be a substantial extent, a by-product of that new procedure which had been mainly introduced to perfect the feudal scheme of land law.

Chapter V, The Law Of Chattels, p. 55 - A Short History Of The English Law (First Edition) (1912)