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VI.

GREENING'S FORMS OF PLEADINGS AND PROCEEDINGS IN COMMON LAW.

SECOND EDITION. 12mo. 10s. 6d. boards.

FORMS of DECLARATIONS, PLEADINGS and other PROCEEDINGS in the SUPERIOR COURTS of COMMON LAW, with the COMMON LAW PROCEDURE ACT, 1852, and the NEW RULES of PRACTICE of Hilary Term, 1853, with Notes. By HENRY GREENING, Esq., Special Pleader. Second Edition.

"This work, comprising as it does almost all the common Forms of Pleadings, is calculated to be of considerable utility to the Practitioner. The book is quite worthy of the learned Author's reputation as a Pleader, and we can with pleasure recommend it to such of our readers as are engaged in the preparation of everyday pleadings in ordinary actions."-The Law Times.

VII.

QUAIN AND HOLROYD'S COMMON LAW.

12mo., 7s. 6d. cloth,

By

THE NEW SYSTEM OF COMMON LAW PROCEDURE according to the COMMON LAW PROCEDURE ACT, 1852. J. R. QUAIN, of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law, and H. HOLROYD, of the Middle Temple, Special Pleader.

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'Mr. Quain and Mr. Holroyd have rendered good service to the Practitioner in their Commentary on the various sections of the Act.”—The Legal Observer.

"We have no hesitation in pronouncing this to be the best work on the recent Act which has come under our notice; the Notes are always clear and to the point, and furnish practical suggestions which will be invaluable to the Practitioner."The Legal Examiner.

VIII.

MAY'S LAW AND PRACTICE OF PARLIAMENT.

Second Edition.

8vo., 21s. cloth.

A PRACTICAL TREATISE on the LAW, PRIVILEGES, PROCEEDINGS and USAGE of PARLIAMENT. By THOMAS ERSKINE MAY, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law, one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and Taxing Officer of the House of Commons. SECOND EDITION, enlarged and improved.

BOOK I. contains-The Constitution, Powers and Privileges of Parliament.

BOOK II.-Practice and Proceedings in Parliament; including the several Forms of Procedure in the conduct of Public Business, &c. &c.

BOOK III.-The Manner of Passing Private Bills; showing the Practice in both Houses, according to the latest Standing Orders and the most recent Precedents.

IX.

BAKER'S LAW OF CORONER.
12mo., 14s. cloth,

A PRACTICAL COMPENDIUM of the RECENT STATUTES, CASES and DECISIONS affecting the OFFICE of CORONER, with Precedents of Inquisitions, and Practical Forms. By WILLIAM BAKER, Esq., one of the Coroners for Middlesex.

"Mr. Baker has rendered good service to the public and the profession in thus laying the result of his extensive practical experience before them. We heartily recommend the work to every one engaged in this branch of Law and Practice."The Legal Observer.

X.

OKE'S MAGISTERIAL SYNOPSIS.-FOURTH EDITION.

8vo., 21s. cloth.

(Dedicated, by permission, to the Lord Chief Justice of England.)

The MAGISTERIAL SYNOPSIS: comprising Summary Convictions and Indictable Offences, with their Penalties, Punishment, &c., and the Stages of Procedure, tabularly arranged: together with all other Proceedings before Justices out of Sessions: adapted practically throughout to the provisions of Sir John Jervis's Acts; with Forms, Cases, Copious Notes and Observations, &c. Fourth Edition, enlarged and improved. By GEORGE C. OKE, Assistant Clerk to the Newmarket Bench of Justices, Author of "The Magisterial Formulist."

In this edition the Statutes and Cases, &c., are brought down to the close of the last Session, and references made in all cases to its Companion, "Oke's Magisterial Formulist," for the Forms to be used.

XI.

OKE'S MAGISTERIAL FORMULIST.

Svo., 21s. cloth,

The MAGISTERIAL FORMULIST, being a Complete Collection of Magisterial Forms and Precedents for practical use in all Matters out of Quarter Sessions, adapted to the Outlines of Forms in Jervis's Acts, 11 & 12 Vict. cc. 42, 43, with an Introduction, Explanatory Directions, Variations and Notes. By GEORGE C. OKE, Author of "The Magisterial Synopsis."

The above Work is intended as a Companion to " Oke's Magisterial Synopsis,” and may be used with that or other Books of Magisterial Practice.

"Another of Mr. Oke's laborious productions which have recommended themselves by their practical character. A very copious Index gives ready access to whatever may be sought for."— Law Times.

"The same care pervades the present elaborate Work as characterized the Author's earlier labours, and the utter uselessness of old forms since the passing of Jervis' Acts, render it of paramount utility.”—Britannia.

XII.

OKE'S SOLICITORS' BOOK-KEEPING.
8vo., 5s. cloth,

AN IMPROVED SYSTEM of SOLICITORS' BOOKKEEPING, practically exemplified by a Year's supposed Business, with Directions for Posting, Balancing, Checking, &c. Adapted to small, moderate and large Offices; to Partnership and sole Concerns. By GEORGE C. OKE, Author of "The Magisterial Synopsis" and "The Magisterial Formulist."

"Mr. Oke has rendered great service to the profession in compiling the above admirably arranged work. The value and necessity of such a work as this to Solicitors is obvious, and we predict for it a speedy sale."-Law Magazine,

XIII.

BURN ON THE MARRIAGE AND REGISTRATION ACTS. 12mo. 6s. 6d. boards.

The MARRIAGE and REGISTRATION ACTS, 6 & 7 Will. 4, caps. 85, 86; with Instructions, Forms, and Practical Directions for the Use of Officiating Ministers, Superintendent Registrars, Registrars. The Acts of 1837, viz. 7 Will. 4. c. 1, and 1 Vict. c. 22, with Notes and Observations; and a full Index. By JOHN SOUTHERDEN BURN, Esq., Secretary to the Commission.

XIV.

MR. MOORE'S MANUALS FOR COUNTRY ATTORNIES, &c. 12mo. 7s. 6d. cloth.

The Solicitor's Book of Practical Forms, containing an Abridgment of the Stamp Acts; a variety of useful Forms and Instructions not to be found in the Text Books, but constantly required in Solicitors' Offices, especially with reference to Common Apprenticeships - Conditions of Sale-Contracts-Statutory Declarations, Powers of Attorney, and Wills and to the preparation of Annuity, Legacy and Residuary Accounts, and applications for increase and return of Duties on Probates and Letters of Administration, with numerous Variations, Schedules, and Tables shewing the different Rates of Duty, and the Amount from One Penny to £100. By HENRY MOORE, Esq.

“A useful collection of Forms commonly required in the office of a Solicitor; from the account of its contents it will be seen that it offers a great deal of really useful information in a small space."-The Law Times.

"The Forms selected are not only serviceable and carefully drawn, but many of them such as can be rarely met with in the ordinary way; they will undoubtedly be of considerable utility to the general practitioner.”—The Justice of the Peace.

"We can confidently recommend the volume as a most useful contribution to the Solicitor's working library."—The Globe.

"We should think that the Forms and Directions concerning the Legacy Duties would be found useful to many Solicitors."-Law Students' Magazine.

12mo. 7s. cloth; or bound as a pocket book, 8s.

The Country Attorney's Pocket Remembrancer: containing a Collection of useful Forms required by Country Attorneys, Land Agents, Surveyors, &c., upon a variety of occasions, when from home; with practical Instructions for Deeds, Wills, &c. &c., and variations adapting the Forms to almost every variety of circumstances: to which is added, a Collection of novel and useful Interest and other Tables, designed by the Author exclusively for this and his other Works. Second Edition. By HENRY MOORE, Esq.

12mo. 6s. cloth.

Instructions for preparing Abstracts of Titles, after the most improved System of eminent Conveyancers; to which is added, a Collection of Precedents, shewing the method-not only of abstracting every species of Deeds, but also of so connecting them together, by collateral Documents, as to form a complete Title. Second Edition, with considerable Additions. By HENRY MOORE, Esq.

XV.

ARCHER'S INDEX TO UNREPEALED STATUTES.

8vo., 5s. boards,

An INDEX to the UNREPEALED STATUTES connected with the ADMINISTRATION of THE LAW in ENGLAND and WALES, commencing with the Reign of William the Fourth, and continued up to the close of the Session 1850. By THOMAS G. ARCHER, Solicitor.

"A laborious work, whose utility is apparent from its title."-The Law Times. "A facility of reference to these various enactments has become a great desideratum to all those whose professional avocations or judicial functions impose on them the necessity of a frequent reference to the Statute Book. We have tested the work, and find it perfectly correct."-The Legal Observer.

XVI.

GRANT'S LAW OF CORPORATIONS IN GENERAL.
Royal 8vo., 26s. boards.

A PRACTICAL TREATISE on THE LAW of CORPORATIONS in GENERAL, as well Aggregate as Sole.

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Railway, Banking, Canal, and other Quasi Corporations aggregate, as

Municipal Corporations,

Joint-Stock and Trading Bodies,

Dean and Chapters,

Universities,

Colleges,

Schools,

Hospitals,

Guardians of the Poor, Churchwardens, Churchwardens and Over

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By JAMES GRANT, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law.

“The object has evidently been to render the work practically useful to persons in any way, as Officers or Members, connected with any Corporation; and we think that object is eminently answered. Vast research and diligence are displayed in the execution."-The Times.

"We think the arrangement happy. Another feature in Mr. Grant's work is the honesty with which it has been compiled."-Law Magazine.

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A valuable Treatise on an important subject, ably and carefully executed."Legal Observer.

"In itself, and as a law book, Mr. Grant's work is unexceptionable."-Law Times. "The task has been admirably executed by Mr. Grant, whose Work will be henceforward cited as the Text Book of Corporation Law."-Morning Herald.

XVII.

O'DOWD'S NEW CHANCERY PRACTICE.-SECOND EDITION. 12mo. 7s. 6d., boards,

(Dedicated, by permission, to the Right Hon. the Master of the Rolls.) The NEW PRACTICE of the COURT of CHANCERY, as regulated by the Acts and Orders for the Improvement of the Jurisdiction of Equity, 15 & 16 Vict. c. 86; for Abolishing the Office of Master, 15 & 16 Vict. c. 80; and for Relief of the Suitors, 15 & 16 Vict. c. 87; with INTRODUCTION, NOTES, the ACTS, together with all the New Orders in Chancery of 1852, including the latest, and a copious INDEX. By JAMES O'Dowd, Esq., Barrister at Law. Second Edition, corrected, greatly improved, and including the recent Cases.

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A nicely arranged little book which will not fail to be of service to the Practitioner in the Court of Chancery."-The Law Magazine.

"The work recommends itself by clearness, method, and comprehensiveness. A fund of useful learning is brought to bear upon the successive enactments of the new law, which, never cumbersome or loosely applied, illustrates the changes, and elucidates whatever appears doubtful or obscure in its provisions. A copious Index of ready reference gives additional value to a work, which is not merely a reprint of the acts, with a few meagre notes, but a well digested, comprehensive, and luminous treatise on these important statutes."-The Law Times.

"A comprehensive, compact, and well written treatise on the New Chancery Statutes."-The Examiner.

XVIII.

KEYSER ON THE LAW OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE. 12mo., 8s. cloth,

The LAW relating to TRANSACTIONS on the STOCK EXCHANGE. BY HENRY KEYSER, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law.

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XIX.

AYCKBOURN'S CHANCERY PRACTICE.-THIRD EDITION.

12mo., 16s. boards,

The NEW CHANCERY PRACTICE; comprising Alterations effected by ORDERS AND STATUTES; with Practical Directions, a Copious Selection of Modern Cases, and an APPENDIX OF FORMS. By HUBERT AYCKBOURN. THIRD EDITION, enlarged and carefully revised. By THOMAS H. AYCKBOURN, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law, and HUBERT AYCKBOURN.

XX.

QUESTIONS ON AYCKBOURN'S CHANCERY PRACTICE. 12mo., 6s. boards,

QUESTIONS for LAW STUDENTS on the THIRD EDITION of AYCKBOURN'S NEW CHANCERY PRACTICE. By JOHN SWITHINBANK, Solicitor in Chancery.

XXI.

BROWNE ON ACTIONS AT LAW.

8vo. 16s. boards.

A PRACTICAL TREATISE on ACTIONS AT LAW; embracing the subjects of Notice of Action; Limitation of Actions; necessary Parties to and proper Forms of Action, the consequence of mistake therein; and the Law of Costs with reference to Damages. By ROWLAND JAY BROWNE, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, Special Pleader.

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XXII.

COOPER'S CHANCERY ACTS AND ORDERS, 1852.

Second Edition.

12mo., 4s. sewed,

The New CHANCERY ACTS and the GENERAL ORDERS of 1852, complete, with copious Indexes. Edited by CHARLES PURTON COOPER, Esq., one of Her Majesty's Counsel.

ALSO,

Mr. CHARLES PURTON COOPER'S MANUAL of CHANCERY CHAMBER PRACTICE, uniform with the Second Edition of his "New Chancery Acts and Orders." 12mo., 1s. 6d. sewed.

XXIII.

SCRIVEN ON COPYHOLDS.-FOURTH EDITION, BY STALMAN. 2 vols. royal 8vo. £2: 10s. boards.

A TREATISE on COPYHOLD, CUSTOMARY FREEHOLD, and ANCIENT DEMESNE TENURE; with the Jurisdiction of Courts Baron and Courts Leet; also an Appendix containing Rules for holding Customary Courts, Courts Baron and Courts Leet, Forms of Court Rolls, Deputations, and Copyhold Assurances, and Extracts from the relative Acts of Parliament. By JOHN SCRIVEN, Serjeant at Law. THE FOURTH EDITION, embracing all the authorities to the present period, by HENRY STALMAN, Esq. of the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law.

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