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An Appendix of the Statutes

OF ENGLAND, IRELAND, AND SCOTLAND, RELATING TO SUCH PERSONS;

AND

FORMS OF PROCEEDINGS IN LUNACY.

The Second Edition,

WITH CONSIDERABLE ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS,

INCLUDING

THE NEW GENERAL ORDERS, STATUTES, AND DECISIONS.

BY

LEONARD SHELFORD, ESQ.,

OF THE MIDDle temple, BARRISTER AT LAW.

LONDON:

S. SWEET, 1, CHANCERY LANE,

V. & R. STEVENS & G. S. NORTON, BELL YARD, LINCOLN'S INN;

Law Booksellers and Publishers.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY RAYNER AND HODGES,

109, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street.

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73771 043 1841 554X

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TO THE

SECOND EDITION.

The Author has carefully revised the former Edition of this Work, and incorporated therewith the subsequent and important authorities relating to the law of Lunatics under the appropriate divisions. The Statutes of the United Kingdom, relating exclusively to Lunatics, are printed at length in the Appendix. Forms adapted to the new general orders in Lunacy have been introduced, and new Bills of Costs are added. The favourable reception of the first Edition of this Work, not only in England and Ireland, but also in America, where it was republished in the second volume of the Law Library, Philadelphia (a), was some satisfaction to the Author, although an inadequate compensation for the time bestowed upon it. The Author entertains some confidence that this Edition will be found, on account of the new matter which it contains, and the pains bestowed upon its prepara

(a) See Hoffman on Legal Study, 332, 2nd edition, and the English, Irish, and American Equity Reports.

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