LL

CW. U.K.

X 510 1342

TO

LAW STUDIES,

AND

TO EVERY DEPARTMENT OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION,

Civil, Criminal, and Ecclesiastical :

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF

THE STATE OF THE LAW IN IRELAND, AND SCOTLAND,

AND

OCCASIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS FROM AMERICAN LAW.

BY

SAMUEL WARREN, ESQ., F.R.S.,

Of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law.

Simul ac duraverit ætas

Membra animumque tuum, nabis sine cortice.-HOR.

SECOND EDITION.

ENTIRELY REMODELLED, RE-WRITTEN, AND GREATLY ENLARGED.

LONDON:

A. MAXWELL & SON, BELL YARD, LINCOLN'S INN;

W. BLACKWOOD & SON, EDINBURGH; AND HODGES & SMITH, DUBLIN.

BOSTON, U.S.:

CHARLES C. LITTLE & JAMES BROWN.

MDCCCXLV.