I. Heath Haviland
4th Sep 1845

THE SCIENCE

OF

LEGAL JUDGMENT;

A Treatise

DESIGNED TO SHOW THE MATERIALS WHEREOF,

AND

THE PROCESS BY WHICH,

THE COURTS OF WESTMINSTER HALL,

CONSTRUCT THEIR JUDGMENTS;

AND

ADAPTED TO PRACTICAL AND GENERAL USE IN THE DISCUSSION,
AND DETERMINATION, OF QUESTIONS OF LAW.

BY JAMES RAM,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER AT LAW.

"The judgments of the Courts of Westminster Hall are the only authority that we have for by
far the greatest part of the law of England." Lord Wynford.

FROM THE LONDON EDITION.

PUBLISHED BY

JOHN S. LITTELL,

Law Bookseller and Publisher

No. 11 GEORGE STREET,

PHILADELPHIA.

CONTENTS.

The pages referred to are those between brackets, [ ].

OF THE FOLLOWING MATERIALS OF A JUDGMENT:-

1. Certain General Principles of the Law of England,

2. The Common Law,

3. Customs of some Cities and Places,

4. Common Opinion,

5. Pleadings,

6. Maxims,

7. Rules for the interpretation of Acts of Parliament, Deeds, and

2. Analogy,

3. A fortiori, that is, a minori ad majus, or a majori ad minus,

4. Ex absurdo

OF PRACTICE

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

OF LEX MERCATORIA; THE LAW OR CUSTOM OF MERCHANTS

OF THE CIVIL LAW

VOL. IX.-N

CHAPTER IX.

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