text books. The labour and difficulty in such a state of things were considerable and the present work owes its origin to a conviction, that this labour and difficulty would be materially diminished by any attempt, however imperfect, to collect and to reduce into system the authorities on the subject, which were then scattered up and down in some hundreds of volumes. This being the first work that has appeared on the subject, and the plan and arrangement of it having therefore been left in a peculiar manner to the author's own discretion, he trusts it will meet with the indulgence of the profession. Apprehensive that errors as well as omissions will be discovered, it is with unfeigned diffidence that he presents the result of his labours to the public. In concluding, the author desires to express his thanks to his friend Edward John Lloyd, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, for several valuable suggestions in the course of the work, of which he has availed himself. Lincoln'n Inn, December, 1826. CONTENTS. CHAP. III. Of the Presumption with respect to the Exoneration of Real Es- tates from Charges or Encumbrances,—first, where they are paid CHAP. IV. Of the Presumption with respect to the Beneficial Ownership,- first, where a Purchase made by one Person is completed in the name of another, and secondly, where an estate paid for by two CHAP. V. Of the Performance and Presumed Satisfaction of Covenants for Fa- mily Provisions,-first, in Cases relating to Personal Property,- CHAP. VIII. CHAP. IX. Of the Exclusion of Executors from the Residuary Estate. Of the Presumed Satisfaction of Annuities, Portions, Legacies, Liens for Purchase Money, and other Demands not within the Statute of Of the Presumed Dereliction of the Right to have Fraudulent Pur- chases, Purchases by Trustees, and Purchases of Reversions, set Of the Presumed Waiver of Rights of Appropriation,-of Resumption on Forfeiture, Pre-emption, and Election,-of Rights under Exe- cutory Trusts, Devises in Equity, Agreements to Purchase, and Covenants for Renewal,—of the Responsibility of Executors, Ad- ministrators, and Trustees,—of the Liability of Purchasers to see to the Application of the Purchase Money, and other miscellaneous |