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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.

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