An Abridgment Of The Law Of Nisi Prius Vol 1

Author : William Selwyn
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ISBN 13 : 9781332706457
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius, Vol. 1 written by William Selwyn and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-25 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius, Vol. 1: Account, Adultery, Assault and Battery, Assumpsit, Attorney, Auction, Bankrupt, Baron and Feme, Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes, Carriers, Common, Consequential Damages, Covenant, Debt, Deceit, Detinue, Distress Considering the utility and importance of the subject, it cannot fail to excite the surprise of the reader, when he is informed that a well digested treatise on the law of actions remained for so great a length of time a desideratum in the profession, that it was not until the year 1 767, that an anonymous compilation, (the first deserving any notice, ) entitled An Introduction to the Law relative to Trials at N isi Prius, was published The same work was republished by the late Mr. J. Buller, in the year 1772. Although the title-page is silent as to this being a. Second edition; yet, from an examination of the contents, it appears very clearly that Mr. J. Buller's book is merely a republication of the anony mous treatise published in 1767. It is very remarkable, that so many different opinions should have existed as to the real author of this compilation; some persons having ascribed it to Mr. Ford, others to the late Mr. J. Olive, and others to Mr. Bathurst. It was the received opinion at the bar, at ego audivi, upon the first appearance of this work, that it had been cdmpiled by Mr. Bathumt, (who was created Lord Apsley in 1771, and succeeded his father Allen, Earl Bathurst, in for his own private use; but the dedication by Mr. Buller to Lord Apsley, prefixed to the edition in 1772, which must have escaped the notice of those persons who ascribed this work to a different author, places the question beyond the reach of controversy. That dedication expressly recognizes this treatise as owing its origin to a collection of notes formerlyviii preface. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.