THE

LAW REVIEW,

AND

Quarterly Journal

OF

BRITISH AND FOREIGN JURISPRUDENCE.

VOL. III.

AUGUST 1845 MAY 1846.

LONDON:

OWEN RICHARDS, LAW BOOKSELLER AND PUBLISHER,

194. FLEET STREET.

LONDON:

Printed by A. SPOTTISWOODE,

New-Street-Square.

An Act to facilitate the Admission in Evidence of cer-

tain Official and other Documents. -8 & 9 Vict.

c. 113.

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1. An Act for the better securing the Payment of Small

Debts. (Royal Assent, 9th August, 1845.) 8 & 9

Vict. c. 127.

2. Report of the Select Committee of the House of Lords

on Petitions on the Law of Debtor and Creditor.

Ordered to be printed, 8th May, 1845.

ART. VI. WARREN'S LAW STUDIES.

A Popular and Practical Introduction 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 of American Law. By SAMUEL

WARREN, Esq., F.R.S., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-

at-Law. Second Edition

1. CLOSSIUS, W. F.-Hermenutik des römischen Rechts

und Einleitung in das Corpus Juris Civilis. Mit

einem Chrestomathie von Quellen. 8vo. Leipzig.

1831.

2. DE WEYHE, C. G. L.- Libri Tres Edicti, sive de

origine fatisque Jurisprudentiæ Romanæ, præsertim

Edictorum Prætoris. 4to. Cell. Luneburg. 1821.

3. BESELER, G.-über die Stellung des römischen Rechts,

zu dem nationalen Recht der germanischen Völker.

8vo. Basel. 1836.-

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ART. IX. THE LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR.

1. Bill for amending the Laws relating to Bankruptcy

and Insolvency, and for facilitating the Settlement of

certain Matters of Account. (H. of Lords, 1844.)

2. Bill to amend the Laws relating to Bankruptcy and

Insolvency. (H. of Commons, 1845.)

ART. X. RAILWAY LEGISLATION.

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SESSION.

PROSPECTS OF THE

1. Report from the Select Committee of the House of

Lords on the Petitions respecting the Irish Great

Western Railway. (Session 1845.)

2. Minutes of Evidence before Select Committee of the

Lords on the Irish Great Western Railway Bill.

(Session 1845.)

3. Report of the London and York Railway Subscription

List Committee. (Session 1845.)

ART. XI. ON THE LIEN OF SOLICITORS

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124

139

155

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ART. XIII. THE CONVEYANCING ACTS OF 1845, WITH

PRECEDENTS.

1. The Real Property Acts of 1845, with Introductory

Observations and Notes. By EDWARD VANSITTART

NEALE, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., Barrister-at-Law.

2. Concise Precedents in Conveyancing, adapted to the

Act to amend the Law of Real Property. By CHARLES

DAVIDSON, of the Middle Temple, Esq., Barrister-at-

Law, late Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge.

Second Edition. Maxwell. 1845.

3. Statutes relating to Conveyancing, of the Session

8 & 9 Victoria, with a Commentary and Forms. By

GEORGE SWEET, of the Inner Temple, Esq., Barrister-

at-Law. Sweet. 1845.

4. Letter to the Right Honourable Henry Lord

Brougham and Vaux, on the Act relating to At-

tendant Terms of Years. John Murray.

CORRESPONDENCE.

Oaths and Affirmations

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CONTENTS OF N° VI.

ART. I.-THE EIGHTH REPORT OF THE CRIMINAL LAW.

COMMISSIONERS. CODIFICATION

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RECOLLECTIONS OF A DECEASED WELSH Judge.

ART. IV.-REMOVAL OF COURTS FROM WESTMINSTER.

Report from the Select Committee on Courts of Law and

Equity, together with the Minutes of Evidence and

Index. (Ordered by the House of Commons to be

printed, August 1. 1845.)

ART. V. ON THE LIEN OF SOLICITORS - concluded

ART. VI.

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- A MEMOIR OF MR. COMMISSIONER BOTELER

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ART. VII. THE OPENING OF LINCOLN'S INN HALL.

STATE OF THE PROFESSION

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THE

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ART. VIII. —LORD ELDON COMPARED WITH THE Judges of

HIS TIME

SATISFIED TERMS

ART. XII. — LAW LECTURES BY THE INNS OF COURT

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Secondary Punish

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