OF

THE LAW OF

REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY,

PRIMARILY CONNECTED WITH CONVEYANCING:

DESIGNED AS

A SECOND BOOK FOR STUDENTS,

AND AS

A DIGEST OF THE MOST USEFUL LEARNING
FOR PRACTITIONERS.

BY JOSIAH W. SMITH, B.C.L., Q.C.,

RETIRED JUDGE OF COUNTY COURTS, AND A BENCHER OF LINCOLN'S INN ;
(BDITOR OF FEARNE'S "CONTINGENT REMAINDERS"; AND AUTHOR OF A TREATISE ON EXECUTORY
INTERESTS ANNEXED THERETO; EDITOR OF MITFORD'S "CHANCERY PLEADINGS ";
AND ONE OF THE CONSOLIDATORS OF THE CHANCERY ORDERS.)

Sixth Edition.

(Enlarged, and embodying the alterations made by the recent Statutes.)

RY

THE AUTHOR

AND

J. TRUSTRAM, LL.M.,

of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., Barrister at Law; formerly MacMahon Law Student of
St. John's College, Cambridge.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

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LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF GREAT BRITAIN,

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THIS ATTEMPT

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WAS,

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MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

1855.