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of reports, referred to in the following pages,
in which the utility of this knowledge was
eminently confpicuous, are fo many irrefra-
gable proofs of its advantage to the common
lawyer.
In this fecond edition the author has greatly
compreffed that part which treated of the
ecclefiaftical law of Ireland (which he is now
publishing separately in that country) and
has fupplied its place by enlarging on the law
of the admiralty, and fhewing its connection
with the civil law.
CONTENTS.
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THE FIRST VOLUME.
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS.
ON the Utility of the Study of the Civil
Law
On the comparative excellence of the
Civil and Common Laws
BOOK I.
OF THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS.
CHAPTER I.
Husband and IVife
CHAPTER II.
Husband and Wife continued
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CHAPTER VIII.
Of Title by Prescription, Efcheat, Forfeiture
and Alienation
CHAPTER IX.
Of Title by Gift; inter cicos, mortis caufa,
and propter nuptias
CHAPTER X.
Of Title by laft Will or Teftament
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