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THE HONOURABLE

SIR CHARLES ABBOTT, KNT.

ONE OF

HIS MAJESTY'S JUSTICES

OF THE

COURT OF KING'S BENCH,

WITH HIGH RESPECT

FOR THAT ABILITY, AND THOSE ATTAINMENTS,

WHICH HAVE ADVANCED HIM

TO SUCH DESERVED EMINENCE

IN HIS PROFESSION;

AND WITH STRONG FEELINGS

OF GRATITUDE,

FOR HIS PERSONAL KINDNESS, AND VALUABLE INSTRUCTION,

THIS WORK

IS,

(WITH HIS PERMISSION)

DEDICATED

BY

THE AUTHOR.

PREFACE

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ENGLISH EDITION.

THE importance of an accurate knowledge of the Law of Arbitration, joined to the cir cumstances of the only modern treatise upon that subject having been for some time out of print, and being, even to those in whose hands it may be found, of little comparative value from the number of cases upon this branch of the law which have been decided since its publication, will, it is hoped, at least, save the present work from the imputation of being superfluous.

It has occurred, also, to the author, while fully admitting the treatise by the late Mr. Kyd to have very considerable merit, that the plan of it might, in some respects, be deviated from with advantage.

A review of what the Civil Law has provided for regulating Arbitration, however