A....

OF ENGLISH LAW

BY

W. S. HOLDSWORTH, K.C., D.C.L.

BENCHER OF LINCOLN'S INN

VINERIAN PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LAW IN the univerRSITY OF OXFORD; FELLOW OF ALL SOULS
COLLEGE, OXFORD; LATE fellow of sT. JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD; FOREIGN ASSOCIATE
OF THE ROYAL BELGIAN ACADEMY; FELLOW OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY

VOLUME VI

To say truth, although it is not necessary for counsel to know what
the history of a point is, but to know how it now stands resolved, yet it is a
wonderful accomplishment, and, without it, a lawyer cannot be accounted
learned in the law.
ROGER NORTH

BOSTON

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

1924

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HE RIGHT HONOURABLE FREDERICK EDWIN

EARL OF BIRKENHEAD

SOMETIME LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF GREAT BRITAIN

THIS WORK

IS

BY HIS LORDSHIP'S PERMISSION

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED