A

Practical Treatise

ON THE

LAW, PRIVILEGES, PROCEEDINGS

AND USAGE

OF

PARLIAMENT.

BY THOMAS ERSKINE MAY, Esq.

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE; BARRISTER-AT-LAW:

ONE OF THE EXAMINERS OF PETITIONS FOR PRIVATE BILLS, AND
TAXING OFFICER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Second Edition.

REVISED AND ENLARGED.

LONDON:

BUTTERWORTHS, 7, FLEET-STREET,
Law Booksellers and Publishers.

HODGES AND SMITH, GRAFTON-STREET, DUBLIN.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY HENRY HANSARD, NEAR LINCOLN'S-INN-FIELDS.

ΤΟ

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

CHARLES SHAW LEFEVRE,

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,

&c. &c. &c.

THE SECOND EDITION

OF

THIS TREATISE

IS, WITH THE HIGHEST RESPECT,

INSCRIBED BY

THE AUTHOR.

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