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JAMES SHAW WILLES AND HENRY SINGER KEATING,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, ESQUIRES, BARRISTERS-AT-LAW (AFTERWARDS JUDGES OF HER MAJESTY'S
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS AND MEMBERS OF HER MAJESTY'S PRIVY COUNCIL).

THE FIFTH AND SIXTH EDITIONS BY

FRED. PHILIP MAUDE AND THOS. EDWARD CHITTY,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, ESQUIRES, BARRISTERS-AT-LAW.

THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH EDITIONS AND

THE NINTH EDITION

BY

RICHARD HENN COLLINS, M.A.,

FELLOW OF DOWNING COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, ESQUIRE,
ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S COUNSEL;

AND

ROBERT GEORGE ARBUTHNOT, M.A.,

LATE SCHOLAR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDge, of the INNER TEMPLE, ESQUIRE,
BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

NINTH AMERICAN, FROM THE NINTH ENGLISH EDITION,

WITH ELABORATE AMERICAN NOTES TO DATE BY THE DISTINGUISHED AUTHORS NAMED
IN THE PUBLISHERS' PREFACE.

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IN THREE VOLUMES.-VOL. I.

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