Author: R. S. Donnison Roper

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Published: 2015-07-12

Total Pages: 666

ISBN-13: 9781331218265

Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law of Legacies, Vol. 1 of 2 The late learned Author had intended to republish his Treatise on the Law of Legacies under an entirely new arrangement; and at his death left the thirteen first chapters and part of another prepared with that view, but without any other manuscripts from which even an outline of his plan respecting the remainder of the work could be collected. The completion of this design devolved upon the Editor, in the prosecution of which he has avoided, as much as possible, alterations in the manuscript chapters left by the late Author, beyond verbal corrections and the addition of subsequent decisions. The substance of the former Editions will be found in the present, but under a new arrangement, which has been adopted in the hope of rendering the work more useful, and at the same time a more accurate and comprehensive analysis of a complicated subject. To obviate objections which have been made to the lengthened statements of cases in the former Editions, considerable pains have been bestowed in compressing them within the smallest compass consistent with utility. The Editor feels confident that the chapters left by the late Author, and forming about one third of the present volumes, will not disappoint the expectations of those acquainted with his intention of republishing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.