ENCYCLOPÆDIA

OF THE

LAWS OF ENGLAND

VOLUME I

This edition has been prepared under the general editorship of MAX. A. ROBERTSON, ESQ., OF THE INNER TEMPLE AND THE MIDLAND CIRCUIT, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

Printed by WILLIAM GREEN & SONS, Edinburgh

July 1906

WITH A GENERAL INTRODUCTION BY SIR F. POLLOCK, BART.

LONDON AND EDINBURGH

SWEET & MAXWELL, LTD., AND WM. GREEN & SONS

TORONTO

THE CANADA LAW BOOK COMPANY

LIBRARY OF THE

LELAND STANFORD, JR., UNIVERSITE

LAW DEPARTMENT.

THE AUTHORS OF THE PRINCIPAL ARTICLES IN THIS

VOLUME ARE AS FOLLOWS:

[Square brackets indicate that the article has not been revised by the original author. In these articles square brackets throughout the text indicate new matter added to the original article.]

General Introduction.-SIR FREDERICK POLLOCK, Bart.

Abdication.-J. P. Wallis. [A. Wood Renton, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon.]

Abduction; and Abominable Crime.-W. F. Craies.

Aborigines.-Sir Thomas Barclay. [A. Wood Renton, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon.]

Abortion.-W. F. Craies.

Abridgment.--The late A. W. Donald. [A. Wood Renton, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon.]

Abstract of Title.-W. H. Gover.

Accession of Property.-J. R. M'Ilraith. [A. Wood Renton, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon.]

Accession of Sovereign.-J. P. Wallis. [A. Wood Renton, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon.]

Accessory.-W. F. Craies.

Accident Insurance.-W. Blake Odgers, K.C.

Accommodation Bill.-D. M. Kerly. [Max. A. Robertson.]

Accommodation Works.-Alfred A. Hudson. [R. Geoffrey Ellis.]

Accomplice.-W. F. Craies.

Accord and Satisfaction.-D. M. Kerly. [A. Wood Renton, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon.]

Account Duty.-Sir Francis Gore, Solicitor to the Inland Revenue.

Account, Settled.-W. Blake Odgers, K.C.

Accounts and Inquiries.-Charles Burney, one of the Masters of the Supremie Court.

Accounts, Falsification of.-W. F. Craies.

Accounts Stated.-The late T. J. Bullen. [A. Wood Renton, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon.]

Accountant.-The late T. M. Stevens. [Max. A. Robertson.]

Accumulations.-H. W. Law. [C. Johnston Edwards.]

Acquiescence.-D. M. Kerly. [Max. A. Robertson.]

Act of Parliament.-Paul Strickland. [A. Wood Renton, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon.]

Act of Settlement.-Sir W. R. Anson, Bart.

Act of State.-J. P. Wallis. [A. Wood Renton, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon.]

Actio personalis moritur cum persona.-The late A. W. Donald. [R. Geoffrey

Ellis.]