THE

COMMON LAW PROCEDURE ACT,

1854.

LONDON: PRINTED BY W. CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET.

THE

Common Law Procedure Act,

1854,

(17 & 18 VICT., Cap. 125,)

WITH PRACTICAL NOTES:

AN

INTRODUCTION,

EXPLAINING THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE EQUITABLE
JURISDICTION CONFERRED ON THE SUPERIOR COURTS OF
COMMON LAW; THE CHANGES EFFECTED IN THE LAW
OF EVIDENCE; AND THE ALTERATIONS

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1854.

PREFACE.

IN the preparation of this volume I have followed, as closely as the nature of the work permitted, the general plan of my edition of "The Common Law Procedure Act, 1852."

In the Introduction, I have endeavoured to give an outline of the many important changes introduced by the statute.

In pointing out, in the first four chapters, the nature of that extension of jurisdiction, which is the most prominent feature of the Act, my object has been to explain, as well the reasons which led to, as the extent of, the powers now conferred on the Superior Courts of Common Law. For while the performance of contracts and duties, which these