LAW MAGAZINE;

OR

QUARTERLY REVIEW

OF

JURISPRUDENCE,

FOR AUGUST, 1832; AND NOVEMBER, 1832.

VOL. VIII.

LONDON:

SAUNDERS AND BENNING, LAW BOOKSELLERS,
(SUCCESSORS TO J. BUTTERWORTH and son,)

43, FLEET STREET.

1832.

CONTENTS.

Page.

ART. I.-THIRD REAL PROPERTY REPORT.

Copy of the Third Report made to His Majesty by the

Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Law of

England respecting Real Property

ART. II.-FOURTH COMMON LAW REPORT.-ARREST.

Copy of the Fourth Report made to His Majesty by the

Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Practice

and Proceedings of the Superior Courts of Common

Law

ART. III.-ON THE TITLE TO A BILL OR NOTE BY INDORSE-

1.

70

ART. IV.-ON THE LIABILITY OF A HUSBAND MARRYING DURING

HIS MINORITY, TO THE DEBTS OF HIS WIFE CONTRACTED

PREVIOUSLY TO THE MARRIAGE

€ 130

ART. V.-POWER OF THE BENCHERS OF THE INNS OF COURT.-

MR. WHITTLE HARVEY'S MOTIONS

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ART. VI. RECENT EDITIONS OF BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES.

1. Commentaries on the Law of England, in four books,

by Sir William Blackstone, Knt. Sixteenth Edition,

with Notes. By John Taylor Coleridge, Esq. Barrister

at Law.

2. Commentaries on the Laws of England, by the late Sir

William Blackstone, Knt. A new edition, with prac-

tical Notes. By Joseph Chitty, Esq. Barrister at Law.

3. Commentaries on the Laws of England, with an Ana-

lysis of the Work, by Sir William Blackstone, Knt.

Page.

Eighteenth Edition, with the last Corrections of the

Author, and copious Notes. Vols. I. and III. by Tho-

mas Lee, Esq. of Gray's Inn; Vol. II. by John Eykyn

Hovenden, Esq. of Gray's Inn; and Vol. IV. by Ar-

cher Ryland, Esq. of Gray's Inn.

1829.

ART. VII.-RECOLLECTIONS OF SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH

ART. VIII. THE REFORM ACT.

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1. The Act 2 Will. IV. c. 45, with Notes and Index. By

A. E. Cockburn, Esq.

2. Parliamentary Reform Act, with Notes, Digest, &c.

By Francis Newman Rogers, Esq.

3. The Act, &c. 2 Will. IV. c. 45, with Notes, Tables,

&c. By William Carpenter Rowe, Esq.

4. A Treatise on the Reform Act, 2 Will. IV. c. 45, with

Practical Directions to Overseers and Town Clerks,

&c. Copy of the Order in Council, and an Appendix,

containing a Copy of the Act. By William Russell, Esq.

5. The Acts 2 Will. IV. c. 45, and 2 & 3 Will. IV. c. 64,

with an Analysis, Tables, &c. By William Finnelly,

CONTENTS.

ART. 1.-CRIMINAL COURTS, CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, AND

RECENT CHANGES IN THE CRIMINAL LAWS, OF France.

1. Code d'Instruction Criminelle, 1832.

2. Code Pénal, 1832.

Page.

ART. II.-ON THE ADMISSIBILITY OF PAROL EVIDENCE IN SUITS

IN EQUITY FOR A SPECIFIC Performance OF A CONTRACT

IN WRITING

ART. III.-LIVES OF LORD CHANCELLOR ELLESMERE AND SIR

J. E. WILMOT.

330

A Compilation of various Authentic Evidences and Histo-

rical Authorities, tending to illustrate the Life and Cha-

racter of Thomas Egerton, Lord Ellesmere, Viscount

Brackley, Lord High Chancellor of England, &c. and

the Nature of the Times in which he was Lord

Keeper, and Lord High Chancellor; by Francis Henry

Egerton, &c.

Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Sir John

Eardley Wilmot, Knt. late Lord Chief Justice of the

Court of Common Pleas, and one of His Majesty's

Most Honourable Privy Council; with some Original

Letters. By John Wilmot, Esq.

ART. IV.-GENERAL REGISter.

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Report from Select Committee on a General Register of

all Deeds and Instruments affecting Real Property in

England and Wales, with the Minutes of Evidence and

Appendix. Ordered by the House of Commons to be

printed, 18th July, 1832.

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