PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. IN the present edition the new matter has been inserted in the text, and distinguished by square brackets. Several questions and answers have been deleted, as rendered obsolete by recent legislation, and not possessed of historical value Some new questions and answers have been added. Mr. Mowbray's excellent notes, except, of course, those relating to answers not inserted in this edition, have been retained. The references to Bell's Commentaries have been altered to the corresponding pages of the last edition (MacLaren's). The references, in this edition, to the Juridical Styles, Vol. I. are to the fifth edition of that volume. It has not been thought necessary to give references to Professor Montgomerie Bell's Lectures, as parallel passages in that work can be readily found by aid of its complete index. I am much indebted to my friends, Mr. W. D. Thorburn, Advocate, and Mr. Matthew Livingstone, one of the Assistant Keepers of the Register of Sasines, for the valuable aid they have afforded me. J. P. W. 1st November, 1881. |