A Treatise on the Law of Dower (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law of Dower HE facilities possessed by the legal profession for the study of the Law of Dower are not at present so perfect as to require for any honest attempt towards their improvement much in the way either of explanation or apology. That a suitable book of reference on the subject is required is a thing generally admitted. Expression has been given to this felt want in the Canada Law Journal, to an article of the sort in which Journal, the author must ascribe his first impulse towards the preparation of this volume. Thus far, the principal works in this department of legal lore, which have issued respectively from the Canadian, English or American press, are those of Draper, Park and Scribner. The first of these - the only produc tion Of the kind up to the present time of Canadian origin is long since out of date; the other two are, neither of them, without grave defects; the former, partly on account of the mass Of ancient law which it contains, and the latter, from the very considerable extent to which it is occupied with the conflicting decisions of the courts belong ing severally to the various States of the Union. 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.