A New Collection of Laws, Charters and Local Ordinances, Vol. 1 of 2 PDF Download

Author: Joseph M. White
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780259853459
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 758

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Excerpt from A New Collection of Laws, Charters and Local Ordinances, Vol. 1 of 2: Of the Governments of Great Britain, France and Spain, Relating to the Concessions of Land in Their Respective Colonies; Together With the Laws of Mexico and Texas on the Same Subject; To Which Is Prefield Judge Johnson's Translation of Azo and Manuels In The copious notes and references, he had taken in the investigation of British and Spanish titles as a Commissioner of the United States, under the Florida Treaty, had placed at his disposal the means of embodying in a short time, for the immediate use of the government, the collection, such as it was, heretofore published under a Resolution of Congress in execution of the act of That small work, although it has been three times published by the government of the United States, is not now to be had in any of the bookstores of those States most deeply interested in the principles of law, upon which foreign provincial titles are founded, and the edicts and ordinances by which they are guarded and maintained. The Compilation, limited as it was, from the circum stances indicated, has been almost the only book referred to in the Supreme Court, and the local tribunals, upon the many important questions, of complicated foreign law, and perplexed Spanish Colonial Jurisprudence. 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.