PREFACE THIS is the Second Series of the compilation entitled "Words and Phrases," published by us in 1904. It contains the judicial interpretation and construction of words and phrases found in the reported decisions of the American appellate courts since the original compilation, down to January 1, 1913. The alphabetical arrangement of the matter is exactly the same as that of the First Series; and one having located a definition of a word or phrase in this series has but to look under the same heading in the First Series to find the earlier definitions. Reference from the First Series to the Second Series may be made in like WEST PUBLISHING CO. manner. (iii)* |