THE

LAW MAGAZINE;

OR

QUARTERLY REVIEW

OF

JURISPRUDENCE,

FOR AUGUST, 1834; AND NOVEMBER, 1834.

VOL. XII.

LONDON:

SAUNDERS AND BENNING, LAW BOOKSELLERS,

(SUCCESSORS TO J. BUTTERWORTH and son,)

43, FLEET STREET.

1834.

CONTENTS.

ART. I.-REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, and Deaths.

ART. II.-LIFE OF LORD KEEPER COVENTRY.

Of Thomas Lord Coventrie, late Lord Keeper of the

Great Seale of England. Some notable Observations

in the course of his Life, and Ultimum Vale to the

World. (Among the Sloane MSS. in the British

Museum.)

ART. III.-THE PROVINCE OF JUDGE DISTINGUISHED FROM

THE PROVINCE OF JURY

ART. IV.-RETROSPECTIVE OPERATION OF THE BANKRUPT

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81

ART. V.-WHEN THE LEGAL ESTATE IN MORTGAGED PREMISES

PASSES BY A GENERAL DEVISE IN THE WILL OF THE

MORTGAGEE

ART. VI.-LAW OF VENDORS AND PURCHASERS.

A Practical Treatise of the Law of Vendors and Pur-

chasers of Estates. By Sir Edward Sugden. 2 vols.

9th edition. 1834.

ART. VIII.-FORENSIC ELOQUENCE OF AMERICA.-WEBSTER'S

. 87

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CONTENTS.

ART. I.-ORIGIN, NATURE AND HISTORY OF OATHS.

Oaths, their Origin, Nature and History. By James

Endell Tyler, B. D. Rector of St. Giles in the Fields,

and late Fellow of Oriel College

ART. III.-ON THE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE, IN EQUITY, OF

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269

287

ART. V.-LIABILITY OF A RETIRED PARTNER.

364

ART. VI.-CASE OF D. W. HARVEY, ESQ. M.P.

Second Report from Select Committee on the Inns of

Court, with Minutes of Evidence and Appendix. Or-

dered by the House of Commons to be printed, 4th

Aug. 1834.

373

ART. VII. THE JUDICIAL CHARACTER OF SIR JOHN LEACH. 427