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COMMENTARIES ON THE LAW OF EVIDENCE. 



BY SIMON GREEJNTLEAF, LL. D., 

 Royal 1 Professor of Law in Harvard University. 



In One Volume, Octavo. 



This work is arranged in Three Parts. The First treats of the .Nature, Basis, 

 and General Principles of Evidence ; its general divisions into Positive and 

 Presumptive ; the Theory and Doctrines of Presumptive Evidence, and those 

 things which Courts will themselves take notice of, without proof. The Second 

 Part treats of the Objects of Evidence 5 the Rules which govern its production, 

 and the Quantity of Proof required j including the subjects of Primary and 

 Secondary Evidence, and of Original Evidence and Hearsay, together with that 

 of the Admissibility of Parol Evidence, to contradict, vary, or explain that which 

 is in Writing. The Third Part treats of the Instruments of Evidence, whether 

 written or oral 3 including the subject of Witnesses, and the weight and force 

 of their testimony; with the Province and Duty of the Jury. 



A SecondVolume U preparing for Vie Press. 



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COMMENTARIES 



ON THE LAW OF PARTNERSHIP, 



As a Branch of Commercial and Maritime Jurisprudence 



With Illustrations from the Civil and Foreign Law. 



BY JOSEPH STORY, LL. D. 



I. 



COMMENTARIES 



ON THE LAW OF BILLS OF EXCHANGE, 



Foreign and Inland, * 



As administered in England and America ; 



With Occasional Illustrations from the Commercial Law of the Nations of 



Continental Europe. 



BY JOSEPH STORY, LL. D. 

 One Volume, Royal Octavo. 



II. 



REPORTS OF CASES 



Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of thb 



United States, January Term, 1842. 



BY RICHARD PETERS. 

 Volume Sixteen. 



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