LEGAL DEPARTMENT. 



Legal Facts of Importance to All 

 Citizens of the United States. 



bAW has been defined as principles of right and justice governing 

 the actions of men, and defining their different rights in relation 

 to each other. The object of the law is to give every person the 

 full enjoyment of these rights; thus protecting the weak and in- 

 nocent from the unjust acts of dishonest people. 



Law is divided into two classes, viz: that which has been established 

 by long common practice, or usage and that which is specially passed 

 by legislatures and is found upon the statute books. The former is 

 called the Common or Unwritten Law, and is founded in justice and 

 reason. The last or Statute Law is passed by our legislators and is 

 called Written Law. 



The value of a thorough understanding of the principles of law of 

 general application is of great importance to every one who has business 

 of any kind to transact. Those who possess this knowledge have a 

 shield to protect them from the cunning and trickery of the world. 



It is far better to be protected by knowledge from the tricks of the 

 dishonest than to try to remedy an act, in which a dishonest person has 

 taken advantage. Skelton says: "Whoever goes to law goes into a glass 

 house, where he understands little or nothing of what he is doing; where 

 he sees a small matter blown up, like a glass ball, into fifty times the 

 size of its real contents, and through which if he can perceive any other 



