Excerpt from A Treatise on the Construction and Effect of Statute Law: With Appendices Containing Words and Expression Used in Statutes Which Have Been Judicially on Statutably Construed and the Popular and Short Titles of Certain Statutes Tee present treatise was jointly projected by my friend Mr. Edward J enkins, m.p., and myself, about nine years since. Shortly after that time my friend relinquished his practice at the Bar for other pursuits, literary and political, and thenceforward the task of collecting and comparing authorities devolved upon me. I am, therefore, solely answerable both for the form and matter of this com pilation. H. H. 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.