A

PRACTICAL VIEW

OF THE

STATUTE LAW

OF

SCOTLAND,

FROM THE YEAR MCCCCXXIV,

TO THE

CLOSE OF THE SESSION OF PARLIAMENT MDCCCXXVII,

IN A SERIES OF TITLES, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.

BY

JAMES WATSON, Esq. ADVOCATE,

AUTHOR OF A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF SUCCESSION

IN SCOTLAND.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR BELL & BRADFUTE,

AND THOMAS M. SHIELLS.

ΤΟ

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

CHARLES HOPE,

LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COURT OF SESSION

IN SCOTLAND,

THIS WORK

IS, WITH HIS LORDSHIP'S PERMISSION,

MOST RESPECTFULLY

DEDICATED.