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A CONCISE TREATISE

ON THE

Law and Practice

OF

CONVEYANCING.

TOGETHER WITH

THE SOLICITORS' REMUNERATION ACT, 1881,

AND

GENERAL ORDER, 1882,

AND THE

LAND TRANSFER ACTS, 1875 AND 1897,

AND THE RULES AND ORDERS THEREON.

BY RICHARD HALLILAY, Esq.,

OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, LATE HOLDER OF AN EXHIBITION
AWARDED BY THE COUNCIL OF LEGAL EDUCATION, AND ALSO OF THE

STUDENTSHIP OF THE FOUR INNS OF COURT.

AUTHOR OF “A DIGEST OF THE EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS," ETC.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

HORACE COX,

WINDSOR HOUSE, BREAM'S BUILDINGS, E.C.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY HORACE COX, WINDSOR HOUSE, BREAM'S BUILDINGS, E.C.

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

SINCE the publication of the first edition of this work several important changes have been made in the law applying to Real Property and Conveyancing by statutory enactments and by judicial decisions. As to the former I may instance the Settled Land Acts, 1884, 1887, 1889, and 1890; the Finance Act, 1894; the Copyhold Act, 1894; the Land Transfer Act, 1897; the Land Charges Act, and the Agricultural Holdings Act of the present year. The changes effected by these and other statutes, and by judicial decisions, have, as far as practicable, and in some instances through the liberality of the publisher, been made in the text of the present edition.

Special attention has been given to the law and practice relating to investigation of title, and the preparation of deeds of conveyance, &c. New chapters have been added on Bills of Sale; Bonds; the Statutes of Limitation; and on the Land Transfer Acts, 1875 and 1897, and the Rules issued under those Acts.

The work has consequently been considerably enlarged, and in great part rewritten. And it is trusted that it will be found sufficient for examination purposes on the subjects it embraces, and will also meet the requirements of the young practitioner while conducting the ordinary duties of a conveyancing practice.

THE TEMPLE,

September, 1900.

R. H.

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