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Compact, how distinguished from a government, 278; original,

theory of, 280.

Conflict of laws, as to wills, 85.

Conspiracy, law of, 210.

Constitutional law, 242.

Constitution of the United States, sketch of the history of its adop-

tion, 271; objections to at the time of its adoption, 275; not a
compact merely, 278.

Contempt of court, 306; act of congress of 1831, respecting, 342.
Contre projet of Mr. Park noticed, 5.

Cushing, his Treatise on Trustee Process noticed, 221.

Custom as a basis of law considered, 9, 10.

D

Dane Law College at Cambridge, address of President Quincy on
dedication of, 48.

Delaware, legislation of, in 1832, 187.

Descents, uncertainty of the law relating to, 27.

Digest of English cases at common law, 87; in equity, 118;
ecclesiastical reports, 139; American cases in 1 and 2 Penn-
sylvania Reports, 143; 8 Wendell, 7 Greenleaf, and Vermont
Rep. 371.

Dunning, John, Lord Ashburton, sketch of his life, 448; his
style of speaking, 451; mode of examining witnesses, 453;
visit to Berlin, 455.

Education in the law, 48.

E

Executors and administrators, Williams' Treatise upon, by Trou-
bat, noticed, 71.

Felo de se, his will, 82.

Felon, his will, 82.

Feme covert, her will, 80.

F

French code contrasted with the Prussian, 12.

G

Government, difficulty of constructing, 242, 243, &c.

Germany, state of legislation in, 234.

Great Britain, legislation of, 1832–3, 208.

Greenleaf's Reports, digest of cases in vol. 7, 371.

I

Insurance, adjustment under of a partial loss and general average,

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Insurance, on goods on board of any American vessel, how to be
applied, opinion, 344.

J

Jurisprudence as contrasted with legislation, 11, 12, 25, 30.

Laws, written and unwritten, 4.

Law, whether a science, 349.

Law publications, 240, 493.
Legal education, 48.

Legal reform, 299.

L

Legislation, state of in Germany, 234.

Legislation of Tennessee, 445.

Lex Loci, whether a Scottish bond negotiable in Scotland may
be sued in United States in the name of the assignee, opinion,
42; as to wills, 82.

M

Maine, legislation of in 1832, 186.

Married woman, her will, 80.

Maryland, legislation of in 1831-2, 196.

Mayes, Daniel, review of his Introductory Lecture, 349.

McDuffie, Mr., his argument on the impeachment of Judge
Peck, 316.

Meridith, Mr., extract from his argument on the impeachment of
Judge Peck, 326, 330.

Meyer, notice of his work on codification, 5; his remarks on the
Prussian code, 14; on the French code, 14, 15.

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Park, John James, review of his contre-projet to the Humphrey-
sean code, 5.

Peck, James H., impeachment of, 304, 220.

Pendleton, Edmund, sketch of his life, 36.

Pennsylvania Reports, cases from vol. 1 and 2, 143.

Pennsylvania, legislation of in 1831–2, 192.

Pleading, general principles of, 357.

Policy of insurance, adjustment of a general average and partial
loss, 45.

Practice, of the courts of the United States by Conkling, 464; of
Virginia by Robinson, 474.

Prussian code contrasted with the French, 12.

Public lands, controversies about them one cause of the delay of
the ratification of the constitution of the United States, 259.

Q

Quincy, President, his address on the occasion of the dedication
of Dane Law College at Cambridge, 48.

R

Reform Bill of the British house of commons, 211.

Rhode Island, declined to send delegates to the convention for
forming the constitution, 272.

Robinson, Conway, his Treatise on Virginia practice noticed, 232,
474.

S

Sanity of testator, case respecting, 74.

Scotch bond, negotiable and assigned in Scotland, may be sued
in United States in the name of the assignee, opinion, 42.
Seals, defined, 290; origin of the use of them, 291; useless, 290,
&c.; absurdities of the law respecting them, 290, &c.

Slave from a foreign country entitled to his liberty in Massachu-
setts, 490.

Social compact, theory of, 280, &c.

Stage coach proprietors, their liability as to carrying passengers,
489.

Stevens on Average and Benecke, new edition proposed, 238.
Story's Commentaries, first vol. reviewed, 242.

Story, Mr. Justice, his commentaries on the constitution noticed,
230; plan of the work, 231.

Tennessee, legislation of, 445.

T

Testator's sanity, 74; incapacity, 79.

Thacher, Judge, his address to the grand jury noticed, 216.

Traitor, his will, 82.

Troubat, Francis J.'s edition of Williams's Law of executors and

administrators, 71.

Trustee Process, Cushing's treatise upon noticed, 221.

V

Vermont Reports, digest of cases in vol. 3, 371.

W

Wickliffe, Mr., extract from his argument in the case of the im-
peachment of Judge Peck, 323.

Williams's treatise on the law of executors and administrators re-
viewed, 71.

Will, sanity of testator, 74; incapacity, 79: by married woman,
80; by outlaws, felo de se, traitors, felons, 82; execution of
will, 82; foreign wills, 85.

Wirt, Mr., his argument on the impeachment of Judge Peck, 332.
Written and unwritten law, 239.

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