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Excerpt from A Treatise on the English Law of Domicil Valuable dicta of the most eminent lawyers in the world, with the particular advantage that those observations are generally sanctioned and corrected before being printed, by the judges themselves, by whom they were uttered, thereby having all the value of written Opinions. That branch of the law of England which relates to domicil has of late years gained so much importance from the number and complexion of the cases turning upon it, that a consideration of these in the form of a treatise may not be without its use. There are, at present, but two works upon the subject, that by Dr. Phillimore, of which his modesty takes a far different view to that which has been awarded to it by the legal public, and that by Mr. Cole relating only to one branch. In other works the matter is treated of inter alia, and a great many of these form no part of an ordinary law library. To collect the different parts under the various headings to which they refer is the chief object of the writer of the following pages, and the utmost pains have been taken to make each, by means of copious references, at all events, accessible. It is almost superfluous to say that the deductions attempted are rather intended to lead to a closer investigation of the points referred to, than put forward as axioms, or enunciations of principle, except so far as they are warranted by the authorities. With these oh servations it is With the greatest diffidence that the author leaves his production in the hands of the public. 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.