The statutory testamentary law of Maryland, with the decisions of the courts thereof, explanatory of the same

Clement Dorsey

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UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA
LOS ANGELES
SCHOOL OF LAW
LIBRARYTHE
STATUTORY TESTAMENTARY LAW
MARYLAND,
WITH THE
-
OF THEDECISIONS COURTS THER
EXPLANATORY OF THE SAME.
BY CLEMENT DORSEY,
One of the Associate of the First Judicial District ofJudges Maryland
BALTIMORE:
JR.PUBLISHED BY FIELDING LUCAS,
1838,to Act of in the one thousand hundred andENTERED according Congress, year eight thirty-
CLEMENT in the Clerk's Office of the District Court ofby DORSET,eight, Maryland.
JOHN D. PRINTER.TOY,TO THE MEMBERS
OF THE
OF THE SESSION OF 1832.
awork is dedicated to as tribute of forThis thatyou, respect
which induced to extend the of theyouenlightened policy, patronage
the of which wasto a tostate, compilation, professed object gather
in one theunder statutes of ourtitles, volume,appropriatetogether,
and thestate on construction to theown testamentary affairs, given
our tribunals thus within thesame reach ofjudicial -, placingby
the means of a of thatour citizens law soacquiring knowledge
the interests of all of our people.vitally affecting
General thereafter deemedThe itAssembly having expedient,
a revision of the laws of thisto authorize and thestate, executive
the to do the itselected waswork,having agents essentially
to interest to this until a revisedmy suspend compilationrequisite
should should be and Thecode resolution au-reported adopted.
the been rescinded at the lastrevision, havingthorizing session,
work has been to the as thereafter asthis put press early my judicial
wouldduties permit.
and distribute underTo aseparate appropriate titles, legisla-
as that of our state onso is,tion, intermingled, testamentary matters,
andminute much intellectualvery examination,required labour,
II have no that have been of someyet doubt, guilty incongruous
to be in a first edition.classification, impossible guarded against
To render this work the more instructive to the of thejudges
I have all of their even those notcourt, incorporated duties,orphans
of a character.testamentary
I have the honour to be
Your obedient servant,
C. DORSET
1838.July,