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BIS BIRD, J. G. Supplemental volume to Mr. Barton's Modern Pre- cedents in Conveyancing, containing such miscellaneous deeds as are not in the original work ; to which is annexed, a new, very copious, and particular index, as well to the six volumes of the modern Precedents in Conveyancing and Practical Notes, as to the present volume. 1st ed. 1815. 2d ed. royal 8vo. London. 1817. . Assistant to the Practice of Conveyancing ; con- taining indexes or references to the several deeds, agreements, and other assurances, comprised in the several precedent books of authority now in print ; from Sir Orlando Bridgman to the pre- sent period ; with short remarks on the distinguishing qualities of each precedent. 12mo. London. 1796. Original Precedents of Settlements, drawn by the most distinguished Conveyancers of the present day, and now first published. 8vo. London. 1800. " These are the best forms of that species of assurance, with which the profession has at any time been presented. They bear evident marks of technical precision and skill, and the language in particular of most of them, is peculiarly chaste, expressive, and appropriate." 1 Bart. Com. 76. BIRD, G. The Practicing Scrivener and Modern Conveyancer ; a collection of all sorts of choice precedents used in the practice of a Scrivener and Conveyancer, folio. London. 172Q. BISHOPS. The grand question concerning the Bishops' right to vote in Parliament, in cases capital ; stated and argued from the Parliament rolls, and the history of former times. 8vo. London. 1680. BISSET, ANDREW. A Practical Treatise on the law of Estates for Lite. 8vo. London. 1842. See Law Library. It is a great convenience to the practitioner to have separate treatises upon each branch of the law, to which he may revert as occasion demands. Mr. Bisset's book contains all that is essential within its profound range, and displays equal learning and judgment. The author "is deeply read in the old reports and text books ; and yet never intrudes upon his reader any of their antiquated quaintness or obsolete conceits or distinctions, but uses such fossil judicial remains as his researches have brought to light, rather with a view to illustrate and interpret the modern revela- tions of the bench, than to overthrow or shake our faith in them." 29 L. M. 66; 6 Jurist. 118 ; 23 L. O. 503. 121