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CHA CHAMBERS, J. D. Complete Dictionary of the Law and Prac- tice of Elections of Members of Parliament, and of Election Petitions and Committees for England, Scotland, and Ireland, compiled from the Journals, Reports, Treatises, Minutes, and Statutes, from the earliest period to the present time. 8vo. Lon- don. 1837. . Examination into certain Errors and Anomalies in the Principles and Detail of the Registration Clauses in the Reform Act, &;c. ; with Suggestions for their Amendment. Bvo. London. 1833. . New Bills for the Registration of Electors, criti- cally examined, with a view to the Principles on which they should be founded, and the evils and defects they propose to remedy. 8vo. London. 1836. Practical Treatise on the Jurisdiction of the High Court of Chancery, over the Persons and Property of Infants, royal 8vo. London. 1842. CHAMBERS, T. and G. TATTERSALL. Laws relative to Buildings, comprising the Metropolitan Buildings' Act, Fixtures, Insurance against Fire, Actions on Builders' Bills, Dilapidations, and a copious glossary of technical Terms peculiar to Building. Illustrated with numerous Engravings. 12mo. London. 1845. CHAMPION, RICHARD. Considerations on the Present Situa- tion of Great Britain and the United States of America, with a view to their future Commercial Connexions, &c. 2d ed. 8vo. London. 1784. CHANCE, HENRY. A Treatise on Powers. 2 vols. 8vo. London. 1831. This Treatise is said to have occupied the writer several years, and it bears evidence of the most thorough examination of authorities, and the best exertions and abilities of its anthor. It is profound, learned, and practical, more full than Sir E. Sugden's work upon the same subject, and perhaps, in some instances, unnecessarily diffuse. " Not a case seems to have escaped his diligence; not a treatise of any note his attention ; he carefully distinguishes dicta from decisions, and in the criticism of a case accurately points out its degree of authority, by show- ing the difference of circumstances. The opinions and conclusions of the writers he freely discusses, but with candor and modesty ; indeed a 182