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MER MERICK, JOHN. A brief Abstract of all the ancient English Statutes, from Magna Charta, which are in force in the Kingdom of Ireland, by virtue of an Act of Parliament made at Drogheda, the 10th of Henry VH. 12mo. 1617. MERITON, G. The Touchstone of Wills, Testaments, and Ad- ministrations, being a Compendium of Cases and Resolutions, touching the same. 2d ed. 16mo. London. 1671. . The Parson's Monitor; consisting of such Laws and Matters as concern the Clergy. 12mo. London. 1681. -. A Guide to Surveyors of the Highways, in their Duty; with an Abstract of the Statute, 22 Hen. VHI., c. 5, for repairing of Bridges, and Cases relating thereunto ; Abstract of Statutes for Cleaning Streets, Highways, &c. 12mo. London. 1694. . Nomendatura Clericalism or, the Young Clerk's Vocabulary, in English and Latin, containing several hundred English words rendered into Latin, not elsewhere to be found ; with Precedents, &;c. 12mo. London. 1685. . An Abridgment of the Irish Statutes to the 10th to of K. Will. HI. 8vo. London. 1724. MERIVALE, J. H. Reports of Cases argued and determined in the High Court of Chancery, from the Commencement of M. T. 1814, to the End of the Sittings after M. T. 1817. 3 vols. 8vo. London. 1817-19. 3 vols. 8vo. New York. 1825. These volumes contain the judgments of Sir William Grant, of whom Lord Eldoii remarked : "I doubt whether the Court, in which he so long administered justice, will ever see a judge of greater ability and integ- rity. As he has now left the judicial seat, I may be permitted to say of him that his name will remain respected by the Profession as long as it exists." " In the judgments of Sir William Grant, precision and accu- racy of language seem to follow, as a natural consequence from justness of reasoniug, as health and symmetry produce beauty. As models of judicial eloquence, and perfect specimens of reasoning, they will always be valuable, though sometimes inapplicable to the circumstances of the case, and the state of the law in which they were delivered. If he had any judicial failing, it was a leaning to the strict interpretation and unde- viatinw rules of the Common Law Courts. Some of his decrees have been reversed, some overruled, and some retain their pristine weight and value in Courts of Law and Equity." 4 Bligh. 73; (l) 23; 15 Ves. 2C8 ; 1 Miller's Civil Law, 50 ; 3 Law Rev. 358, 362. 510