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ROB RITSON, J. Office of Constable; being an entire new Com- pendium of the Law concerning that Ancient Minister for the Conservation of the Peace, carefully compiled from the best au- thorities ; with a Preface, and an Introduction, containing some Account of the Origin and Antiquity of that Office. 2d ed. 8vo, London. 1815. RIVES, M. De la Propriete du cours et du lit des rivieres non Navigables et non Flottables. 8vo. Paris. 1844. BOBBINS, N. Abridgment of the Ecclesiastical Statutes in Ire- land. 8vo. Dublin. 1741. ROBERTS, WM. A Treatise on the Statute of Frauds, with a Dissertation upon the Admission of Parol Evidence to explain Written Instruments. 3d Am. from the last London ed., with References to, and a Digest of the American Decisions, and the late Decisions in Great Britain, and an Appendix showing the extent of the adoption of the Statute of 29 Car. II. c. 3, in the several States of the Union. 8vo. Philadelphia. 1833. » . A Treatise on the Construction of the Statutes 13 Eliz. c. 5, and 27 Eliz. c. 4, relating to Voluntary or Fraudulent Conveyances, and on the Nature and Force of different Consid- erations to Support Deeds and other Legal Instruments in the Courts of Law and Equity. 8vo. London. 1800. 2d Ameri- can edition, with References to American and English Decisions, by a Member of the Bar. 8vo. Hartford. 1825. " Though this treatise is written in bad taste, it is a useful digest of the law," 1 Kent's Com. 514 ; 3 John. Ch. Rep. . A Treatise on the Law of Wills and Codicils, in- cluding the Construction of Devises, and the Office and Duties of Executors and Administrators ; with an Appendix of Precedents. 3d edition, much enlarged and improved ; to which is added a Supplement, exhibiting the Effect of the Decisions of the Courts since the Publication of this Work, and especially the Alterations introduced by the Statute 1 Vict. c. 26. 2 vols. 8vo. London. 1837. 1st American ed. 2 vols. 8vo. Exeter. 1823. Though a very respectable treatise, it is not methodically arranged nor skilfully executed. 9 A. J. 71. 612