1862 Sikes : The Testament of the Law : Devolution & Distribution of Property

The Testament of the Law; The Truth about the Devolution and Distribution of Property
In Cases of Intestacy : With Proposal for an Intestacy Act. To include real as well as Personal Estate

By Thomas Boyfield Sikes

Published by Arthur Hall and Co, London, 1862. First Edition. Hardback, library buckram binding, 8vo, 58 pages. Scarce.

Inscibed by the author "With the author's compl . . Sometime [SOLICITOR] I'm now a member of the Middle Temple, London"

The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known simply as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers, the others being the Inner Temple (with which it shares Temple Church), Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn. It is located in the wider Temple area of London, near the Royal Courts of Justice, and within the City of London. As a liberty, it functions largely as an independent local government authority.                                

CONDITION
This is an ex-library book with a buckram library binding. There is a library sticker to the inside front board. Usual library ink stamps to half-title page, title page and to the margins of a few pages. Overall a good ex-library copy and appears to be very scarce.

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