PREFACE. THE Editors of the present edition of LITTLETON'S TENURES, in concluding their labours, think it necessary to explain some of the circumstances which distinguish the present from all other editions of that work. They are not, however, sanguine enough to suppose that their plan will meet the approbation of all, but they feel assured that credit will be given to them for a desire to meet as much as possible the wishes and wants of articled clerks and other students. In the first place, it will be seen that some of the sections of the Tenures have been omitted. This has been done, because the matters omitted are wholly obsolete, and would be more likely to confuse than assist the student. By this means the work has been completed in fewer numbers than it could other. wise have been, and, of course, is thereby less expensive. Besides which, it was a part of the original proposal that such obsolete parts should be omitted. In the second place, it will be observed that the text of the work has been slightly altered, which has been done with a view of indicating that some change has been made in the law Since Littleton's time. The alteration, however, only extends to the substitution of the past tense of a verb for the present tense. It will be noticed that sometimes the same section has verbs in the present and past tenses; this has arisen from those parts only being altered in which the law had been changed. It is hoped that the student will not experience any inconvenience from this method. |