THE

AMERICAN AND ENGLISH

ENCYCLOPÆDIA

OF

LAW.

COMPILED UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF

JOHN HOUSTON MERRILL,

Late Editor of the American and English Railroad Cases and the American and
English Corporation Cases.

VOLUME VI.

NORTHPORT, LONG ISLAND, N. Y.:

EDWARD THOMPSON COMPANY, LAW PUBLISHERS.

L100 0

DEC 3 1 1934

COPYRIGHT, 1838,

BY EDWARD THOMPSON CO.

PARTIAL LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS, VOL. VI.

Drains and Sewers, . CHARLES T. HICKOX, of the Milwaukee (Wis.) Bar.

Ejectment,

Election,.

Elections,

Embezzlement,

Embracery,.

Eminent Domain,.

Entry, Writ of,

JOSEPH A. JOYCE, of the Bridgeport (Conn.) Bar.
CHARLES A. ROBBINS, of the Lincoln (Neb.) Bar.

A. W. ALDRICH, of the Columbus (Ohio) Bar.

JAMES M. KERR, of the Rochester (N. Y.) Bar.
JAMES M. KERR, of the Rochester (N. Y.) Bar.

JAMES M. KERR and JOHN C. THOMPSON, of the
Rochester (N. Y.) Bar.

CHARLES A. ROBBINS, of the Lincoln (Neb.) Bar.

Equitable Assignment, W. HOWARD FALKNER, of the Philadelphia Bar.

Equitable Conversion, W. HOWARD FALKNER, of the Philadelphia Bar.

Equitable Mortgages, L. K. MIHILLS, of the Akron (Ohio) Bar.

W. HOWARD FALKNER, of the Philadelphia Bar.

JOSEPH A. JOYCE, of the Bridgeport (Conn.) Bar.

D. H. PINGREY, of the Bloomington (Ill.) Bar.

JAMES M. KERR, of the Rochester (N. Y.) Bar.

CHARLES A. ROBBINS, of the Lincoln (Neb.) Bar.

WILLIAM M. MCKINNEY, Associate Editor Am. &

Eng. R. R. Cases.

EDMUND A. WHITMAN, of the Boston Bar.

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TABLE OF TITLES AND DEFINITIONS.

See index for numerous sub titles and definitions contained in the notes.