Southern District of New-York, 83.

BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the ninth day of October, (L.S. A. D. 1828, in the fifty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America, James Kent, of the said district, bath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he clairns as author, in the words following, to wit:

"Commentaries on American Law. By James Kent. Volume III."

In conformity to the Act of Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned." And also to an Act, entitled, An Act, supplementary to an Act, entitled, an Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints."

PREFACE.

THE present volume has been found' insufficient to complete my original plan, without enlarging it to a very disproportionate, as well as inconvenient size. It has, therefore, been deemed advisable to conclude this volume at the entrance upon the doctrine of real estates. That great branch of the law forms a system by itself, and, together with a general Index to the whole work, will afford ample materials for another volume; and I consider myself as being under an engagement to that portion of the public who have hitherto patronized my labours, to prepare it for the press with reasonable diligence.

New-York, October 10th, 1828.