AMERICAN

LAW AND PROCEDURE

VOLUMES I TO XII PREPARED UNDER THE
EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF

JAMES PARKER HALL, A.B., LL.B.
Dean of Law School, University of Chicago

AND

VOLUMES XIII AND XIV BY

JAMES DEWITT ANDREWS, LL.D.

FORMERLY OF THE LAW FACULTY
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Author of "Andrews' American Law," Editor "Andrews'
Stephens' Pleading," "Cooley's Blackstone,"
"Wilson's Works," etc.

A Systematic, Non-Technical Treatment of American Law and Procedure, Written by Professors and Teachers in Law Schools, and by Legal Writers of Recognized Ability.

PUBLISHED BY

LA SALLE EXTENSION UNIVERSITY

CHICAGO

AMERICAN LAW AND PROCEDURE

VOLUME XIV

STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION

BY

JAMES DE WITT ANDREWS

L.L.B. (Albany Law School), L.L.D. (Ruskin University)

Legal Writer and Lecturer

GLOSSARY

STANFORD LIBRARY

INDEX