ON AMERICAN LAW. BY JAMES KENT. VOLUME III. EIGHTH EDITION. NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM KENT, AND SOLD BY THE PRINCIPAL LAW BOOKSELLERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. - M DCCC LIV. Southern District of New-York, ss. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the ninth day of October, A. D. 1828, in the fiftythird year of the Independence of the United States of America, JAMES KENT, of the said district, has deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit: (L. S.) "Commentaries on American Law. By JAMES KENT. Vol. III." In conformity to the Act of the 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 times 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. FRED. J. BETTS, Clerk of the Southern District of New-York. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirtytwo, by JAMES KENT, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New-York. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty, by JAMES KENT, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New-York. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fortyeight, by WILLIAM KENT, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New-York. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fiftyone, by WILLIAM KENT, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New-York. Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fiftyfour, by WILLIAM KENT, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New-York. JOHN W. AMERMAN, Printer, No. 60 William-street, N. Y. CONTENTS. LECTURE XLII. Of the History of Maritime Law,. . . . 1. Of the maritime legislation of the ancients,. LECTURE XLIII-Of the Law of Partnership,...... Page LECTURE XLIV.-Of Negotiable Paper, 1. Of the history of bills and notes,.. 2. Of the essential qualities of negotiable paper, as bills, AND HEREIN, AND HEREIN, Wages, when due,.. 234. 255 |