Excerpt from The Law of Contracts HE text of this edition is that of the last (eighth) English edition. The elaborate annotations of his distinguished predecessors (which have been, with very slight exceptions, retained) have made it unnecessary for the present American editor to add much distinct ively new matter, and his work has been mainly the rearrangement of this material, and the citation of later authorities. The notes of Mr. Rawle and Judge Sharewood have been indicated by the letters R. And S. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.