Excerpt from Manual of French Law and Commercial Information This volume is a compendium of the salient points in the Law of France, taken from the French Codes and the Laws in vogue in France at the present day, together with special articles by experts on subjects of particular interest to American and English business men, travellers, and persons having business and social relations with France, students and literary persons desiring a handy book for reference. To this is added a number of forms in daily use in France in connection with business transactions and legal affairs. The whole is alphabetically arranged for convenience of reference. While written principally for laymen, the "Manual" may be of some interest and utility to the Profession. Of interest because French law is the perpetuation of the Civil Law, and "it is also well for us votaries of the Common Law to remember that there is another jurisprudence founded upon the Roman or the Civil Law, and prevailing throughout the greater part of Continental Europe, from which we have ourselves borrowed many of the most important legal principles." Of utility because the "Manual," being compiled from reliable sources, may be safely consulted when occasion demands. In presenting the "Manual" to the public, I have pleasure in acknowledging the courtesy of the several expert contributors who have written special articles for this volume. 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.