Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law and Practice of Voluntary Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors: Adapted to the Laws of the Various States; With an Appendix of Forms The perplexing questions which formerly arose in relation to pref crenees and releases, are now of little or no interest, and the portions of the work which treat of these subjects, have received the least attention, while the chapters Which refer to the creation of the trust, and the duties of the trustee, have been more carefully considered. The work has been, throughout, divided into sections with catch words, for convenience of reference. 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.