condense the account of such general doctrines, which are applicable to almost every case. As to legal processes, common to this and other legal subjects, and possessing a literature of their own, this treatise does not assume to inform the special practitioner, except as to the peculiarities of this particular right. One word on Patent Law Amendment, for which some persons seem disposed to substitute Abolition, forgetting that there is an instinct of property, the developments of which it is the business of law to regulate There are some notorious evils, not to suppress. some vexatious if they were formalities, and ill-adjusted feesremoved (and the work of excision in reform is easy), the system would right itself. The success of Constructive Legislation is more doubtful, and superfluous Statute Law always mischievous. 2, PUMP COURT, TEMPLE. September, 1851. |