A

TREATISE

ON

CONVEYANCING;

WITH A VIEW TO ITS

Application to Practice:

BEING A SERIES OF

PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS,

WRITTEN IN

A PLAIN FAMILIAR STYLE,

WHICH HAVE FOR THEIR OBJECT

TO ASSIST IN PREPARING DRAUGHTS, AND IN JUDGING OF THE OPE-
RATION OF PEEDS, BY DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN THE
FORMAL AND ESSENTIAL PARTS OF THOSE DEEDS,

&c. IN GENERAL USE:

BEING

A COURSE OF LECTURES.

WITH

AN APPENDIX OF SELECT AND APPROPRIATE PRECEDENTS.

SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED.

VOL. II.

BY RICHARD PRESTON,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, ESQ.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR W. CLARKE AND SONS, LAW BOOKSELLERS,
PORTUGAL-STREET, LINCOLN'S-INN.

ΤΟ

SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY, KNIGHT,

ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S

COUNSEL LEARNED IN THE LAW,

AS

A TESTIMONY

OF THE

AUTHOR'S RESPECT AND ADMIRATION

FOR THOSE

TALENTS WITH WHICH HE IS SO EMINENTLY ENDOWED;

THE

GREAT LEARNING

BY WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN CULTIVATED;

AND FOR

THE INTEGRITY AND INDEPENDENCE

WITH WHICH THEY ARE APPLIED ;

THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED,

BY HIS VERY FAITHFUL AND

OBEDIENT SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.