A Treatise on the Office and Practice of a Notary of England: As Connected With Mercantile Instruments, and on the Law Merchant, and Statutes, ... Exchange, &C. And to Various Documents Relati

Excerpt from A Treatise on the Office and Practice of a Notary of England: As Connected With Mercantile Instruments, and on the Law Merchant, and Statutes, Relative to the Presentment, Acceptance, and Dishonour of Bills of Exchange, &C. And to Various Documents Relating to Shipping; With a Full Collection of Precedents

The prodigious extent, of the commerce of the United Kingdom, and its rapid increase since the commencement of the present century, are owing, under Divine Providence, principally to the enterprise, integrity, and skill of British merchants; and from the variety and extensive nature of their transactions, it is obvious that questions must often come before the English Courts of Law, connected with the usages which they have adopted for the well conducting of their trade and mercantile business, and from that circumstance recognised in our Courts, by the designation of the Law Merchant.

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