Excerpt from An Entire and Complete History, Political and Personal, of the Boroughs of Great Britain, Vol. 1 of 2: To Which Is Prefixed, an Original Sketch of Constitutional Rights, From the Earliest Period Until the Present Time<br><br>Frafer, are the belt of references for the learned pro fefiion, and for members of the legiflature, in all cir cumfiances relating to cleftion contefi; yet, for the public in general, they are too abfiraft, copious, and unconneéted. - It was therefore our defign to collefi the variety of thefe abufes in our reprcfentation into as obvious, difiinét, and concife a view, as the great extent of the fubjeét would polhbly admit. Con fining ourfelves, therefore, to thefe Mvoiumcs oftavo, it has been necefl'ar'y to be feleét, but not dif fufive. Cafes upon material points are Rated, but as briefly as the importance of the matter would permit. Where the pleadings of counfel have illufirated great points in corporation and tenure law, they are in fetted as much in detail as the limits of the work would allow; but, when they have appeared lefs ma terial, they have been rejeéted, not as being fuper fluons, but to afford room for matter more imme diately neccfl'ary.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.