Excerpt from The Principles of the Interpretation of Wills and Settlements<br><br>Lastly, we desire to point out that this Book is not intended to be a compendium of case law on the subject. The works of the late Mr. Jarman, Mr. Theobald, k.c., and Mr. Norton, k.c., leave no room for such a work. All that we have sought to do is to extract from the mass of authorities a set of broad general principles, and to illustrate these principles by a selection of cases. Where no general principle can be gathered (as in the construction of par ticular words) we have not endeavoured to trace an imaginary road through the wilderness of single instances, believing that too often such labours are the result of intellectual mirage. In these cases we have, therefore, contented our selves with giving in the glossary a reference to the more modern decisions.<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.