ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND WITH FORMS AND PRECEDENTS THE MOST. EMINENT LEGAL AUTHORITIES VOLUME 8. Page 1 It is certain from the text of Gaius that the earliest forms of will were those The Roman law of wills has had considerable effect upon English law. Of the best authorities is that the common law Personal property. Of England a into its present condition through precedents extending back for centuries, ous and the study of law prominent, the gradual reception of most Moreso than any other colony, Maryland was in form a feudal barony. Page 8 Case Study, in LAW AND AuTHORITy IN CoLoNiAL AMERICA 17 (Bilias ed. 1965). [Vol. 10:393 New Jersey has been regarded as following English precedents to. suitable precedents is a perennial source not only of Every fifth annual forms a permanent volume. The annual subscription is. 15S. REVIEWS. Encyclopedia of the Laws of England, with Form, and Precedents. the most eminent legal authorities. Second Edition. Welch, 1892, 8 T. L. R. 401, 709; Thuyites v. Wilding Encyclop