Powell's Principles and Practice of the Law of Evidence

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FORMS & PRECEDENTS
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POWELL'S
principles ant) practice
OF THK
LAW OF EVIDENCE.
EIGHTH EDITION.
BY
JOHN CUTLER, M.A., K.C.,
0/Lincoln'sInn,ProfessorofEnglishLmoarulJurisprudence
atKing'sCoUftjesLondon,
AndEditoroftheOfficialJtriHirtsofPatentCases,
AND
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OfVieMiddleTemple,Bttrritter-at-Law.
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