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 WAT WATKINS, CHARLES. An Essay on ihe Law of Descents. 4th edition, with Corrections and Notes, founded on the Stat. 3 & 4 Will. IV. c. 106, by J. WiUiaras. 8vo. London. 1837. Mr. Watkins' Essay on Descents, is a very valuable treatise on that very intricate and important subject. 1 Bart. Conv. 40. . A Treatise on Copyholds. 4th edition, by T. Coventry. 2 vols. Svo. London. 182.5. A new edition, by R. S. Vidal. 2 vols. Svo. London. 1826. " Watkins on Copyholds is a valuable book upon this peculiar though common species of tenure. A good treatise upon the subject of copy- holds, was long a desideratum in the profession; it has at length, how- ever, been supplied by this gentleman, in a manner which leaves but little room for further investigation." 1 Bart. Conv. 33. WATKINS, ROBERT and GEORGE. Digest of the Laws of Georgia. 4lo. Philadelphia. 1800. "This volume contains all the Statutes of the State, from its first establishment as a British Province, down to the year 1778, inclusive, and the principal Acts of 1799, together with the Declaration of Inde- pendence, the State Constitutions of 1777 and 1789, with the alterations and amendments in 1794, and the Constitution of 1778. The appendix contains the original charters, and other documents, ascertaining and de- fining the limits and boundaries of the State, all the treaties with the southern tribes of Indians, the Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union, the Constitution of the United States, and a few Acts of Con- gress. This Digest never received the sanction of the Legislature." WATSON, WM. The Clergyman's Law, or Complete Incum- bent, collected from the 39 Articles, Canons, Decrees in Chancery and Exchequer, as also from all the Statutes, and Common liaw Cases, relating to the Church and Clergy of England, digested under proper Heads. 4lh edition, with large Additions and Alter- ations, fol. London. 1747. Per Denison, J. The Complete Incumbent was not written by Watson, but by Mr. Place of York. 1 Bur. Rep. 307. See also to the same effect, 2 Wilson, 195, and Blackstone's Comm. vol. i. c. 11, where this work is recommended. Clarke. . A Treatise on the Law of Partnership. 2d ed. Svo. London. 1807. WATSON, JAMES. A Treatise on the Law of Scotland, respect- ing Succession, as depending on Deeds of Setdement. Svo. Edinburgh. 1826. 46 721