132.1 903 ENTERED according to Act of Parliament of Canada, in the year one Montreal, at the Department of the Minister of Agriculture, PREFACE. In the preparation of this edition of the Civil Code of Lower Canada, the Editor has endeavoured to secure an accurate text, and to facilitate the labours of the student by careful attention to the many details that are essential to a good book. A Concordance of the Code with the Code of Civil Procedure and the Code Napoleon, to be found at the foot of each article, will prove, it is hoped, of special value. It will be observed that the solicitude of the Legisla-ture for the Code is, if possible, more conspicuous than ever. In addition to the uncertainty thereby occasioned as to the actual law that governs any case, important defects in form have become prominent. It will be seen, for instance, that by the transfer to the Code of Civil Procedure of a number of articles that formerly were part of the Civil Code, large gaps occur in the enumeration of the articles. Quite frequently also a numeral is repeated with letters of the alphabet to provide for the insertion of a series of amer ding articles which take the place of a single article that formerly sufficed. Finally, it is to be noted, that the ungrammatical construction of many sentences detracts in no small degree from the dignity that should distinguish so important a work as that which is still named the Civil Code of Lower Canada. A revision of the Code, therefore, should soon be had. In the meantime, however, the need of a convenient and accurate English edition is very urgent, and the Editor sends this forth in the hope that it will be found useful. The Editor has pleasure in acknowledging the assistance he has received from the excellent Codes of Messrs. Dorais & Dorais, and Mr. W. Prescott Sharp, B.C.L. Mr. Reginald Rogers, M.A., has also given valuable help. in reading the proofs. ROBERT STANLEY WEIR. CANADA LIFE CHAMBERS, MONTREAL, March, 1898. |