gether from the ancient reports and Year Books, but greatly defective in method. It is usually cited by the name of “Co. Litt.,”’ or as **1 Inst.”” The second volume is a comment u on old acts of parliament, without systematic order; the third a more methodical treatise on the pleas of the crown; and the fourth an account of the several species of courts. These are cited as 2, 3, or 4 “Inst.,” without any author’s name. Wharton.