A General Treatise on Statutes

Dwarris' Treatise is a work on the construction andinterpretation of statutes and constitutions, made valuableto the American practitioner by the work of the NewYork jurist, Platt Potter. According to Sweet & Maxwell,it includes "an excellent statutory history of the Englishlaw from Magna Carta down to the end of the reign ofGeorge IV" (1:547). Final American edition.SIR FORTUNATUS DWARRIS [1786-1860] was an Englishjurist. He was a master of the Queen's Bench and heldthe office of treasurer of the Middle Temple.