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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
GENERAL INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS ON
THE ADMISSIBILITY OF PAROL AND EX-
TRINSIC EVIDENCE.
PART I.
Of the effect of writing in validating contracts
Of the general criteria for deciding upon the
admissibility of parol evidence
Ambiguities
PART II.
PART III.
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2
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15
The admissibility of extrinsic evidence to raise a
case of election or satisfaction in equity
PART IV.
Admissibility of extrinsic evidence to rebut pre-
sumptions
PART V.
Of the presumptive trust in the executor for the
next of kin of the testator, as to the surplus
undisposed of by the will
PART VI.
Of the admissibility of extrinsic evidence to pre-
vent fraud, to correct mistakes, and to protect
against the consequences of loss or accident
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78
PART VII.
Some Miscellaneous Topics.-Mercantile Con-
tracts, &c.
86
On the fourth clause of the fourth section of the
statute respecting contracts or sales of lands, &c. 125
Extent of the statute of frauds, as to wills of
real and personal property
Of the signature of the testator, and the sub-
scription of the witnesses
Of the qualification of the witnesses
Construction of the words, requiring the sub-
scription of the witnesses to be in the testator's
presence
Of the evidence of the attestation
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