Bution

1. Statute of Elizabeth.. See Charity, 2; Conveyance, 3, Frau'dulent. Statute of Frauds. See Fraud, Statute, etc. Statute of Gloucester. See Costs. Statute of Liraitg^tions. See Limitation, 3. Statute of Uses. See Use, 3. Statute of Wills. See Will, 3. Statutes at large. Statutes in full or at length as originally enacted, in distinction from abridgments, compilations, and revisions. In particular, the title of the publication containing, chiefly, the acts of Congress— the United States Statutes at Large. Acts of the State legislatures, as a rule, go by other names, as, "session laws," in Pennsylvania "pamphlet laws." 2 The United States Statutes at Large exhibit the legislation of the several Congresses from March 4, 1789, the day of the organization of the government and of the first meeting of the First Congress. Each volume after the eighth contains all matters in the nature of legislation ordained or enacted by the Congress or Congresses in session, or by the Administration in power, during the periods covered by the volumes respectively — general or public statutes, private acts, treaties with the Indian tribes and with foreign nations, postal, consular and other conventions, public proclamations by the President and by the heads of departments! Executive orders, resolutions by the Senate and House, etc. The different volumes and legislative periods are subjoined. Compare Revised Statutes, Of the United States; Session, 2. Vol. 1. Congresses: I,-" II, HI, IV, V.« March 4, 1789 to March 4, 1799. United States, 113 id. 571 (1865), cases; Barbour v. Louisville, 83 Ky. 103 (1885). ' Pennock v. Dialogue, 2 Pet. *18 (1839); Mc Donald v. Hovey, 110 U. S. 628 (1884). 2 Cathcart v. Eobinson, 5 P^t. *280-^3 (1831). ' See Dwarris, Statutes, 626. Vol. 2. Congresses: VI, VII, VIH, IX, Z, XI,' XH. Dec. 2, 1799 to March 4, 1813. ' Vol. 3. Congresses: XIH,' XIV, XV, XVI, XVII. May 24, 1813 to March 4, 1823. Vol. 4. Congresses: XVm, XIX, XX, XXI, XXTT,