"The Law of Parliament, as determined by regular custom, is incorporated
into our Constitution; but not so as to warrant an indefinite uncontrollable
"assumption of power in any case, least of all in Judicial Procedure, where the
"form and essence of Justice are inseparable from each other."

Hallam's Middle Ages, v. 3, p. 162.

BY ALPHEUS TODD,

DEPUTY-LIERARIAN TO THE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE OF UPPER CANADA, AND
COMPILER OF "AN INDEX TO THE BRITISH STATUTES"
FOR THE USE OF THE SAME.

TO THE HONORABLE

Sir Allan Napier MacNab, Knt.

SPEAKER OF THE COMMONS HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY OF UPPER

CANADA,

&c. &c. &c.

THE FOLLOWING WORK,

"ON THE PRACTICE AND PRIVILEGES OF THE TWO
HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT,"

IS,

With his Express Permission,

RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY HIS OBLIGED

AND OBEDIENT HUMBLE SERVANT,

Alpheus Todd.