Following out the plan in this work of avoiding repetition, in the treatment of the subject of real property, many topics generally treated under this title have been passed over with a mere reference. The practical questions relative to conveyancing and the examination of abstracts will be found discussed in the succeeding subject of Abstracts in this volume. Equitable estates have been reserved for treatment under the subject of Equity Jurisprudence3 and Trusts.4 Testamentary estates are treated under the subject of Wills.5

The present article has been mainly devoted to the historical definition of the law of real property, and the treatment of the various kinds of estates and titles.