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PHI PHILLIMORE, ROBERT. A Report of the Proceedings in the Visitorial Court at York, containing the Jiulgment pronounced by the Commiasary against the Dean of York, on the Presentment of Simony, and the Sentence of Deprivation consequent thereon. 8vo. London. 1841. PHILLIMORE, JOSEPH. Reports of Cases argued and deter- mined in the Ecclesiastical Courts, at Doctors' Commons, and in the High Court of Delegates, containing Cases from H. T., 1809, toM. T., 1821. 3 vols. 8vo. London. 1818-27. — — ' . Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Arches and Prerogative Courts of Canterbury, and in the High Court of Delegates, containing the Judgments of the Right Hon. Sir George Lee, from H. 1752, to M. 1788. 2 vols. 8vo. Lon- don. 1833. The MS. Reports of Sir George Lee, were put into Mr. Phillimore's hands, with a request that they should be edited by him. "The judg- ments," says the editor, " are deliberate but succinct, they are cha- racterized by perspicuity and simplicity of style ; are based in sound and extensive learning ; and they afford a remarkable illustration of the uniformity of principle which has for so many centuries regulated the decisions of our highest Ecclesiastical tribunals." Their undoubted authenticity, and the care with which they are compiled, render them a valuable addition to our legal stores. 10 L, M. 327. PHILLIMORE, R. J. A Report of the Judgment in the Cause of Belcher the Wife, against Belcher the Husband ; with an Appen- dix, containing the Letters of the Parties, and other Papers exhi- bited in the Cause. 8vo. London. 1835. PHILLIPPS, S. M. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence. 9th ed., with considerable Alterations and Additions. 2 vols. 8vo. London. 1843. Tills Treatise first appeared in 1814, and has been, from time to time, enlarged, as successive editions were required. The 8th English edition, was published under the auspices of A. Amos, who was well qualified for the task by his superior legal acquirements. There are four American editions, by known and unknown editors, but the most esteemed is the fourth, with Notes of American decisions to volume Jirst, by E. Cowen and N. Hill, Jr. ; and to volume second, by a Counsellor-at-Law, 2 vols., in 4 Parts, 8vo., New York, 1839. This edition embodies a very com- plete and correct digest of all the American Cases relating to Evidence, down to the time of publication. It is, without doubt, among the most 56S