have to undergo the Preliminary Examination. We hope some others will be found to furnish similar information respecting the subsequent examinations. As to the final examinations, there is now no longer any difficulty, the examiners sanctioning or permitting the publication of the questions. The questions at the Intermediate Examinations we can always procure, but for those at the Preliminary Examinations we must continue to rely on subscribers or their friends, who have a model of what will be serviceable in the above contribution of C. D.-ED. --- INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATIONS. SIR, I beg to enclose a copy of the questions at the late Examinations, which, doubtless, many of your readers will be glad to have the opportunity of perusing. There were nearly 140 of us examined-an unusually large number-all of whom, it is to be hoped, passed through the ordeal successfully. At any rate, the questions were not very difficult, but such as any one who had read the text books three or four times through might fairly be expected to be able to answer. Yours faithfully, COMMON LAW. 1. For what causes of action does assumpsit lie ? STUDENT. 2. Within what time must the writ of summons be served? 3. What is required of an attorney before he can sue for his bill of costs? 4. Define a plea in bar. in bar. Mention two or three ordinary pleas 5. What does the plea of "never indebted " require the plaintiff to prove in support of a common count for goods sold and delivered? 6. What is 1st, a writ of inquiry; 2nd, a writ of trial? 7. State the grounds which entitle a plaintiff to his costs when he has recovered a sum not exceeding £20 in an action of contract in the superior Court. CONVEYANCING. 8. Mention the different kinds of freehold estate. 9. State some of the distinguishing properties of gavelkind tenure. 10. What is an estate by the courtesy of England? Mention some of its requisites. 11. State the necessary formalities to the validity of a will made since 1st January, 1838. 12. What are the principal requisites to the validity of a deed, and what should be done if the property is in Yorkshire or Ireland? 13. Define separately the estate of joint tenants and estates in co parcenary. 14. What acts or assurances are necessary for perfecting the title to a copyhold estate-1st, in the case of an heir-at-law; 2nd, in the case of a sale and purchase; 3rd, in the case of a mortgage? EQUITY. 15. When the contract for the sale and purchase of land has been broken, what is the difference between the remedy of either party at law and in equity? 16. Does mistake as to law or of fact, and, if as to either, of which, afford ground for relief in equity? 17. What are the ordinary instances in which a Court of Equity exercises its jurisdiction either concurrently with or auxiliary to the Courts of Law? 18. If property be limited to the separate use of an unmarried woman, independently of any husband she may marry, with a restraint on alienation, state what are the rights of the woman over such property-1st, while unmarried; 2nd, while married; 3rd, while a widow; 4th, on her subsequent marriage. 19. Define the legal relation between a banker and his customer, and state whether a bill for an account will lie by the customer against the banker. 20. Can a principal file a bill against his agent, and can an agent file a bill against his principal? 21. If a devisee of real estate wishes to establish his title to the devised estate, as against the heir, what course would you advise him to take? BOOK-KEEPING. 22. Name the several books requisite for the correct keeping of accounts by single entry. 23. Describe the intention of each book. 24. Give in detail, and in numerical order, the entries to be made in each book, so as to trace the purchase of goods by A., to the sale to B., and the payment by B. 25. In like manner give in detail the entries to be made by B, in his books. 26. If a bill of exchange is drawn by a vendor of goods, and accepted by a purchaser, state the book in which the particulars of such bill should be entered, and the name by which the vendor and purchaser respectively would describe such book, having regard to the position of each party in reference to the bill. COURSE OF LAW STUDIES. (Continued from page 200). CRIMINAL LAW. We do not know any more useful treatise on Criminal Law than that contained in the larger portion of the fourth volume of Stephen's Commentaries, though it would not, we think, be difficult to produce a much more suitable one for beginners, if it would meet with encouragement. We venture, in the absence of a better work, to recommend the fourth volume of Stephen, and think that a careful perusal of that portion (the greater part) of it treating of Criminal Law, will suffice for the Examination, though it may be well to supplement it with some works on the practice of Magistrates' Courts and the Sessions. It will be necessary to have the last (the fifth) edition of Stephen in consequence of the Consolidation Acts of 1861; or, if not, then to procure, and carefully read, some edition of these Acts. What these Acts are will be seen by referring to answer to No. 1 of Criminal Questions, ante, p. 190. Criminal Consolidation Acts.—The best work on the Consolidation Acts is that by the author of the Act, Mr. C. S. Greaves, entitled "The Criminal Law and Consolidation Amendment Acts, 24 & 25 Vic., with Notes and Observations." There is a second edition, issued in 1862, containing forms for summary proceedings. The price is 16s. A cheaper but inferior work is "Saunders' and Cox's Criminal Law Consolidation Acts," price 12s. 6d. There is a so-called second edition, containing the other Criminal Law statutes of last session, and a digest of cases decided during 1862. Sessions. With regard to the Sessions, the book of greatest authority, but of which there is no very late edition, is that called "Dickinson's Guide to the Quarter Sessions and other Sessions of the Peace." This was edited by the late Serjeant-afterwards Justice-Talfourd; the last edition was issued in 1845, under the editorship of Mr. R. P. Tyrwhitt, price £1 16s., in one thick volume. A more recent, but more limited, work is that entitled, "The General and Quarter Sessions of the Peace; their Jurisdiction and Practice in other than Criminal Matters:" by H. Leeming and R. A. Cross, 1858, price 16s., in one volume. A very useful little work is "Stone's Practice of Petty Sessions," the 7th edition, edited by Messrs. Bell and Cave, price 18s., in one volume. There is a Supplement, bringing the statutes and cases up to 1863. In addition, we may mention "Saunders' Practice of Magistrates' Courts," second edition, price 12s. This edition contains, in addition to the ordinary contents, chapters on the appeal from magis trate's courts, and proceedings before justices to protect the property of women deserted by their husbands. We may, in conclusion, remark that much information on criminal law may be obtained from such works as Archbold's, Roscoe's, and Woolwrych's "Pleading and Evidence in Criminal Law Cases." The latter work is a new canditate for favour, but hardly presents any features justifying its appearance in competition with the others of which we proceed to make mention. Archbold's Criminal Law.-This is a very useful work on pleading and evidence in criminal cases, which, in effect, contains the law upon the subject of indictable offences, because the provisions of the statutes are stated, and the decisions turn on them, and not merely on the technical rules of pleading and evidence. The late C. J Jervis edited the work, and gave it a considerable degree of authority, but, in reality, the merit of the work is due to Mr. Archbold's wonderful faculty of arrangement. The latest (the fifteenth) edition was issued in 1862 under the supervision of Mr. Welsby, in one volume, price 26s. It incorporates the Consolidation Acts. Roscoe's Criminal Evidence.-This work is on a very similar plan to the one by Mr. Archbold, though professing to be on the Law of Evidence only. The last edition (the sixth) appeared in 1862, and is edited by Mr. D. Power. There is one thick volume, price 30s. EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. (Michaelmas Term, 1863.) COMMON LAW. I. State some of the principal causes of action at common law. ANS.-Some of the principal causes of action at common law are -Non-payment of debt; non-performance of covenant or contract; trespass, either to a man's person or his goods or lands; deceit; libel, or slander; rent or use and occupation; action on the case; false imprisonment; excessive or wrongful distress; seduction; malicious arrest or prosecution; dower; recovery of possession of lands; false imprisonment, &c. (F. Bk. c. 34.) II. How are all personal actions in the superior Courts commenced? ANS.-All personal actions in the superior Courts must be commenced by writ of summons. (C. L. P. Act, s. 2; F. Bk. 261; Com. Law Pract. 57, 58.) III. How must a writ of summons be indorsed? ANS.-A writ of summons should have the following indorsements : -1. The name and place of abode of the attorney suing it out; and, if he acts as agent for a country attorney, the name and place of abode of the country attorney; but, if there is no attorney, then a memorandum that the writ has been sued out by the plaintiff in person, mentioning the city, town, or parish, and also the hamlet, street, and number of the house of such plaintiff's residence. (Com. Law Pract. 58, 59; F. Bk. 262.) 2. If the writ be for payment of debt, the amount of the debt and costs must be indorsed, with a notice that, on payment thereof within four days, proceedings will be stayed. 3. A special indorsement of the particulars of the claim, where the defendant resides within the jurisdiction, and where the claim is for a debt or liquidated demand in money arising upon a contract; or a bill of exchange where summary proceedings taken. (Com. Law Pract. 50, 69, 71; F. Bk. 262, 263.) 4. Where the sum claimed is under £20 there should be indorsed a memorandum that the plaintiff, in default of appearance, will, without notice, apply for an order for his costs, &c. (See ante, p. 138.) 5. If desired notice of claim of mandamus or writ of injunction. (Pract. Com. L. 62, 63.) 6. Within three days after service an indorsement of service should be made, otherwise in case of non-appearance the plaintiff will not be at liberty to proceed. (Com. Law Pract. 64; F. Bk. 263; Com. Law Pract. Act, 1852, s. 15.) IV. State concisely the steps to be taken where a defendant wilfully evades personal service. ANS.-Where the defendant is within the jurisdiction, the plaintiff should apply for an order for leave to proceed as if personal service had been effected; for this purpose it should be shown by affidavit:-1. That reasonable efforts have been made to effect personal service. 2. That either the writ has come to the defendant's knowledge, or that he wilfully evades service of the same. 3. That he has not appeared thereto. (C. L. P. Act, 1852, s. 17; Com. Law Pract. 76.) V. Within what time must a defendant plead after delivery of a declaration ? ANS.-A defendant has eight days from the delivery of the declaration to plead, which, however, may be enlarged on application by summons to a judge at chambers. (Com. Law Pract. 123; F. Bk. 267; C. L. P. Act, 1852, s. 63.) VI. Interlocutory judgment is signed on a claim for unliquidated damages. What is the course of proceeding? ANS.-The plaintiff must procure the damages to be assessed |