10. What are the principal features of the domestication of Grecian philosophy at Rome?

11. Give an account of the principal ordinances of Solon. Which of his laws was similar in its effects to Ostracism?

12. Write an account of the changes supposed to have been introduced by Euripides into the representation of a tragic drama.

HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.-PART I.

Professor Elkington.

1. Give some account of the early English Towns, and of the rise of the Craftsmen within them. Explain the terms "frith-gild," frith-gild," "greater folk," 66 'lesser folk."

2. Trace the growth of the House of Commons under the Tudor sovereigns (a) in numbers, (b) in privileges.

3. Write an account of the Post Nati.

4. In what year, at what place, and under what circumstances, did the first Colonial Parliament assemble?

5. Sum up fully and concisely the arguments on both sides in the case of Hampden's refusal to pay Ship Money.

6. Trace the more important consequences of the journey to Madrid undertaken by Prince Charles and the Duke of Buckingham.

7. What different opinions as to the nature of the relation between Church and State prevailed during the Stuart period? Mention some of the principal disputants.

8. Consider the views of Bacon and of Coke respectively on the constitutional position of the judges. Contrast the modern view.

9. "It is in Bacon's philosophy that the key to his political life is to be found."-Gardiner, vol. iii., p. 396.

Discuss this statement.

10. (a) Trace the circumstances of the Earl of Danby's accession to office in 1673.

(b) Mention the more important events of his administration.

(c) What circumstances led to the decline and fall of his government ?

11. How was the army constituted in the reign of Charles the Second ?

12. Compare the setting up of the Duke of Monmouth as a claimant of the Crown with that of Lady Jane Grey.

ROMAN LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE.

The Board of Examiners.

Candidates must not answer more than SEVEN questions.

1. What is the historical connection between Property and Contract?

2. Can you find any justification for classifying under one head Status and Quasi Contract?

3. How does the modern law of Tort differ from the ancient law?

4. What are the principal differences between the Roman and English views of Possession ?

5. A, the owner of property, voluntarily parts with possession to B, and B gives the property to C. What different positions has the law assumed in regard to the rights of A?

6. What are the characteristics of negotiable instruments? Account for the slow growth of a power of assigning obligations.

7. Compare the development of the Roman Law through the Praetor's Edict with its development through the juristic writings.

8. Into what legal relations does bona fides enter in

Roman Law?

sequences.

Describe its incidents and con

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9. Write a history of the Condictio. For what purpose does it appear to have been established?

10. Translate and explain

Et apiscimur possessionem corpore et animo, neque per se animo aut per se corpore.

Possessionem acquirimus et animo et corpore; animo utique nostro, corpore vel nostro vel alieno.

THE LAW OF PROPERTY.

Mr. Guest.

1. State shortly the principles of the Theory of Tenure. What is the importance of that Theory in the Law of Real Property?

2. A testator who died in 1875 by his will devised and bequeathed the residue of his estate real and personal "to such of my children as shall attain the age of 25 years in equal shares"; and he directed that "the share of every daughter of mine shall be held by the trustees of this my will upon trust to pay the income thereof to such daughter for life, and after her death upon trust for such of her children as shall attain 24 years." The will was duly proved by the executors, who were also the trustees of the will. At the time of his death the testator had two sons, aged 18 and 16 respectively, and one daughter aged 26, and no others. The daughter was at that woman, and had one child

date a married

aged 5 years. Both the sons attained 25 years. The trustees paid the income of the daughter's share to her up to her death in 1895. By her will, made in 1893, she devised and bequeathed all her estate to her husband. Her husband and her only child, then 25 years of age, survived her. Who are entitled to the residue of the testator's estate, and for what estates or interests respectively? Give reasons.

3. Lands were conveyed "to A and his heirs to such uses as B shall appoint, and in default of and until any such appointment to the use of C and his heirs." Purporting to act in pursuance of that power, B by deed appointed the lands "to D and his heirs to the use of E and his heirs." What is the effect (if any) of such appointment? Give reasons.

4. A was lessee of lands for a term of 21 years, expiring at the end of 1880. In 1870 A agreed to take a further lease of the land for 50 years from the end of 1880. The lessor was the owner in fee simple of the land. In 1875 he died, having by his will devised the same lands to A for his life. In July, 1880, A conveyed his life estate to B. What are the rights of A and B respectively to possession at the end of 1880? Give reasons.

5. When a conveyance transfers a seisin to serve uses, with whom should the covenants for title be expressed to be made, and why?

6. What are the rights of a first mortgagee of a fee simple as against tenants under leases made before the mortgage, if the mortgage contains a