A digest of the conveyancing, testamentary and registry laws of all the states of the Union [electronic resource] : embracing references to the leading decisions upon these subjects, in most of the states, together with the forms, of acknowledgment, probate, relinquishment, etc., required by the statutes of and in use by each : preceded by a brief treatise on the generals rules relating to the nature, execution and operation of deeds and wills : followed by an appendix, of the most approved general forms of those instruments : being a practical manual and guide, for lawyers, public officers, and men of business / by James B. Thornton.