A digest of the conveyancing, testamentary and registry laws of all the states of the Union : 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 in each : preceded by a brief treatise on the general rules relating to the nature, execution, and operation of deeds and wills and 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.