Blackstone, vol. iii. p. 400, where it is stated, however, that "that practice is now disused."
Note 6 [Page 110].
Blackstone's Commentaries, vol. iv. p. 135.
Note 7 [Page 113].
By a very recent statute (6 and 7 Vict. c. 73, §§ 37, 43)—passed in 1843—salutary alterations have been made in the law regulating the taxation of the bills of attorneys and solicitors. Except "under special circumstances," a client cannot now have his attorney's or solicitor's bill taxed, after the lapse of twelve months since it was delivered. If as much as one-sixth of the bill be struck off, the attorney or solicitor must pay the costs of the operation; if less than one-sixth, the client will have that satisfaction.
Note 8 [Page 122].
This was written about the year 1838-9.
Note 9 [Page 124].
This mode of treating the remains of a felo de se was (on the 8th July 1823) abolished by Act of Parliament (stat. 4 Geo. IV). The remains of a felo de se are ordered by that act to be buried privately in the churchyard, but without the performance of any rites of Christian burial. The Prayer-book also prohibits the "office for the burial of the dead from being used for any that have laid violent hands upon themselves."