An essay on the history and effects of the laws of mortmain, and the laws against testamentary dispositions for pious purposes: comprising an account of the debates in Parliament, and of the inquiries of select committees of the House of Commons, and the most interesting cases which have occurred in courts of law. With an appendix, containing the reports of the select committees, and digests of the evidence, etc., etc. / by W.F. Finlason.