Note 34 — II THE EXTENSION OF ROMAN AND ENGLISH LAW THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
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In these West Indian islands, however, that which remains of Spanish law, as in Trinidad and Tobago, and of French law, as in St. Vincent, is now comparatively slight; and before long the West Indies (except Cuba and Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe and Martinique) will be entirely under English law. See as to the British colonies generally, Sir C. P. Ilbert’s Legislative Methods and Forms, chap. ix.