An interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England : containing, I. Priestley's Remarks on some paragraphs in the fourth volume of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the dissenters. II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks. III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply. IV. The case of the late election of the county of Middlesex considered on the principles of the Constitution and the authorities of law. V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his Exposition of the Act of Toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries on the laws of England. VI. Authentic copies of the argument of the late Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of Judges Delegates, and of the speech of the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield in the House of Lords, in the cause between the City of London and the dissenters
Printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell ..., Philadelphia,
Date of Publication
1772.
Physical Description
[4], iv, [1], 6-119, [1], xii, 155, [1] p. ; 24 cm. (4to)
Notes
Also issued in the same year in an octavo edition.
Signatures: piⶠB⸠D-Fâ´ [G]â´ H-2Mâ´.
Part I-V have special t.p.; t.p. for V is dated 1773.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 950 as assigned by Yeaetes.
Cohen, M.L. Bib. of early Amer. law,
Eller
Evans
Contents
I. Priestley's Remarks on some paragraphs in the 4th vol. of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the dissenters.--II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks.--III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply.--IV. The case of the late election of the county or Middlesex considered on the principles of the constitution and the authorities of law.--V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his exposition of the Act of toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries.--VI. Authentic copies of the Argument of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of judges delegates, and of the Speech of the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield in the House of lords, in the cause between the city of London and the dissenters.
The present practice of the Court of King's Bench : containing ample and complete instructions for commencing and defending the various kinds of suits and actions, entering up judgement, suing out execution, proceeding in error from the King's Bench, Common Pleas, Exchequer Chamber, and Parliament, &c., and calculated not only to guide the attorney in the course of his practice in cases already settled, but also by pointing out the rise and ground of the various proceedings, and the several cases in each already adjudged, to enable him by analogy to conduct any new matters that may occur : containing rules of court down to Michaelmas Term, 1784, and enriched with a number of very curious and special precedents of the various writs, pleadings, entries, &c. in use in the Court of King's Bench : and particularly of declarations, a great number of which are very special, and settled by the most eminent pleaders : to which is added a complete index
A collection of decisions of the Court of King's Bench upon the Poor's Laws : down to the present time. In which are contained many Cases never before published ; extracted from the Notes of a very Eminent Barrister deceased: The whole digested in a regular Order. By a barrister at law of the Inner Temple. To which are prefixed, extracts from the statutes concerning the poor
The new instructor clericalis : stating the authority, jurisdiction, and modern practice of the Court of King's Bench, with directions for commencing and defending actions, entering judgments, suing out executions, and proceeding in error, to which are added, the rules of the court, modern precedents and several other matters necessary to be known by attornies and their clerks, in town and country, the whole illustrated by useful notes and observations from the best authorities
The spirit of the bankrupt laws. Originally compiled by Edward Green, Esq. formerly a Commissioner. Wherein are principally considered, the I. Declaring the party bankrupt. 2. Seizing his Estate, and summoning him to surrender. 3. Receiving Proof of the Debts of his Creditors. 4. Appointing, chusing, and removing Assignees. 5. Selling and conveying the Estate and Effects. 6. The examining and committing the Bankrupt, his Wife, and others. 7. Certifying his Conformity. 8. Dividing the Estate. 9. Ordering bankrupt his allowance, and Overplus. Which are fully discussed and explained, with the Authority and Power of the Commissioners to commit, particularly from the Determinations of Earls Hardwicke, Mansfield, and of the present Judges. Also, precedents, instructions, and a copious index
Cases argued and adjudged, in the Court of King's Bench, at Westminster : in the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th years of the reign of his late Majesty, King George, the Second. [1733-1738] During which time the late Lord chief Justice Hardwicke presided in that court
To which are added, some determinations of the late Lord Chief Justice Lee ; and also two equity ones by Lord Chancellor Hardwicke. Published under the inspection of a noble lord, and eminent lawyer ; with notes and references to all the contemporary reporters. Likewise, two tables ; one of the names of the cases ; and the other of the principal matters therein containe.
Printed by W. Strahan and Woodfall, for W. Johnston and G. Kearsley,
Date of Publication
1770.
Physical Description
8 preliminary leaves, 417, [22] pages ; 32 cm
Notes
Supposed to have been edited by Annaly, and sometimes cited in his name ... In 1815 Thomas Lee edited an edition, with many corrections and improvemets. Since then the citation has been Lee temp. Hard. cf. Soule, Lawyer's reference manual.
Cases argued and adjudged, in the Court of King's Bench, at Westminster : in the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th years of the reign of his late Majesty, King George, the Second. [1733-1738] During which time the late Lord chief Justice Hardwicke presided in that court
To which are added, some determinations of the late Lord Chief Justice Lee ; and also two equity ones by Lord Chancellor Hardwicke. Published under the inspection of a noble lord, and eminent lawyer ; with notes and references to all the contemporary reporters. Likewise, two tables ; one of the names of the cases ; and the other of the principal matters therein containe.
Printed by W. Strahan and Woodfall, for W. Johnston and G. Kearsley,
Date of Publication
1770.
Physical Description
8 preliminary leaves, 417, [22] pages ; 32 cm
Notes
Supposed to have been edited by Annaly, and sometimes cited in his name ... In 1815 Thomas Lee edited an edition, with many corrections and improvemets. Since then the citation has been Lee temp. Hard. cf. Soule, Lawyer's reference manual.
Reports of cases argued and adjudged in the Court of King's Bench in the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth years of King George the Second : [1734-1735] : during which time the Right Honourable the Earl of Hardwicke was Lord Chief Justice of that court
The modern practice of the High Court of Chancery : methodized and digested in a manner wholly new : interspersed with variety of the most approved and modern forms of practical precedents incidental to every suit in the progress of it, from the original bill to the decree, comprising a system of practical knowledge, according to the course of the Court as at present established
A complete digest of the theory, laws, and practice of insurance : compiled from the best authorities in different languages, which are quoted and referred to throughout the work ; and arranged in alphabetical order, under many select heads, with ample references, and a general index ; affording immediate and full information, on every distinct matter, question, or point
