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The laws of Jamaica : pass'd by the Governours, Council and Assembly in that island, and confirm'd by the Crown

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Corporate Author
Jamaica.
Date of Publication
1716.
Call Number
Book 503 1716
Corporate Author
Jamaica.
Uniform Title
Laws, etc.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Wilkins, at the Dolphin in Little-Britain,
Date of Publication
1716.
Physical Description
xxx, [6], 457, [1] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Initials; head and tail pieces.
The preface by William Wood gives a descriptive account of the island.
"Mr. Francis Hanson's account of the island and government of Jamaica, which was wrote in or about the year 1682": pages [446]-457.
Errata: p. [458].
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates signature at top of title page with one former owner struck and one removed.
Book number 503 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Politics and government
Travel.
Jamaica - Description and travel - Early works to 1800.
Jamaica - Politics and government - To 1962.
Jamaica.
Jamaica - Politics and government - Early works to 1800.
Early works.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Wood, William,
Hanson, Francis.
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 503 1716
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The law of inheritances in fee, laid down in a new method : with a kalendar of the persons inheritable, curiously engraved: to which is added, a supplement, containing a review of the said discourse

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Author
Robinson, Robert,
Edition
The second edition.
Date of Publication
[1740?]
Call Number
Book 1032 1740?
Responsibility
by a Barrister of Lincoln's Inn.
Author
Robinson, Robert,
Edition
The second edition.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for and sold by Ward and Chandler at the Ship without Temple-Bar, and at their shops in Coney-street, York, and at Scarborough Spaw,
Date of Publication
[1740?]
Physical Description
[2], xiv, 104, 24 p., [1] leaf of plates (folded) ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Publication date suggested by ESTC.
"A catalogue of books printed for, and sold by Caesar Ward and Richard Chandler, booksellers at the Ship just without Temple-Bar, London, at at their shops in Coney-street, York, and the Corner of the Long-Room-street, at Scarborough-Spaw ..." 24 pages, final sequenece. With special title page.
Folded engraved plate signed: G. Child, Sculp.
Signatures: A-F⁸( -F6-F8) ²A⁴( -A1) ²B-²D⁴ ³A-C⁴.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page and on front fly learf under that of struck former owner.
Book number 1032 as assigned by Yeates.
ESTC
Subjects
Inheritance and succession - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Inheritance and succession.
Great Britain.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Early works.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Child, G.,
Additional Corporate Author
Caesar Ward and Richard Chandler (London, England),
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 1032 1740?
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Praxis almae curiae cancellariae : in two volumes : being a collection of precedents, by bill and answer, plea and demurrer, in causes of the greatest moment (wherein equity hath been allowed) which have been commenced in the High Court of Chancery, for more than 30 years last past : with appeals (in several cases of great difficulty) to the House of Peers in Parliament, and the proceedings thereupon : also, a compleat collection of all the writs and process concerning the same, together with a praeliminary discourse, by way of rules, succinctly and methodically drawn up, containing the practice of the said court, in every particular branch of the equitable part thereof

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Author
Brown, William,
Edition
The third edition, with additions.
Date of Publication
1714.
Call Number
Book 519 1714
Book 518 1714
Author
Brown, William,
Edition
The third edition, with additions.
Place of Publication
In the Savoy [London]
Publisher
Printed by J. Nutt, assignee of Edward Sayer Esq. for Abel Roper, and Samuel Butler ...,
Date of Publication
1714.
Physical Description
2 v. ; 20 cm (8vo)
Notes
"By William Brown"--T.p. of v. 2.
Sometimes attributed to Sir Robert Heath. Cf. Halkett & Laing.
Vol. 1: [8], 576 p.; v. 2: [8], 103, [1]; 176; 401-720, [40] p.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbers 518 and 519 as assigned by Yeates.
Signature of B. Crosby on flyleaf struck.
Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,
English Short Title Catalogue,
Subjects
Great Britain. - Court of Chancery.
Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Equity pleading and procedure.
Great Britain.
Publishers' advertisements - Great Britain.
Early works.
Vol 1: linen boards (Binding)
Vol 2: Full blind-tooled leather(Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Heath, Robert,
Bay, Elihu Hall,
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
England London.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 519 1714
Book 518 1714
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A compendious and accurate treatise of fines and recoveries ; and recoveries upon writs of entry in the post. With ample and copious instructions how to draw, acknowledge, and levy the same in all cases. Being a work performed with great exactness, and full of variety of clerkship. With an addition of several precedents, and many observations, rules and cases concerning the effect and operation of fines and recoveries

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Author
Brown, William,
Edition
The 5th ed.,
Date of Publication
1718 [-1719]
Call Number
Book 886 1719
Alternate Title
Compendious and accurate treatise of fines and recoveries
Treatise of fines
Author
Brown, William,
Uniform Title
Compendious and accurate treatise recoveries upon writs of the post.
Edition
The 5th ed.,
Place of Publication
[London] In the Savoy
Publisher
Printed by Eliz. Nutt, and R. Gosling, (assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq;) for D. Browne, J. Walthoe, Benj. Tooke, W. Mears, T. Ward, T. Bickerton, and T. Woodward.,
Date of Publication
1718 [-1719]
Physical Description
2 volumes ([8], 335, [29]; [8], 400, [22] pages ; 20 cm (8vo)
Notes
"To Sir Francis North, Kt. ..." subscribed "William Brown" (v. 1); ded. to "Johanni Powel" by Gulielmus Brown (volume 2).
Title page, volume 2: A compendious and accurate treatise of fines and recoveries. Vol. II. Containing a compleat collection of choice precedents ... The second edition ... By W. Brown, a clerk of the Court of Common-Pleas. In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt, and R. Gosling ... for Abel Roper, Daniel Midwinter and Thomas Ward. MDCCXIX. -- KU-S copy v. 2 wanting 2E4 (final leaf of index)
Title page, volume 2: A compendious and accurate treatise of fines and recoveries. Vol. II. Containing a compleat collection of choice precedents ... The second edition very much corrected and amended ... By W. Brown, a clerk of the Court of Common-Pleas. In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt, and R. Gosling ... for Abel Roper, Daniel Midwinter and Thomas Ward, MDCCXIX [1719].
Originally issued (1v.)--in 1678 as A compendious and accurate treatise of recoveries upon writs of entry in the post.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 886 as assigned by Yeates.
LCHS lacks vol 1.
ESTC
Subjects
Fines and recoveries - Great Britain.
Forms (Law) - Great Britain.
Fines and recoveries.
Forms (Law)
Great Britain.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Nutt, Elizabeth,
Gosling, Robert,
Browne, Daniel,
Walthoe, John,
Tooke, Benjamin,
Mears, W.
Ward, Thomas,
Bickerton, Thomas,
Woodward, Thomas,
Roper, Abel,
Midwinter, Daniel,
Guilford, Francis North,
Powell, John,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 886 1719
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Baron and feme : a treatise of the common law concerning husbands and wives : wherein is contained the nature of a feme covert, and of marriages, bastardy, the privileges of feme coverts, what alterations are made by marriage as to estates, leases, goods, and actions, what things of the wife accrue to the husband by the intermarriage or not, what acts, charges, forfeitures by the husband shall bind the wife after his death or not, of jointures and pleadings, fines and recovery, conveyances, and other law titles relating to baron and feme

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Edition
The 2nd ed., with large additions.
Date of Publication
1719.
Call Number
Book 887 1719
Edition
The 2nd ed., with large additions.
Place of Publication
In the Savoy [London]
Publisher
Printed by Eliz. Nutt and R. Gosling (assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq.) for John Walthoe ...,
Date of Publication
1719.
Physical Description
[28], 422, [42] pages ; 20 cm
Notes
Signatures: A⁸ a⁴ b² B-2G⁸.
Advertisements on first and last leaves.
"Precedents": p. 395-422.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 887 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Husband and wife - Great Britain.
Marriage law - Great Britain.
Forms (Law) - Great Britain.
Forms (Law)
Husband and wife.
Marriage law.
Great Britain.
Full blind-tooled decorated leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 887 1719
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The practical register in Chancery, or, A compleat collection of the standing orders and rules of practice in Chancery : together with the ruled points of practice there, collected from the printed Chancery cases, reports, and practical books, and from observation and experience : as also, the alterations made in practice by all the statutes to this time, and by usage and custom : the whole is interspers'd with rules and observations touching the drawing of bills, answers, and other pleadings : which render it useful not only to attorneys and sollicitors, but to all practicers and gentlemen that have business at that bar

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Date of Publication
1714.
Call Number
Book 525 1714
Alternate Title
Practical register in Chancery
Compleat collection of the standing orders and rules of practice in Chancery
Place of Publication
In the Savoy [London]
Publisher
Printed by J. Nutt, assignee of E. Sayer, for D. Brown, in Exeter-Exchange in the Strand, W. Mears at the Lamb, and J. Brown at the Black Swan, without Temple-Bar, and J. Woodward in Fleet-street,
Date of Publication
1714.
Physical Description
viii, 365, [11] p. ; 19 cm (8vo)
Notes
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-2A⁸ 2B⁴.
Includes index.
Advertisement on page [ii].
Genealogy of Thomas Hunt Senior on back of front cover.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 525 as assigned by Yeates.
Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,
English Short Title Catalogue,
Subjects
Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Equity pleading and procedure.
Great Britain.
Early works
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon title page.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Hunt, Thomas,
Additional Corporate Author
Great Britain. Court of Chancery.
Place
England London.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 525 1714
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The practical register: or, A general abridgment of the law, relating to the practice of the several courts of Chancery, King's Bench, Common Pleas, and Exchequer : digested by way of common-place, under alphabetical heads; with great variety of cases extracted from the reports and statutes; together with all the rules of the said courts

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Author
Lilly, John.
Edition
2d ed.
Date of Publication
1745.
Call Number
Book 771 1745
Book 772 1745
Responsibility
By John Lilly ...
Author
Lilly, John.
Edition
2d ed.
Place of Publication
[London]
Publisher
In the Savoy, printed by H. Lintot and sold by J. Shuckburgh,
Date of Publication
1745.
Physical Description
2 volumes 32 cm
Notes
Two issues of the 2d edition appeared in 1745, the 2d issue containing later rules and orders of the several courts and acts of Parliament. Paging of this issue v. 1, [18], 882 (i.e. 874), [6], 58 p. v. 2, 880, [6], 58 p.
Vol. 1: p. 145-154 omitted in numbering; p. 233-234 repeated in numbering.
"Some books lately printed for Messieurs Ward and Wicksteed in the Inner-Temple lane": v. 1, [1] page preceding text.
"Law books printed for and sold by Messieurs Ward and Wicksteed, in Inner-temple lane": v. 2, [1] page preceding supplement.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbers 771-772 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Law - Great Britain.
Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain.
Criminal procedure - Great Britain.
Civil procedure - Great Britain.
Court rules - Great Britain.
Civil procedure.
Court rules.
Criminal procedure.
Equity pleading and procedure.
Law.
Great Britain.
Full blind-tooled decorated leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 771 1745
Book 772 1745
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Warrant registers (for Pennsylvania Counties)

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Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 1
Responsibility
Prepared by Wm. W. Britton, begun 1734, completed May 30, 1935 ;
Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Physical Description
4 reels ; 35 mm.
Notes
Microfilmed in 1957. Contains 20 volumes. Lancaster County warrants are on V. 16.
Labeled on box # 257 - # 261.
Material arranged by county and includes names of warrantee, date, acreage, location, date of return, name of patentee, where patent recorded, and where survey is copied.
Subjects
Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs. Bureau of Land Records.
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Berks County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Dauphin County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Lebanon County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - York County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Cumberland County.
Land grants - Pennsylvania - Adams County.
Additional Author
Britton, William W.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 15, Sec. 1
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The clergy-man's law, or, The complete incumbent : collected from the thirty-nine articles, canons, decrees in Chancery and Exchequer, as also from all the statutes and common-law cases relating to the church and clergy of England : digested under proper heads for the benefit of patrons of churches and the parochial clergy : and will be useful to all students and practitioners of the law

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Author
Watson, William,
Edition
The fourth edition,
Date of Publication
MDCCXLVII [1747]
Call Number
Book 711 1747
Alternate Title
Clergyman's law, or, The complete incumbent
Clergy-man's law
Complete incumbent
Responsibility
by William Watson ... ; with a table of the contents of the chapters and another of the principal matters ; to which are added the names of the present bishops and other chief dignitaries of the Church of England.
Author
Watson, William,
Edition
The fourth edition,
Place of Publication
In the Savoy [London]
Publisher
Printed by Henry Lintot (assignee of Edward Sayer, Esq.) for D. Midwinter, W. Innys, T. Woodward, A. Ward, S. Birt, D. Browne, Messrs. Longman and Shewell, J. Shuckburgh, T. Osborne, J. Worrall, C. Hitch, C. Corbett, C. Bathurst, G. Hawkins, T. Waller, A. Nutt,
Date of Publication
MDCCXLVII [1747]
Physical Description
iv, [8], 656, [64] p. ; 36 cm (fol.)
Notes
Signatures: pi² a-b² B-8U² (8U2 blank).
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 711 as assigned by Yeates.
English short title catalogue,
Subjects
Church of England - Clergy - Early works to 1800.
Church of England - Government - Early works to 1800.
Church of England.
Ecclesiastical law - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Clergy.
Ecclesiastical law.
Political science.
Great Britain.
Early works.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 711 1747
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A continuation of the Practical register : in two parts, wherein are contained many rules of court, and also practical cases

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Author
Lilly, John.
Date of Publication
1710.
Call Number
Book 1010 1710
Book 1011 1710
Alternate Title
Practical register
Responsibility
by John Lilly.
Author
Lilly, John.
Place of Publication
[London] In the Savoy
Publisher
Printed by John Nutt, assignee of Edw. Sayer esq. for Charles Harper,
Date of Publication
1710.
Physical Description
2 volumes ; 21 cm
Notes
Includes indexes.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 1010 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Law - Great Britain.
Equity pleading and procedure - Great Britain.
Criminal procedure - Great Britain.
Civil procedure - Great Britain.
Court rules - Great Britain.
Civil procedure.
Court rules.
Criminal procedure.
Equity pleading and procedure.
Law.
Great Britain.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon title page (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 1010 1710
Book 1011 1710
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