The history and practice of civil actions, particularly in the Court of Common Pleas : being an historical account of the parts and order of judicial proceedings, viz. writs, appearances, bail, declarations, pleadings, issues, trials, verdicts, judgments, error and costs : with the several changes introduced into these proceedings and practice by the several statutes of amendments, jeofails, and costs : and containing a general account of the principles of special-pleading in all civil suits : with an introduction on the constitution of England
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.
Placita coronae, or, Pleas of the crown, in matters criminal and civil : containing a large collection of modern precedents, viz. appeals, convictions, certiorari's and pleadings thereto, indictments, informations, traverses, pleadings, &c., writs of mandamus, -- quo warranto, -- restitution, -- habeas corpus, &c., and returns thereof : with great variety of precedents, under many other hands, relating to the crown law
Cursus cancellariae, or, The course of proceedings in the High Court of Chancery : wherein the authority, jurisdiction, and modern practice of that court are methodically and distinctly treated of, from the bill filed, and process thereupon, to the final sentence and decree : as also of reversing decrees, by bills of review, and appeals to the House of Lords, and the method of proceedings in the Petty-Bag-Office &c., with a variety of useful precedents throughout, and a compleat table to the whole
The nature and extent of the business in the Office of Pleas in Lincoln's-Inn: both ancient and modern: with the rules and methods of practice, precedents, reports of cases, and other matters in use there ... In two volumes
A general abridgment of the common law, alphabetically digested under proper titles: with notes and references to the whole. With three tables. The first, of the several titles. The second, of the names of the cases. And the third, of the matter under general heads
[2], 39, [1], 64, 47, [1], 47, [1] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Notes
On the conduct of Lord Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, in the Douglas case, concerning the claim of Archibald Douglas as heir to tailzie to his uncle, Archibald, Duke of Douglas.
Signatures: [A]1 B-2Câ´.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page; signature of original owner removed.
