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
After Crompton's death the copyright of this work was purchased by Baker John Sellon who subsequently revised and expanded the work and published it under his own name as The practice of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas. Cf. ESTC.
Vol. 1: [8], cxv, [1], 379, [9] p. (last leaf blank); v. 2: [2], 480, [8] p.
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 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
The constitution of England, or, An account of the English government; in which it is compared, both with the republican form of government, and the other monarchies in Europe
Bibliotheca legum Angliæ, part I, or, A catalogue of the common and statue law books of this realm : and some others relating thereto ; giving an account of their several editions, ancient printers, dates, and prices, and wherein they differ
A new ed., corr. and arranged in a more perspicuous method; and interspersed with observations on the principal works, collected from the best authorities.
A new ed., corr. and arranged in a more perspicuous method; and interspersed with observations on the principal works, collected from the best authorities.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for E. Brooke (successor to J. Worrall and B. Tovey),
Date of Publication
1788.
Physical Description
2 volumes ; 17 cm
Notes
Vol. 2 has title: Bibliotheca legum Angliæ, part II. Containing a general account of the laws and law-writers of England, from the earliest times to the reign of Edw. III. As also of the public records and other authentic law mss. the statutes, and the several collections and editions thereof; the reports, or collections of adjudged cases in the courts of law and equity; together with an account of the principal works upon the law and constitution, published during the present reign. Compiled by Edward Brooke.
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
An historical treatise of an action or suit at law : and of the proceedings used in the King's Bench and Common Pleas from the original processes to the judgments in both courts
A digest of the doctrine of bail ; in civil and criminal cases : compiled from the various authorities, and reports of cases adjudged, in the several courts of civil and criminal judicature, and calculated for public utility