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Conductor generalis, or, The office, duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, coroners, constables, gaolers, jury-men, and overseers of the poor : as also, the office of clerks of assize, and of the peace, &c

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Date of Publication
1792.
Call Number
Book 666 1792
Alternate Title
Conductor generalis
Office, duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, goalers, coroners, constables, jury men, over-seers of the poor
Office, duty and authority of justices of the peace
Responsibility
compiled chiefly from Burn's Justice, and the several other books on those subjects, by James Parker ... ; and now revised and adapted to the United States of America, by a Gentleman of the law ; the whole alphabetically digested under the several titles, with a table directing to the ready finding out the proper matter under those titles ; to which are added, the excise and militia laws of the United States, and the acts called the Ten Pound Act of the states of Pennsylvania and New-York.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed for Robert Campbell,
Date of Publication
1792.
Physical Description
xv, 464 p. ; 22 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Signatures: A-2G⁸.
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbr 666 as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
Cohen, M.L. Bib. of early Amer. law,
Subjects
Justices of the peace - Early works to 1800.
Sheriffs - Early works to 1800.
Coroners - Early works to 1800.
Constables - Early works to 1800.
Jury - Early works to 1800.
Internal revenue law - United States - Early works to 1800.
Fines and recoveries - Pennsylvania - Early works to 1800.
Fines and recoveries - New York (State) - Early works to 1800.
Constables.
Coroners.
Fines and recoveries.
Internal revenue law.
Jury.
Justices of the peace.
Militia.
Sheriffs.
United States - Militia - Early works to 1800.
New York (State)
Pennsylvania.
United States.
Early works.
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Parker, James,
Gentleman of the law.
Burn, Richard,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 666 1792
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The practice of the courts of King's bench and Common pleas. Originally compiled by George Crompton, esq. Revised, corrected, and newly arranged

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Author
Crompton, George,
Edition
2d ed., with the addition of the modern cases to the present time , and a practical treatise on the mode of passing fines and suffering recoveries ...
Date of Publication
1798.
Call Number
Book 981 1798
Book 982 1798
Responsibility
by Baker John Sellon ...
Author
Crompton, George,
Edition
2d ed., with the addition of the modern cases to the present time , and a practical treatise on the mode of passing fines and suffering recoveries ...
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by A. Strahan, for J. Butterworth,
Date of Publication
1798.
Physical Description
2 volumes ; 21 cm
Notes
Originally published , 1780, under title: Practice common-placed; or, The rules and cases of practice in the courts of King's bench and Common pleas.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbers 781and892 as assigned by Yeates.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Great Britain. - Court of King's Bench - Early works to 1800.
Great Britain. - Court of Common Pleas - Early works to 1800.
Great Britain. - Court of Common Pleas.
Great Britain. - Court of King's Bench.
Civil procedure - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Fines and recoveries - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Civil procedure.
Fines and recoveries.
Great Britain.
Early works.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Sellon, B. J.
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 981 1798
Book 982 1798
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Firma burgi, or, An historical essay concerning the cities, towns and buroughs of England. : Taken from records

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Author
Madox, Thomas,
Date of Publication
MDCCXXVI [1726]
Call Number
Bookk 726 1726
Alternate Title
Historical essay concerning the cities, towns, and buroughs of England
Of the cities towns and buroughs of England
Responsibility
by Thomas Madox Esquire, his Majesties historiographer.
Author
Madox, Thomas,
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by William Bowyer : And sold by Robert Gosling at the Middle-Temple-Gate in Fleetstreet,
Date of Publication
MDCCXXVI [1726]
Physical Description
10 pages 297, [29] pages ; 41 cm
[20], 297, [29] pages ; 41 cm
Notes
Title vignette.
Engraved head- and tailpieces and initials, the former signed variously by: Jos. Grisoni, Vertue, and J. Clark.
List of subscribers: preliminary p. [10]-[12].
Last page blank.
Signatures: [A]² a² B² b-d² ²B² C-4O². d1 mis-signed D1.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 726 as assigned by Yeates.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ESTC,
Goldsmiths',
Subjects
Municipal government - England - Early works to 1800.
Local taxation - England - Early works to 1800.
Cities and towns - England - Early works to 1800.
Administration municipale - Angleterre - Ouvrages avant 1800.
Impôt local - Angleterre - Ouvrages avant 1800.
Cities and towns.
Local taxation.
Municipal government.
England.
Printed books - England - London - 18th century - Specimens.
Early works.
History.
Subscription lists (Publishing) - England - 18th century.
Mottoes (Provenance) - Aperto vivere voto.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Grisoni, Giuseppe,
Vertue, George,
Clark, John,
Bowyer, William,
Gosling, Robert,
Yeates, Jasper,
Place
Great Britain England London.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Bookk 726 1726
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Anno regni Georgii II. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, primo. : At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the ninth day of October, Anno Dom. 1722 ... And from thence continued by several prorogations to the twenty seventh day of June, 1727. Being the sixth session of this present Parliament

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Corporate Author
Great Britain.
Date of Publication
1727-1728.
Call Number
Book 462 1627-1728
Corporate Author
Great Britain.
Uniform Title
Laws, etc.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by John Baskett ... and Tho. Norris, assignee to George Hills.,
Date of Publication
1727-1728.
Physical Description
42, 666, [2] p. ; 32 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Each act constitutes a chapter; each chapter has a caption title, and most have a general t.p.
LHS copy imperfect: all chapters except 5 (second occurrence), 9, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, and 21 wanting. Transcription of title from general t.p. prefixed to chapter 1.
The general t.p. for the second group of paging has the phrase: At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the twenty third day of January, Anno Dom. 1727 ... being the first session of this present Parliament.
Final leaf blank.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 262 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
England and Wales. - Parliament - History - Early works to 1800.
England and Wales. - Parliament.
Politics and government
Great Britain - History - Charles II, 1660-1685 - Sources.
Great Britain - Politics and government - 1660-1688 - Early works to 1800.
Great Britain.
Early works.
History.
Sources.
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 462 1627-1728
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The accomplish'd practiser in the High Court of Chancery : shewing the whole method of proceedings, according to the present practice, from the bill to the appeal inclusive

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Author
Harrison, Joseph,
Edition
7th ed., (being a new one) upon a plan different from that pursued in the former editions of this work with all the practice enlarged under every head, and an addition of precedents of all kinds; the proceedings upon a commission of lunacy; with additional notes and references to the ancient and modern reports in equity /
Date of Publication
1790.
Call Number
Book 512 1790
Book 513 1790
Alternate Title
Harrison's chancery practice
Responsibility
by Joseph Harrison.
Author
Harrison, Joseph,
Edition
7th ed., (being a new one) upon a plan different from that pursued in the former editions of this work with all the practice enlarged under every head, and an addition of precedents of all kinds; the proceedings upon a commission of lunacy; with additional notes and references to the ancient and modern reports in equity /
Place of Publication
London : for T. Whieldon ; and R. Pheney
Publisher
Printed by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall ;
Date of Publication
1790.
Physical Description
2 volumes ; 22 cm
Notes
"Containing the original power and jurisdiction of the Chancery, both as a court of law and equity; the Office of the Lord Chancellor, Master of the Rolls, and the rest of the officers; also, the best forms and precedents of bills, answers, pleas, demurrers, writs, commissions, interrogatories, affidavits, petitions, and orders: together with a list of the officers and their fees: likewise other matters useful for practisers."
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 512 as assigned by Yeates.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects
Great Britain. - Court of Chancery - Early works to 1800.
Great Britain. - Court of Chancery.
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 spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Williams, John Griffith,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 512 1790
Book 513 1790
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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

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Author
Bohun, William.
Edition
The second edition corrected with additions.
Date of Publication
MDCCXXIII [1723]
Call Number
Book 517 1723
Alternate Title
Cursus cancellariae
Course of proceedings in the High Court of Chancery
Responsibility
published by William Bohun ...
Author
Bohun, William.
Edition
The second edition corrected with additions.
Place of Publication
In the Savoy [London]
Publisher
Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling (assigns of Edward Sayer, Esq.) for J. Walthoe, in the Middle-Temple-Cloysters,
Date of Publication
MDCCXXIII [1723]
Physical Description
[8], 513, [11] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 517 as assigned by Yeates.
Signatures: A⁴ B-2K⁸ L⁶.
First leaf is a bookseller's advertisement.
Includes index.
ESTC
Subjects
Great Britain. - Court of Chancery - Early works to 1800.
Great Britain. - Court of Chancery.
Equity pleading and procedure - England - Early works to 1800.
Equity pleading and procedure.
England.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Early works.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Walthoe, John,
Additional Corporate Author
E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 517 1723
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Laws of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from the fourteenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred to the [twenty-seventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and one]

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Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Date of Publication
1797-1801.
Call Number
Book 574a 1797
Book 574b 1797
Book 575b 1793
Book 575a 1793
Book 576 1795
Book 577 1801
Responsibility
Republished, under the authority of the legislature, by Alexander James Dallas ...
Corporate Author
Pennsylvania.
Uniform Title
Laws, etc.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Hall and Sellers,
Date of Publication
1797-1801.
Physical Description
4 volumes 33 cm
Notes
Volume 1 dated 1797; v. 2 dated 1798 (some copies misdated 1793); v. 3 dated 1795; v. 4 dated 1801.
Imprint of v. 4 reads: Lancaster: Printed by Francis Bailey, Centre-Square, 1801.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbers 574a, 574b, 575a, 575b, 576, and 577.
At top of title page of vol 2, copy 2: For the use of the Board of Commissioners, Lancaster County."
Evans,
Contents
I. October 14, 1700-October 1, 1781. 1797 -- II. October 2, 1781-October 2,1790. 1793 -- III. December 7, 1790-April 20, 1795. 1795 -- IV. December 1, 1795-February 27, 1801. 1801.
Subjects
Session laws - Pennsylvania - Early works to 1800.
Law - Pennsylvania - Early works to 1800.
Law.
Session laws.
Pennsylvania.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Early works.
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Dallas, Alexander James,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 574a 1797
Book 574b 1797
Book 575b 1793
Book 575a 1793
Book 576 1795
Book 577 1801
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An introductory lecture to a course of law lectures

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Author
Wilson, James,
Date of Publication
1791.
Call Number
Book 662 1791a
Responsibility
by James Wilson ... ; to which is added, a plan of the lectures.
Author
Wilson, James,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
From the press of T. Dobson,
Date of Publication
1791.
Physical Description
96 p. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Signatures: pi² A-L⁴ M².
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 662 as assigned by Yeates.
Bound with Collectanea Juridica. consisting of tracts relative to the law and constitution of England London: E. and R. Brooke, 1791.
Evans
Subjects
Law - United States - Early works to 1800.
Law.
Law
United States.
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 662 1791a
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An explanation of the practice of law : containing the elements of special pleading, reduced to the comprehension of every one; also, elements of a plan for a reform: shewing that the plaintiff's costs in a common action, which at present amount to from 25 to 35-1. need not exceed 10-1. and those of the defendant, which are now from 12 to 20-1. need not exceed 6-1

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Author
Schiefer, John Frederic.
Date of Publication
1793.
Call Number
Bookk 670 1793
Responsibility
By John Frederic Schiefer, member of the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn.
Author
Schiefer, John Frederic.
Place of Publication
Dublin
Publisher
Printed by J. Stockdale, for Messrs. E. Lynch, P. Byrne, J. Moore, W. Jones, R. McAllister, H. Watts, and J. Rice,
Date of Publication
1793.
Physical Description
xxxi, [1], 340 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Signatures: A⁸ a⁸ B-Y⁸ Z².
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 670 as assigned by Yeates.
ESTC
Subjects
Pleading - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Law reform - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
Law reform.
Pleading.
Great Britain.
Early works
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Stockdale, John,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Bookk 670 1793
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Joannis Seldeni juris consulti Opera omnia, tam edita quam inedita : in tribus voluminibus

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Author
Selden, John,
Date of Publication
MDCCXXVI. [1726]
Call Number
Book 720 1726
Book 721 1726
Book 722 1726
Book 723 1726
Book 725 1726
Book 724 1726
Alternate Title
Opera omnia, tam edita quam inedita
Works of John Selden
Responsibility
collegit ac recensuit, vitam auctoris, praefationes, & indices adjecit, David Wilkins ...
Author
Selden, John,
Uniform Title
Works.
Place of Publication
Londini
Publisher
Typis Guil. Bowyer, impensis J. Walthoe, G. Conyers, J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. & B. Sprint, D. Midwinter, A. Bettesworth, B. Lintot, J. Tonson, R. Gosling, W. & J. Innys, J. Osborn & T. Longman, R. Robinson, T. Woodward, F. Clay, B. Motte, A. Ward, T. Wotton, & executorum Richardi Sare,
Date of Publication
MDCCXXVI. [1726]
Physical Description
3 v. in 6 pts. : ill., port. ; 40 cm (fol.)
Notes
Each vol. in 2 pts.
Vol. 2 imprint statement begins: Londini : Typis S. Palmer, impensis J. Walthoe ...
Vol. 3 imprint statement begins: London : Printed by T. Wood for J. Walthoe ...
Tail-pieces.
Part of vol. 1 printed in red and black.
Includes indexes.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 720 as assigned by Yeates.
Book plate of Bowater Vernon of Hanbury Hall in the Counder of Worester. on back of title pages of vol. 1.
ESTC,
Contents
Vol. 1. De anno civili veteris ecclesiae, seu Reipublicae Judaicae, dissertatio. De jure naturali & gentium juxta disciplinam Ebraeorum. De synedriis & praefecturis juridicis veterum ebraeorum -- v. 2. De successionibus in bona defunctorum & de successionibus in pontificatum Ebraeorum. De diis Syris. Eutychii ecclesiae suae origines. Uxor Ebraica. Analecta Anglo-Britannica. Janus Anglorum. Dissertatio ad Fletam. Judicium de decem scriptoribus Anglicanis. Mare clausum. Vindiciae de scriptione maris clausi. Marmora Arundelliana. Notae in eadmerum. Epistolae & poemata -- v. 3. England's Epinomis. Original of duels. Titles of honour. History of tythes, with the answers to Sempill, Tilseley, and a letter to the Marquis of Buckingham. Of the passage touching the number 666. Of Calvin's judgment on the Revelations. Of the birth-day of our Savior. Of his purpose and end in writing the History of tythes. Of the Jews sometimes living in England. Discourse of the office of Lord Chancellor. Privilege of the baronage of England. Judicature in Parliament. Of the original of ecclesiastical jurisdiction of testaments. Letter to Mr. August. Vincent, rouge-croix, concerning his discovery of errors. Arguments concerning the baronies of Grey and Ruthen. Notes upon Drayton's Polyolbion, Fortescue de laudibus, etc. and Hengham's summa, &c. Speeches in the House of Lords and Commons. Table talk.
Subjects
Law - England - Early works to 1800.
Mishpat Ivri - Early works to 1800.
Law.
Mishpat Ivri.
England.
English imprints, 18th century, 1726.
Early works.
History.
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Binding)
Additional Author
Wilkins, David,
Bowyer, William,
Palmer, Samuel,
Wood, Thomas,
Yeates, Jasper,
Vernon, Bowater,
Place
Great Britain England London.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 720 1726
Book 721 1726
Book 722 1726
Book 723 1726
Book 725 1726
Book 724 1726
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