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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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A faithful report of the trial of the proprietors of the Northern Star : at the Bar of the Court of King's-Bench, on the twenty-eighth of May, 1794,on information an information, filed ex-officio, by the Attorney General : for the insertion of a publication of the Irish Jacobeans of Belfast, on the fifteenth of December, 1792

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Date of Publication
June, 1794.
Call Number
Book 601 1794a
Responsibility
by a Barrister.
Place of Publication
Belfast
Publisher
[publisher not identified],
Date of Publication
June, 1794.
Physical Description
vii, [1], 50 pages ; 18 cm
Notes
Samuel Neilson was the editor and chief shareholder of the 'Northern Star' ; John Rabb was its printer and publisher.
Signatures: A-G4 H1 (A1 verso, A4 verso blank).
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Book number 601 as assigned by Yeates.
Handwritten contents on cover title page.
Bound with The trials of George Robert Fitzgerald, Esq; and Timothy Brecknock...the murder of Pat. Ran. McDonnell and Charles Hipson...Dublin: P. Byrne, 1786 - An account of the argument of counsel and director of the court on a plea of auterfois acquit..for procuring, stirring, and provoking Andrew Creagh, otherwise Craig , and others to slee and murder Patrick Randal M'Connnel...Dublin: P,. Byrne1786 - The trial of John Magee for....libel against Richard Daly...Dublin: P. Byrne, 1790 - Ten thousand pounds damages...a report on the trial ...brought by the Reverand Charles Massy against...the Marquis of Headfort for criminal conversation with plaintiff's wife...Philadelphia: P. Byrne, 1804 - Trial of Fracis Bellew, esq...for appearing in arms with a mob of defenders...Dublin: P. Byrne, 1794.
Subjects
Rabb, John
Neilson, Samuel, - 1761-1803
Neilson, Samuel, - 1761-1803.
Trials (Libel) - Ireland - Early works to 1800.
Trials (Seditious libel) - Ireland - Early works to 1800.
Irish newspapers - Northern Ireland - Belfast - Early works to 1800.
Irish newspapers.
Trials (Libel)
Trials (Seditious libel)
Ireland.
Northern Ireland - Belfast.
Early works.
History.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon title page (Binding)
Additional Author
Kilwarden, Arthur Wolfe,
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 601 1794a
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Precedents in the office of a justice of peace : to which is added a short system of conveyancing, in a method entirely new : with an appendix, containing a variety of the most useful forms

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Author
Read, Collinson,
Date of Publication
1794.
Call Number
Bookk 203 1794
Responsibility
by Collinson Read, Esquire.
Author
Read, Collinson,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Hall and Sellers ...,
Date of Publication
1794.
Physical Description
[4], 63, [1], 33, [1] p. : forms ; 20 cm.
Notes
Signatures: pi² A-E⁴ [F]⁴ G-H⁴ ²A-D⁴ ²E²( -E2).
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 203 as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
Cohen, M.L. Bib. of early Amer. law,
Subjects
Justices of the peace - Pennsylvania - Early works to 1800.
Conveyancing - Pennsylvania - Early works to 1800.
Forms (Law) - Pennsylvania - Early works to 1800.
Conveyancing.
Forms (Law)
Justices of the peace.
Pennsylvania.
Early works.
Blank forms.
Three-quarters leather and marbled paper (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Bookk 203 1794
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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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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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Proceedings on the impeachment of William Blount : a senator of the United States from the state of Tennessee, for high crimes and misdemeanors

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Author
Blount, William,
Date of Publication
1799.
Call Number
Book 598 1799
Author
Blount, William,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by Joseph Gales,
Date of Publication
1799.
Physical Description
102, [2] p. (final leaf blank) ; 23 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Blount was charged with conspiring to aid Great Britain in wresting the Floridas and Louisiana from Spain.
Record of the proceedings is found in Journal of the Senate of the United States, in cases of impeachments ... Washington City : Printed by William Duane & Son, 1805: p. [3]-31. This journal forms part of Journal of the Senate ... Second Session of the Eighth Congress ... Washington City : Printed by William Duane & Son, 1804.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-N⁴.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 598 as assigned by Yeates.
Evans
Sabin
Howes
Subjects
Blount, William, - 1749-1800.
Diplomatic relations.
United States - Foreign relations - Great Britain - Early works to 1800.
United States - Foreign relations - 1797-1801 - Early works to 1800.
Great Britain.
United States.
Early works.
Full leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine title (Binding)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Congress Senate.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Book 598 1799
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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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Acts passed at the first [-third] session of the fifth Congress of the United States of America : begun and held at the city of Philadelphia in the state of Pennsylvania, on Monday the fifteenth of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven : and of the independence of the United States, the twenty-first : published by authority

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Corporate Author
United States.
Date of Publication
1797.
Call Number
Boook 244 1797
Alternate Title
Laws of the United States
Corporate Author
United States.
Uniform Title
Laws, etc. (Session laws : 1797-1799)
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Publisher
Printed by William Ross ...,
Date of Publication
1797.
Physical Description
240, vii, [4], 244-561, [1], 26, iv, [48] pages ; 21 cm (8vo)
Notes
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-2G⁴ [2H]⁴ 2I-4M⁴.
Printed marginalia.
Includes treaties.
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 244 as assigned by Yeates.
Subjects
Session laws - United States - Early works to 1800.
Diplomatic relations.
Session laws.
United States - Foreign relations - Early works to 1800.
United States.
Early works.
Full blind-tooled leather (Binding)
Gilt title on maroon spine label (Bindingn)
Additional Author
Yeates, Jasper,Ud1745-1817,
Additional Corporate Author
United States. Congress
Place
United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Yeates Collection
Call Number
Boook 244 1797
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