An epitome of all the common & statute laws of this nation, now in force. Wherein more then fifteen hundred of the hardest words or terms of the law are explained; and all the most useful and profitable heads or titles of the law by way of common place, largely, plainly, and methodically handled. With an alphabetical table. By William Sheppard, Esq; Published by His Highness special command
The common and statute law of England concerning trials in high-treason, misprision of treason, and in all other crimes and offences relating to the Crown : briefly collected out of the common and statute law-books and trials relating to that subject, alphabetically digested under proper titles, wherein the learning of appeals is at large set forth under the same head : the whole is brought down to the present year 1710, with an exact table
Reports of divers resolutions in lavv : arising upon cases in the Court of Wards and other courts at Westminster, in the reigns of the late kings, King James and King Charles
collected by the Right Honorable Sir James Ley, Knight and Baronet, Earl of Marlborough, &c. whilst he was attorney of the Courts of Wards and Liveries, and now published for the common good, according to His Lordships manuscript ; with two exact tables, the one of the cases, and the other of the principal matters therein contained.
Printed by Tho. Roycroft for H. Twyford, Tho. Dring, and Jo. Place, and are to be sold at their shops ...,
Date of Publication
1659.
Physical Description
[4], 83, [9], 27, [1] p. ; 30 cm (fol.)
Notes
Signatures: [A]² B-2A² A-*G².
"Instructions for our Master of our Wards and Liveries, for the better authorizing and directing of him in the execution of his office, and performance of our service": p. 1-2 at end.
"A learned treatise concerning VVards & Liveries; written by the Right Honourable, Sir James Ley ...": p. 3-27 at end.
LC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection. On the title page verso is biographical information on Ley, possibly (according to Sowerby) in the hand of John Randolph.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page and at top of front flyleaf..
Book number 747 as assigned by Yeates.
Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the library of Thomas Jefferson,
English short title catalogue,
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.),
The practising attorney, or, Lawyer's office : comprehending the business of an attorney in all its branches, divided into two volumes, viz. ... Wherein all the precedents and forms of processes and proceedings are truly and faithfully rendred in the English language, in pursuance of the late statute
The fourth edition in which the errors in former impressions are carefully corrected,
Place of Publication
In the Savoy [London]
Publisher
Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling (assigns of E. Sayer, Esq.) for A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, at the Red-Lion, T. Longman, at the Ship, both in Pater-Noster-Row, T. Worrall, at the Judge's Head, and F. Cogan, at the Middle-Temple Gate, both in Fleet-Street, Ward and Chandler, at the Ship, just without Temple-Bar, and at their shops in York and Scarborough,
Date of Publication
MDCCXXXVII [1737]
Physical Description
2 v. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Booksellers' advertisements on first leaf of both volumes.
LC copy imperfect: worm damage on first ten leaves of vol. 1, some loss of text.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 458 as assinged by Yeates.
Label of bookseller David Hall,Philadelphia affixed to back of front cover.
Library has vol. 1.
ESTC
Contents
(From t. p.) Vol. I contains: I. The practice of the Court of King's Bench -- II. The practice of the Court of Common Pleas -- III. The practice of Courts-Leet, Courts-Baron, &c. -- Vol. II. contains: IV. The practice of the High Court of Chancery -- V. The practice of equity in the exchequer -- VI. The practice and method of conveyancing, &c.
A general abridgment of cases in equity, argued and adjudged in the High court of chancery, &c. [1667-1744] With several cases never before published, alphabetically digested under proper titles; with notes and references to the whole. And three tables, the first of the names of the cases, the second of the several titles, with their divisions and subdivisions; and the third, of the matter under general heads
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
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.
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,
Reports of that learned and judicious clerk, J. Gouldsborough, Esq., sometimes one of the protonotaries of the Court of Common Pleas, or his collection of choice cases and matters agitated in all the courts at Westminster in the latter yeares of the reign of Queen Elizabeth : with learned arguments at the barr and on the bench, and the grave resolutions and judgements thereupon of the chief justices Anderson and Popham, and the rest of the judges of those times : never before published, and now printed by his original copy, with short notes in the margent of the chief matters therein contained, with the yeare, terme, and number roll of many of the cases : and two exact tables, viz. a briefer, of the names of the severall cases, with the nature of the actions on which they are founded : and a larger, of all the remarkable things contained in the whole book
Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,
English short title catalogue,
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.),
Modus intrandi placita generalia : the entring clerk's introduction : being a collection of such precedents of declarations, and other pleadings, with process as well mesn as judicial, as are generally used in every days practice : with notes and observations thereupon composed, for the benefit of the students of the common law of England, as also of the attorneys, entring clerks, and sollicitors of the courts of Common Pleas and King's Bench, acquainting them with the rudiments of clerkship, and such general pleadings and process as are used at this day in the courts of record at Westminster
The third edition, with considerable corrections and amendments throughout the whole book, with the addition of the true directions fo [sic] writs, according to the style of the latest grants to each corporation of England.
The third edition, with considerable corrections and amendments throughout the whole book, with the addition of the true directions fo [sic] writs, according to the style of the latest grants to each corporation of England.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by the assigns of R. and Edw. Atkins Esquires for J. Walthoe ...,
Date of Publication
1702-1703.
Physical Description
2 v. ; 20 cm (8vo)
Notes
Vol. 2 has no ed. statement.
Vol. 1: [24], 406, [34] p.; v. 2: [8], 315, [15] p.
Bookseller's advertisement: v. 1, p. [2] in front; v. 2, p. [2] in front.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page under that of struck owner.
Book numbers 1024 and 1025 as assigned by Yeates.
Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,
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
Judgements as they were upon solemne arguments given in the Upper-Bench and Common-Pleas, upon the most difficult points in all manner of actions : together with the terms and number-rolls, in which the same are entred : as also other speciall judiciall proceedings in order thereunto, taken out of the records of the same Court, very usefull for all clerks, attorneys, and others
Printed by Thomas Roycroft, and are to be sold at most stationers shops in London,
Date of Publication
1655.
Physical Description
[4], 235, 240-336, 339-344, [22] p. ; 17 cm (8vo)
Notes
Signatures: A² B-Z⸠2Aâ¶.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of second title page.
Book number 443 as assigned by Yeates.
Library copy lacks title and flyleaf pages.
Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the library of Thomas Jefferson,
English short title catalogue,
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.),
