An abridgment of the laws of Pennsylvania, from the year one thousand seven hundred, to the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eleven. : With references to reports of judicial decisions in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Published by Farrand, Hopkins, Zantzinger, and Company. Fry and Kammerer, printers.,
Date of Publication
1811.
Physical Description
xxxi, [1], 637, [1] p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Copyright Oct. 25, 1811 by Farrand, Hopkins, Zantzinger and Company.
Last page blank.
"The Constitution of the United States of America."--p. [vii]-xviii.
"The Constitution of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania."--p. [xix]-xxxi.
"Report of the judges of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania of the English statutes, which are in force in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and of those of the said statutes which, in their opinion, ought to be incorporated into the statute laws of the said commonwealth."--p. [562]-585. Signed on p. 585: Wm. Tilghman. J. Yeates. Thomas Smith. H.H. Brackenridge. December 14, 1808.
The ordinances of the corporation of the city of Philadelphia. To which are prefixed, the Act of incorporation, and the several supplements thereto: together with other acts of Assembly, now in force, relative to the city of Philadelphia. With marginal notes and references
A Digest of the laws of the United States of America : being a complete system, (alphabetically arranged) of all the public acts of Congress now in force-from the commencement of the federal government, to the end of the third session of the Fifth Congress, which terminated in March 1799, inclusive
An interesting appendix to Sir William Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England : containing, I. Priestley's Remarks on some paragraphs in the fourth volume of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the dissenters. II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks. III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply. IV. The case of the late election of the county of Middlesex considered on the principles of the Constitution and the authorities of law. V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his Exposition of the Act of Toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries on the laws of England. VI. Authentic copies of the argument of the late Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of Judges Delegates, and of the speech of the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield in the House of Lords, in the cause between the City of London and the dissenters
Printed for the subscribers, by Robert Bell ..., Philadelphia,
Date of Publication
1772.
Physical Description
[4], iv, [1], 6-119, [1], xii, 155, [1] p. ; 24 cm. (4to)
Notes
Also issued in the same year in an octavo edition.
Signatures: piⶠB⸠D-Fâ´ [G]â´ H-2Mâ´.
Part I-V have special t.p.; t.p. for V is dated 1773.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 950 as assigned by Yeaetes.
Cohen, M.L. Bib. of early Amer. law,
Eller
Evans
Contents
I. Priestley's Remarks on some paragraphs in the 4th vol. of Blackstone's Commentaries, relating to the dissenters.--II. Blackstone's Reply to Priestley's Remarks.--III. Priestley's Answer to Blackstone's Reply.--IV. The case of the late election of the county or Middlesex considered on the principles of the constitution and the authorities of law.--V. Furneaux's Letters to the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone concerning his exposition of the Act of toleration, and some positions relative to religious liberty, in his celebrated Commentaries.--VI. Authentic copies of the Argument of the late Hon. Mr. Justice Foster in the Court of judges delegates, and of the Speech of the Right Hon. Lord Mansfield in the House of lords, in the cause between the city of London and the dissenters.
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
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
Laws of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania: : from the sixth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, to the third day of April, one thousand eight hundred and four. : Published, under the authority of the legislature, by Thomas M'Kean Thompson. : Vol. VI
Added title page (p. [1]): Acts of the General Assembly of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania: passed at a session, which was begun and held at the borough of Lancaster, on the sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three and of the independence of the United States of America the twenty-eighth. Published by authority. Octoraro: Printed by Francis Bailey. 1804.
"Secretary's-Office, Lancaster, June 29, 1804. I certify, that ... the laws comprised in this volume, and passed during one session of the legislature, commencing on the sixth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and three ... have been collated with and corrected by the original rolls. T.M. Thompson, secretary of the commonwealth."--Title page verso.
"Table of private acts."--Page [iii]-iv, 1st count.
Laws of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : from the fourteenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred, to the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ten. : Republished, under the authority of the legislature. : With notes and references. : In four volumes. Vol. I[-V]
Printed and published by John Bioren, no. 88, Chesnut-Street.,
Date of Publication
1810[-1812].
Physical Description
5 v. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Title of v. 4-5 varies: Laws of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from the fourteenth day of October, one thousand seven hundred. Republished, under the authority of the legislature. With notes and references. Vol. IV[-V].
"The Governor be, and he hereby is authorized and required to receive proposals, and contract with John Bioren, for thirteen hundred and fifty copies of his proposed edition of the Acts of Assembly of this commonwealth, to the end of the present session of the legislature, to be printed correctly on good paper, with entirely new small pica type, in four volumes royal octavo, of six hundred pages, each well bound and lettered, at the price of two dollars and fifty cents per volume ... approved--the twenty-eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ten. Simon Snyder."--V. 1, p. [iii].
"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ... John Bioren is hereby authorized to close the fourth volume of the new edition of the laws with the laws of the session of one thousand eight hundred and seven-eight; and that all the laws subsequently passed, and which may be passed during the present session, shall be published and included in a fifth volume ... approved--the seventeeth [sic] day of January, one thousand eight hundred and twelve. Simon Snyder."--V. 4, verso of title page.
Vol. 5 has imprint date: 1812.
Vol. 1: lix, [1], 560 p.; v. 2: xxvi, 622 p.; v. 3: xliv, 556 p.; v. 4: xix, [1], 563, [1] p.; v. 5: xxxi, [5], 445, [1], 393, [1] p. Last p. of v. 4-5 blank.
Error in paging: v. 3, p. xxxvii misnumbered xxxvi.
"General index to the laws of Pennsylvania, in five volumes. From the year 1700, to the thirty-first of March, 1812, inclusive. Philadelphia: Printed by John Bioren, no. 88 Chesnut-street. 1812"--V. 5, 393 p., 3rd count. Also recorded separately by Shaw & Shoemaker as entry 26410.
Shaw & Shoemaker records v. 1-4 as entry 21026, and the complete set as entry 26414.
With a separate index to each of v. 1-4.
"Constitution of the United States of America."--V. 3, p. [xxvi]-xxxv.
"Constitution of the state of Pennsylvania."--V. 3, p. [xxxvi]-xliv.
"Certificate, notes, & extracts, by the secretary of the land-office."--V. 5, p. [x]-xxxi.
Law miscellanies: containing an introduction to the study of the law : notes on Blackstone's Commentaries, shewing the variations of the law of Pennsylvania from the law of England, and what acts of Assembly might require to be repealed or modified; observations on Smith's edition of the laws of Pennsylvania; strictures on decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, and on certain acts of Congress, with some law cases, and a variety of other matters, chiefly original
An abridgment of the laws of Pennsylvania, being a complete digest of all such acts of Assembly, as concern the commonwealth at large. To which is added, an appendix, containing a variety of precedents (adapted to the several acts) for the use of justices of the peace, sheriffs, attornies and conveyancers
