The whole proceedings on the trial of an information exhibited ex officio by the King's Attorney General against John Stockdale, for a libel on the House of Commons : tried in the Court of King's-Bench Westminister, on Wednesday, the ninth of December 1789 : before the Right Hon. Lloyd Lord Kenyon, Chief Justice of England
"Argument in support of the rights of juries" by the Hon. T. Erskine: p. [121]-228.
Publisher's advertisements: [16] p. at end.
LC copy wanting the [16] p. of advertisements called for in ESTC.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 608 as assigned by Yeates.
LCHS copy has bound between pages121 and 122: The whole of the proceedings at the assizes at Shrewsbury, on Friday, August the Sixth, 1784...London: H. Goldney, 1874.
With: Briton. Four letters on the subject of Mr. Stockdale's trial for a supposed libel on the House of Commons ... London : Printed for John Stockdale ..., 1790. Bound together subsequent to publication?
The whole proceedings on the trial of an information exhibited ex officio by the king's attorney-general against Thomas Paine : for a libel upon the revolution and settlement of the crown and regal government as by law established : and also upon the bill of rights, the legislature, government, laws, and parliament of this kingdom, and upon the king : tried by a special jury in the court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Tuesday, the 18th of December, 1792, before the Right Honourable Lord Kenyon
Pages [1]-[4] at end: publisher's advertisements ("The following trials are published from Mr. Gurney's short-hand notes").
Erratum on page 196.
Handwritten contents on front flyleaf.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 606 as assigned by Yeates.
English short title catalogue,
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time,
Summary
First edition of this work on the proceedings directed against the second part of Rights of man. The speeches of the attorney-general (Sir Archibald Macdonald) and of Mr. Erskine, counsel for the defendant, are given in full.
A report of all the cases determined by Sir John Holt, knt. from 1688 to 1710, during which time he was Lord Chief Justice of England : containing many cases never before printed, taken from an original manuscript of Thomas Farresley ... also several cases in Chancery and the Exchequer-Chamber
Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling for J. Hazard, T. Osborne, J. Wortall, C. Corbett, C. Ward, and R. Chandler, J. Wood, C. Waller, and G. Hawkins,
Date of Publication
1738.
Physical Description
[2], iii, [16], [90] pages ; 32 cm (fol.)
Notes
"Cases determined by Sir John Holt. K.B., Ch., Ex. Mainly collected from the printed Reports, with additional cases from the manuscript of Thomas Farresley. "The whole alphabetically digested under proper heads," like an Abridgment. Said to have been edited by Giles Jacob."--The lawyer's reference manual of law books and citations, by Charles C. Soule, 1953.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page over that of E. Biddle.
Book number 717 as assigned by Yeates.
Handwritten note at bottom of title page concerning Giles Jacob, author of the Law Dictionary "is reputed to be the collector or at least the Publisher of these Reports. (Vide Preface to Chief Justice's Holt's Life, vol IV)
The law of inheritances in fee, laid down in a new method : with a kalendar of the persons inheritable, curiously engraved: to which is added, a supplement, containing a review of the said discourse
Printed for and sold by Ward and Chandler at the Ship without Temple-Bar, and at their shops in Coney-street, York, and at Scarborough Spaw,
Date of Publication
[1740?]
Physical Description
[2], xiv, 104, 24 p., [1] leaf of plates (folded) ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Notes
Publication date suggested by ESTC.
"A catalogue of books printed for, and sold by Caesar Ward and Richard Chandler, booksellers at the Ship just without Temple-Bar, London, at at their shops in Coney-street, York, and the Corner of the Long-Room-street, at Scarborough-Spaw ..." 24 pages, final sequenece. With special title page.
A collection of decisions of the Court of King's Bench upon the Poor's Laws : down to the present time. In which are contained many Cases never before published ; extracted from the Notes of a very Eminent Barrister deceased: The whole digested in a regular Order. By a barrister at law of the Inner Temple. To which are prefixed, extracts from the statutes concerning the poor
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
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.
Three law tracts: I. The compleat copyholder; being a discourse of the antiquity and nature of manors and copyholds, &c. II. A reading on 27 Edward the First, called the statute De finibus levatis. III. A treatise of bail and mainprize
By Sir Edward Coke, knight ... To which are added, the Old tenures; also, Some notes and additions to Lord Coke's Commentary upon Littleton, shewing how the laws are altered since those authors wrote. By William Hawkins ... The whole published in the English language.
Printed by His Majesty's law-printer for J. Worrall,
Date of Publication
1764.
Physical Description
xii pages, 1 leaf, [2], 364, [4] pages 22 cm
Notes
The complete copyholder has special t.p.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page over that of a previous owner.
Book number 828 as assigned by Yeates.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
I. The compleat copyholder : being a discourse of the antiquity and nature of manors and copyholds, & c -- II. A reading on 27 Edward the first, called the statute de finibus levatis -- III. A treatise of bail and aminprize.
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
An universal etymological English dictionary : comprehending the derivations of the generality of words ... and also a brief and clear explication of all Difficult words ... relating to Anatomy, Botany, Physick, Pharmacy, Surgery, Chy-mistry, Philosophy, Divinity, Mathematicks ... together with a large collection and explication of words used in our ancient statutes ... and the Etymology, and Interpretation of the Proper Names of Men, Women, and remarkable Places in Great Britain: Also the Dialects of our different Counties. Also a Collection of our most common Proverbs, with their Explication and Illustration
The Twentieth edition to which are added, above 3000 words, interspersed in their proper places, none of which are to be found in any former edition of this book.
The Twentieth edition to which are added, above 3000 words, interspersed in their proper places, none of which are to be found in any former edition of this book.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for R. Ware, W. Innys and J. Richardson, J. and P. Knapton, T. and T. Longman, et al.,
Date of Publication
M, DCC, LXIV [1764].
Physical Description
944 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm (8vo)
Notes
"Philologos" in title after author's name is printed in Greek characters.
At foot of titlepage: price six shillings. A reissue, with errors on the titlepage corrected --ESTC T87509.
Signatures: piâ´ aâ´ B-6Câ´.
LHO copy wanting main title page.
Apparently from the personal libray of Yeates.
Book number 1039 not asssigned by Yeates.
Signature of John Yeates at top of dedication page.
English Short Title Catalog, ESTC
Alston,
Contents
Dedication, pi² -- Introduction, pi³ -- Abbreviations made use of in the following work, aâ´ (recto) -- Alphabets of the English, Saxon, Greek* and Hebrew Characters, paralleled for the Use of those who would acquaint themselves with Etymological Words, aâ´ (verso) -- An Universal Etymological English Dictionary: AND An Interpreter of Hard Words, [A-Z], Signatures B-6Câ´.
Bibliotheca legum : or, A catalogue of the common and statute law books of this realm, and some others relating thereto, from their first publication, to Michaelmas term, 1775, giving an account of their several editions, ancient printers, dates, and prices, and wherein they differ. A new ed., corrected and improved: to which is added, a list of the principal Scotch law books, and some relating to Ireland
