Docket of liens filed against property owner or reputed owner showing names of parties, type and amount of lien, description of property, date entered and filed, and some show dispensation. Handwritten.
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This volume's transcription was started by Betty Randolph in 2018. It is completed up to page 100.
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Record of habeas corpus proceedings, showing dates of issue and return, names of defendant and custodian of prisoner, nature of writ, time and place of delivery, and disposition. Incomplete index in the back of the docket. Handwritten.
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This hardbound volume lists unsettled suits. Listed are the plaintiffs and defendants, lawyers, amount due to Prothonotary Passmore, topic of the civil suit, and handwritten case update. Handwritten. Cases begin May 1792, No. 63.
System of Arrangement
Cases are entered chronologically by the date of the case and then by case number.
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The front cover and multiple pages are missing.
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Custodial History
Added to database 03 Feb 2024.
This docket was transferred from the Lancaster County Archives on 22 February 2019.
One hardbound volume of what appears to be an index to sheriff's deeds. Lists names of grantor and grantee, book number and page number, location and description of property, date of entry, and name of previous owner. The Partition Docket records the division of land between the listed parties, gives the date, book number and page number, describes some properties and the value, and records the action taken. The Ejectment Docket records give the date and judgments for one case.
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This hardbound volume lists unsettled suits. They are entered chronologically by the date of the case, and alphabetically by the surname of the plaintiff, including the case number and name of the defendant. Handwritten.
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One hardbound volume that contains records of petitions for citizenship of 19 immigrants. Each entry tells where the petitioner formerly resided, current residence, where and when he entered the United States, when he came to Lancaster County, and who supported him in the petition. Handwritten.
In this same volume is the Appearance Docket for the Court of Common Pleas Nov. Term 1779 - May Term 1789. This is a duplicate of the Appearance Docket found in RG 01-00 2303-125.
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A photocopy of the petitions for citizenship is found in the Information File under Naturalization Court.
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Small hardbound volume of receipts for money received from Nathaniel W. Sample, Prothonotary. Show name of recipient; date; amount; reason for payment; signature of recipient. Handwritten.
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Soft cover volume. Heading on first page reads "Acct. of money paid out of Desk." Entries show amounts paid for attorney's fees, plaintiffs' bills, witness fees, arbitration costs, defendants' bills, office supplies, and labor. Entries relating to cases include court term and docket number. Handwritten.
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Rules of Equity Practice: Adopted by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, May 27th, 1865, with the Report of the Commissioners
Description
Pages 1-5 are a report to the judges of the Supreme Court, signed by the committee members, in which they report on their charge "to revise and amend the rules of practice in equity cases, and to report to this court." Pages 6-58 list specific changes recommended, with each change numbered 1-89. This volume is indexed. Committee members are George Sharswood, Oswald Thompson, George T. Campbell, George W. Biddle, R. C. McMurtie, Fred C. Brightly, and Henry Wharton.
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The cover title is: Rules of Equity Practice, Adopted by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania & Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County 1865. With the Report of the Commissioners.
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