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.
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
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
The fourth edition, commencing with the eleventh year of the reign of King Richard II and ending with the sixteenth year of the reign of King George III, with two alphabetical tables to the whole /
The fourth edition, commencing with the eleventh year of the reign of King Richard II and ending with the sixteenth year of the reign of King George III, with two alphabetical tables to the whole /
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by T. Wright ... for C. Bathurst, J. and F. Rivington, L. Davis, T. Longman, W. Owen, T. Cadell, M. Folingsby, T. Lowndes, B. Law, J. Wilkie, R. Horsefield, M. Hingeston, S. Bladon, T. Carnan, H. Gardner, W. Otridge, and the rest of the proprietors, and sold by G. Kearsly ...,
Date of Publication
1776-81.
Physical Description
11 v. ; 48 cm. (fol.)
Notes
Originally published in 1719 under title: Compleat collection of state-tryals and proceedings upon impeachments for high treason, and other crimes and misdemeanours.
Preface includes bibliographical history of this work; Thomas Salmon edited the 1st ed., Sollom Emlyn the 2nd.
"The first six [volumes] ... printed exactly from the third edition, and the four next from the four supplemental volumes ... As to the eleventh volume, it is reserved wholly for additional matter"--Preface.
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates signature at top of title page.
Books187, 188, 189 190, and 191 as assigned by Yeates.
Contents
Vol. 1 1388-1628 -- v. 2. 1648-1679 -- v. 3. 1679-1684 -- v. 4. 1685-1696 -- v. 5. 1696-1709 -- v. 6. 1715-1741 -- v. 7. 1549-1688 -- v. 8. 1689-1722 -- v. 9. 1712/3-1748/9 -- v. 10. 1752-1765 -- v. 11. 1494-1777.
A digest of adjudged cases in the Court of King's Bench, from the Revolution to the present period, alphabetically arranged under the different heads of practice
Comprehending all the approved determinations during the time that the Lord Chief Justices Holt, Parker, Pratt, Raymond, Hardwicke, Lee, and Ryder, presided on that bench; and also those of the present Lord Chief Justice, by a gentleman of Lincoln's Inn.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Strahan, and M. Woodfall, law-printers to the King, for G. Kearsly,
The Englishman's right : a dialogue between a barrister at law and a juryman, plainly setting forth I. The antiquity, II. The excellent designed use, III. The office and just privileges of juries by the law of England
"This treatise has passed through many editions. It appeared first in the year 1680 ... and is now presented to the public at least for the eighth time. ...": Advertisement to the reader, p. [1], 2nd group of paging.
Signatures: [A]ⴠB-EⶠF².
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 445 as assigned by Yeates.
Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,
The history and practice of civil actions, particularly in the Court of Common Pleas : being an historical account of the parts and order of judicial proceedings, viz. writs, appearances, bail, declarations, pleadings, issues, trials, verdicts, judgments, error and costs : with the several changes introduced into these proceedings and practice by the several statutes of amendments, jeofails, and costs : and containing a general account of the principles of special-pleading in all civil suits : with an introduction on the constitution of England
The history of the cases of controverted elections : which were tried and determined during the first session of the Fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain, XV Geo. III
The history of the life of King Henry the Second, and of the age in which he lived, in five books: to which is prefixed a history of the revolutions of England from the death of Edward the Confessor to the birth of Henry the Second: by George Lord Lyttelton