Cases determined at nisi prius, in the Court of King's Bench. From the sittings after Easter term, 30 Geo. III. to the sittings after Michaelmas term, 35 Geo III. both inclusive [1790-1794]
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)
Vol.1 has an additional titlepage with the words: "Part the fourth. Volume the first. . "; the first three parts not published? - Vols.1 and 2 have continuous pagination.
Vols. 2-5 are entitled 'Reports of cases adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, since the time of Lord Mansfield's coming to preside in it: . '.
Vol.2 bears the imprint: "Printed by His Majesty's Law-Printers; for J. Worrall and B. Tovey" and is dated 1766; vol 3 was "printed by His Majesty's Law-Printers; for Barnes Tovey, (successor to Mr John Worrall.)" and is dated 1771; vols.4 and 5 were "printed by His Majesty's Law-Printers; for Edward Brooke (successor to Mr. John Worrall and Mr. Barnes Tovey,)" and are dated 1776 and 1780 respectively.
Reports of cases determined in the Court of King's Bench : together with some other cases : from Trin. 12 Geo. I. to Trin. 7 Geo. II. [1726-1734] with tables of the names of the cases and of the principal matters
"Freeman's Law and Chancery reports (now in separate volumes) were first published together in one volume, folio, in 1742. They were often cited 1 and 2 Freeman, respectively." cf. Soule, Lawyers' reference manual, 1884, p. 96.
Each part has special t.p. and separate paging.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book number 140 as assigned by Yeates.
Contents
Reports of cases argued and adjudged in the courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, from 1670 to 1683. -- Cases argued and decreed in the High Court of Chancery, from 1676 to 1706.
