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
Reports of cases argued and determined in the Court of King's Bench : from Michaelmas term, 26th George III, to Easter term ... George III, both inclusive
Printed by His Majesty's law-printers, for T. Whieldon,
Date of Publication
1787-1800.
Physical Description
8 volumes ; 32 cm
Notes
Reports cover the period 1785-1800.
Issued at the end of each term, and usually cited as "Term reports", with later editions appearing under that title.
Vol. 3 printed by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall for T. Whieldon; v. 4, by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall for Whieldon and Butterworth; v. 5, by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall for J. Butterworth; v. 6-8, by A. Strahan for J. Butterworth.
Vol. 7 and 8 to "Trinity Term."
Includes indexes.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbers 145, 146, 147,148, and 149 assigned by Yeates.
Composed by the Right Honorable and most learned Thomas, Lord Ellesmere, late Lord Chancellor of England. Whereunto is annexed a perfect table, and a methodicall analysis of the whole treatise.
The Practice of the High Court of Chancery unfolded : with the nature of the several offices belonging to that court, and the reports of many cases wherein relief hath been there had, and where denied, never heretofore published
A treatise upon wills and codicils, with an Appendix of the statutes, and a copious collection of useful precedents, with notes, practical and explanatory
A treatise on the statute of frauds, as it regards declarations in trust, contracts, surrenders, conveyances, and the execution and proof of wills and codicils. To which is prefixed a systematic dissertation upon the admissibility of parol and extrinsic evidence, to explain and controul written instruments
Vol. 2 has title: Reports of cases adjudged in the superior courts of law and equity, Court of Conference, and Federal court. For the State of North Carolina. Raleigh, Printed by William Boylan, 1806.
"Vol. 2 Haywood contains a number of decisions in the United States Circuit Court, delivered chiefly by Judge Marshall, 1802-1805"--Soule, Lawyer's ref. manual, 1884.
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 Tuesday the seventh day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two
Laws of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania : from the fourth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and four, to the thirty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and six, both days inclusive
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 Tuesday the sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and of the independence of the United States of America, the thirty-third. : Published by authority
Reports of cases in the county courts of the Fifth circuit, and in the High courts of errors & appeals, of the state of Pennsylvania. [1791-1799] And Charges to grand juries of those county courts
by several gentlemen in the respective branches of the law.
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by A. Strahan ... for G.G. and J. Robinson, T. Payne, E. & R. Brooke & J. Rider, J. Butterworth, and L. White, Dublin,
Date of Publication
1799-1806.
Physical Description
6 volumes ; 25 cm (8vo)
Notes
"The titles, practice, pleading, and crown law, were prepared by J.E. Watson, S. Comyn, and J. Sedgwick; Chancery and equity, by H. Alcock and J. Wyatt; conveyancing, by J. Humphreys; and the other titles, by A. Anstruther, M. Nolan, and J. Sedgwick. Eunomus, 20."--Marvin.
Vol. 1 and 2 were published in 1799, v. 3 in 1800, v. 4 in 1801, v. 5 in 1805, and v. 6 in 1806. Imprints vary in v. 4-6.
The second edition of Charles Viner's A general abridgment of law and equity was published 1791-1795.
Vol. 1: xv, [1], 606 p.; v. 2: xii, 583, [1] p.; v. 3: xvi, 563, [1] p.; v. 4: xvii, [3], 452 p.
Errata: v. 4, p. [2], 2nd group of paging.
LC copy imperfect: v. 1-3 only. Has bookseller's labels: Geo. Greenland, London.
Includes index.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Books numbers 332, 333, 334, 335 336, and 337 as assigned by Yeates.
English Short Title Catalogue,
Contents
V. 1. Abatement-Bye-laws -- v. 2. Canons-Creditor and debtor -- v. 3. Creditor and bankrupt-Duress -- v. 4. Ejectment-Funeral charges.
1st American ed., carefully corr. from the London copy.
Place of Publication
New-York
Publisher
Printed for Alsop Brannan and Alsop,
Date of Publication
1808.
Physical Description
5 volumes ; 24 cm
Notes
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbers 343, 344, 345, 346, and 347 as assigned by Yeates.
Vol. 5, index.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Cohen, M.L. Bib. of early Amer. law,
Contents
V. 4. Comprising part of vol. v and the whole of vol. vi of the English edition, and containing 36. Recovery, 37. Alienation by custom, 38. Devise -- v. 5. Being vol. vii of the English edition, and containing an index of the names of the cases abridged and cited and an index of the principal matters.
Printed and published by I. Riley. For sale by E. Morford, Willington & Co. Charleston; Seymour & Williams, Savannah; Lewis Adams, Richmond; Cole & Thomas, Baltimore; P. Byrne, Philadelphia; R. M'Dermut, and S. Gould, New-York; John West, & Co. Boston; Daniel Johnson, Portland,
Date of Publication
1809-11.
Physical Description
2 volumes 24 cm
Notes
Vol. 1, 2d ed., with additional notes and references, &c.
Vol. 2 consists of cases determined in the Constitutional court of appeals.
Vol. 2 has imprint: New-York: Printed and published by Isaac Riley.
Blackstone's Commentaries : with notes of reference, to the Constitution and laws, of the federal government of the United States, and of the Commonwealth of Virginia : in five volumes, with an appendix to each volume, containing short tracts upon such subjects as appeared necessary to form a connected view of the laws of Virginia, as a member of the federal union
Published by William Young Birch, and Abraham Small ... Robert Carr, printer,
Date of Publication
1803.
Physical Description
5 v. : geneal. tables (engravings) ; 22 cm (8vo)
Notes
"This edition by 'St. George Tucker ... ' follows the text of the ninth edition, London, 1783. It contains a selection of Christian's notes, marked with his name"--Eller, C.S. The William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library, 1938.
Pagination of the Commentaries is that of another edition.
Signatures: v. 1: [A]â´ B-4Gâ´; v. 2: [A]â´ B-4Fâ´ (4F4 blank); v. 3: pi² A-5Aâ´ 5B1, IV leaves of plates (3 folded); v. 4: pi² A-4Lâ´ [4M]1; v. 5: pi² A-4Gâ´ 5A-5Fâ´ 5G².
Errata: v. 1, leaf 4G4; v. 4, leaf [4M]1.
Jasper Yeates's Colonial Law Library.
Yeates's signature at top of title page.
Book numbers 350, 351, 352, 353, 354 as assigned by Yeates.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cohen, M.L. Bibliography of Early American law,
Eller, C.S. William Blackstone Collection in the Yale Law Library,
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Sowerby, E.M. Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson,
