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Officium Vicecomitum, The Office and Authoritie of the Sherifs...
First Edition of the First English Treatise on Sheriffs Dalton, Michael [d.ca. 1648]. Officium Vicecomitum: The Office and Authoritie of Sherifs, Written for the Better Incouragement of the Gentrie (Upon Whom the Burthen of This Office Lyeth) to Keepe Their Office, And Undersherife, In Their Houses; That so by Theire... More
A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown; Or, A System of the Principal...
Copy of a Classic Treatise on Criminal Law with an Interesting Association Hawkins, William [1673-1746]. A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown; Or a System of the Principal Matters Relating to that Subject, Digested Under Proper Their Proper Heads. Corrected, With the Addition of Some References. [London]: Printed by... More
Origines Juridiciales, or Historical Memorials of the English Laws,...
1671 Edition of Dugdale's Origines Juridiciales, All Plates Present Dugdale, Sir William [1605-1686]. Origines Juridiciales, Or Historical Memorials of the English Laws, Courts of Justice, Forms of Tryal, Punishments in Cases Criminal, Law-Writers, Law-Books, Grants and Settlements of Estates, Degree of Serjeant, Innes of Court and Chancery. Also a Chronologie... More
![The Britannic Constitution [Bound with] Reasons for Uniformity in the. Roger Acherley.](/pictures/thumb/69265.jpg?v=1546625671)
The Britannic Constitution [Bound with] Reasons for Uniformity in the
A Constitutional Defense of the Glorious Revolution Acherley, Roger [c.1665-1740]. The Britannic Constitution: Or, The Fundamental Form of Government in Britain. Demonstrating, The Original Contract Entred into by King and People, According to the Primary Institutions Thereof, In this Nation. Wherein is Proved, That the Placing on the Throne King..... More
An Historical Essay on the Legislative Power of England, Wherein...
British Liberty: A Legacy of "Our Ancestors in Germany" St. Amand, George. An Historical Essay on the Legislative Power of England. Wherein the Origin of Both Houses of Parliament, Their Antient Constitution, And the Changes That Have Happen'd in the Persons that Compos'd them, With the Occasions Thereof, Are Related... More
Law Quibbles. Or, a Treatise of the Evasions, Tricks, Turns and...
"Evasions, Tricks, Turns and Quibbles" [Legal Criticism]. [Great Britain]. Law Quibbles: Or, A Treatise of the Evasions, Tricks, Turns and Quibbles, Commonly Used in the Profession of the Law, To the Prejudice of Clients, And Others; Necessary to be Perused by All Attornies, And Those Who Are or May be... More
Nomo-Lexikon: A Law Dictionary Interpreting Such Difficult and Obscure
First Edition of Blount's Dictionary Blount, Thomas [1618-1679]. Nomo-Lexikon: A Law-Dictionary. Interpreting Such Difficult and Obscure Words and Terms, As are Found Either in Our Common or Statute, Ancient or Modern, Lawes. With References to the Several Statutes, Records, Registers, Law-Books, Charters, Ancient Deeds, And Manuscripts, Wherein the Words are... More
History and Experience or the Supreme Court
A Defense of School Segregation by a South Carolina Educator Thomason, John Furman. History and Experience or the Supreme Court. Rock Hill, SC: [Published for the Author], 1956. 43 pp. Stapled pamphlet in stiff paper wrappers. Light shelfwear and soiling, light soiling to title page, light toning to text. $150... More
A Treatise on the Law of Waters, Including Riparian Rights, and...
Gould on Water Rights [C] Gould, John M. A Treatise on the Law of Waters, Including Riparian Rights, and Public and Private Rights in Waters Tidal and Inland. Chicago: Callaghan & Company, 1891. cxxi, 932 pp. Octavo (9" x 6"). Contemporary law calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands and... More
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery.
"The First Full, And Clear Reporter of Chancery Cases" Williams, William Peere [1664-1736]. Williams, William Peere, Jr., Editor. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, And of Some Special Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench. Collected by William Peere Williams, Late of Gray's... More
Reports of Sr George Croke, 3 Parts in 3 Books, complete set.
"A Work of Credit and Celebrity" Croke, Sir George [1560-1642]. Grimston, Sir Harbottle, Translator and Editor. Reports of Sr George Croke Kt, Late One of the Justices of the Court of Kings-Bench, And Formerly One of the Justices of the Court of Common-Bench. London: printed by W. Rawlins, S. Roycroft... More
A New Law Dictionary and Institute of the Whole Law, For the Use of..
Brown's New Law Dictionary Brown, Archibald [1841-1916]. A New Law Dictionary and Institute of the Whole Law. For the Use of Students, The Legal Profession, And the Public. London: Stevens & Hayes, 1874. lxviii, 391, [1] pp. Main text in parallel columns. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"). Recent library buckram, red... More
Cases at Large Concerning Tithes; Containing All the Resolutions...
An Exhaustive Study of Tithes Rayner, John, Editor. Cases at Large Concerning Tithes; Containing All the Resolutions of the Respective Courts of Equity, Particularly Those of the Exchequer, Taken from the Printed Reports, And Manuscript Collections, Mostly by Sir Samuel Dodd, Late Lord Chief Baron, Never Before Published; Together with... More
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Vocabularius Iuris [Juris] Utriusque. Basel, Wennsler, 20 August 1483.
1483 Basel Imprint of the Vocabularius Iuris Utriusque in a Handsome Binding [Jodocus of Erfurt, Attributed]. [Vocabularius Juris Utriusque]. [Basel: Michael Wenssler, 20 August 1483]. [152] ff. Collation: a-t8. Text in parallel columns. Folio (12" x 8-3/4"). Contemporary blind-stamped calf over beveled wooden boards, rebacked in period style, circular and... More
![An Essay on Aquatic Rights [bound with] A Treatise on Rights of Water. Henry Schultes, JB Phear.](/pictures/thumb/69201.JPG?v=1546037395)
An Essay on Aquatic Rights [bound with] A Treatise on Rights of Water.
Two Scarce Nineteenth-Century English Treatises of Water Law Schultes, Henry. An Essay on Aquatic Rights; Intended as an Illustration of the Law Relative to Fishing, And to the Propriety of Ground or Soil Produced by Alluvion and Dereliction in the Sea and Rivers. Philadelphia: J.S. Littell/New York: Halsted and Voorhies..... More
Jus Sigilli, Or, The Law of England, Touching His Majesties Four...
"His Majesties Four Principal Seales" [Brydall, John (b. 1635?)]. Jus Sigilli: Or, The Law of England, Touching His Majesties Four Principal Seales, Viz. The Great Seale, The Privie Seale, The Exchequer Seale, And the Signet. Also of Those Grand Officers, to Whose Custody These Seales are Committed. London: Printed by... More
The Laws of the British Plantations in America, Relating to the...
1721 Compilation of Laws Concerning Religion and Education in the English Colonies in America Trott, Nicholas [1663-1740]. The Laws of the British Plantations in America, Relating to the Church and the Clergy, Religion and Learning. Collected in One Volume. London: Printed for B. Cowse, 1721. [iv], ix, [13], 435, [1]... More
Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Courts of Chancery, King's Bench...
"A Faithful Reporter" Strange, Sir John [1696-1754]. Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Courts of Chancery, King's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer, From Trinity Term in the Second Year of King George I. To Trinity Term in the Twenty-First Year of King George II. London: Printed by Henry Lintot, for... More
![Compendium Textuale Co[m]pilationis Decretalium [Bound with] Sextus. Canon Law, Pope Gregory IX, Pope Boniface VIII.](/pictures/thumb/69194.JPG?v=1545938248)
Compendium Textuale Co[m]pilationis Decretalium [Bound with] Sextus...
Handsome 1519 Printings of Three Principal Volumes of Canon Law [Canon Law]. Gregory IX, [c.1145-1241], Pope. Compendium Textuale Co[m]pillationis Decretalium Gregorii Noni sine qua (Ut est Vulgaris Prudentum Sententia) Omnis Ceca Practica Est. Paris: Apud Franciscum Regnault sub Intersigno Divi Claudii, 1519. [ii], 248 ff. Main text in parallel columns... More
![De Iure [Jure] Belli ac Pacis, Libri Tres, Final Authorial Edition. Hugo Grotius.](/pictures/thumb/69191.JPG?v=1545938247)
De Iure [Jure] Belli ac Pacis, Libri Tres, Final Authorial Edition.
Final Authorial Edition of De Jure Belli ac Pacis Grotius, Hugo [1583-1645]. De Iure Belli ac Pacis Libri Tres. In Quibus Jus Naturae & Gentium, Item Juris Publici Praecipua Explicantur. Editio Nova cum Annotatis Auctoris. Accesserunt & Annotata in Epistolam Pauli ad Philemonem. Amsterdam: Apud Guilielmum Blaeuw, 1642. [xxiii], 601... More
The Reports of Edward Bulstrode, 3 parts, complete.
Bulstrode's Reports, Complete with the Scarce Third Part Bulstrode, Edward [1588-1659]. The Reports of Edward Bulstrode of the Inner Temple Esquire, His Highnesse Chief Justice of North-Wales. Of Divers Resolutions and Judgements, Given with Great Advice, And Mature Deliberation by the Grave, Reverend, And Learned Judges, And Sages of the... More
![Maxims of Equity [Bound with] A Treatise of Equity, 2 books in 1 vol. Richard Francis, Henry Ballow.](/pictures/thumb/69188.JPG?v=1546468643)
Maxims of Equity [Bound with] A Treatise of Equity, 2 books in 1 vol.
The Book that Established the Field of Equity Jurisprudence Francis, Richard [fl. 1719-1728]. Maxims of Equity, Collected From, And Proved by Cases, Out of the Books of the Best Authority in the High Court of Chancery. To Which is Added the Case of the Earl of Coventry, Concerning the Defective... More
A Collection of Cases of Privilege of Parliament, From the Earliest...
An Authority on Parliamentary Procedure Hatsell, John [1743-1820]. A Collection of Cases of Privilege of Parliament, From the Earliest Records to the Year 1628. London: Printed by H. Hughs, For J. Dodsley, 1776. viii,[4], 211, [17] pp. [Bound with] Hatsell, John. Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons, Under... More
The Annals of Gallantry; Or, The Conjugal Monitor, Being a Collection.
With Sixteen Hand-Colored Plates, Three by George Cruikshank [Trials]. Moore, A. [Cruikshank, George, Illustrator]. [Jenkins, J., Illustrator]. The Annals of Gallantry; Or, The Conjugal Monitor: Being a Collection of Curious and Important Trials for Divorces, And Actions of Crim. Con. During the Present Reign; Accompanied with Biographical Memoirs and Anecdotes... More
Eight Centuries of Reports: Or, Eight Hundred Cases Solemnly Adjudged.
A "Father" of Leading Cases Jenkins, [David] [1582-1663]. Eight Centuries of Reports: Or, Eight Hundred Cases Solemnly Adjudged in the Exchequer-Chamber, Or, Upon Writs of Error. Publish'd Originally in French and Latin by Judge Jenkins. Now Carefully Translated, With the Addition of Many Thousand References: Particularly to Such Statutes as... More