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Practicks, Or a System of the More Ancient Law of Scotland...
The Earliest Textbook of Scottish Law Balfour, Sir James, Lord Pettindreich [d. 1583]. Practicks, Or a System of the More Ancient Law of Scotland. Carefully Published From Several Manuscripts. Edinburgh: Printed by Thomas and Walter Ruddimans, 1754. [ii], xvii, 684, 10 pp. Folio (12-1/4" x 7-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over..... More
The Reports of that Reverend and Learned Judge, The Right Honorable...
Coke's Successor as Chief Justice Hobart, Sir Henry [d. 1625]. [Nottingham, Heneage Finch, Earl of (1621-1682)]. The Reports of that Reverend and Learned Judge, The Right Honourable Sr. Henry Hobart Knight and Baronet, Lord Chief Justice of His Majesties Court of Common Pleas; And Chancellor to Both Their Highnesses Henry..... More
Anno Quinto et Sexto Edvardi Sexti, Actes Made in the Session...
Year 18, Michaelmas Term, Of Henry VIII, Beale R434 [Year Book]. Edward VI [Reigned 1547-1553]. Anno Quinto et Sexto Edvardi Sexti. Actes Made in the Session of Thi Present Parlamente.... [(London): Richardus Graftonus, Typographus Regius Excudebat, Mense Iunii, 1552]. 32 [i.e. 33] ff. Folio (11-1/4" x 7-1/4"). Later three-quarter calf..... More
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The Whole Proceedings in the House of Peers [with] The Trial of...
Two Notable British Executions [Trials]. Lovat, Simon, Lord [1675?-1747], Defendant. The Whole Proceedings in the House of Peers, Upon the Impeachment Exhibited by the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, in Parliament Assembled, in the Names of Themselves and of All the Commons of Great Britain; Against Simon Lord Lovat, for High..... More
Officina Brevium, Select and Approved Forms of Judicial Writs...
"Like Veins and Arteries" [Writs]. [Great Britain]. Officina Brevium. Select and Approved Forms of Judicial Writs, And Other Process: With Their Retorns and Entries in the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster. As also Special Pleadings to Writs of Scire Facias. Collected Out of Many Choice Manuscripts by Several Eminent..... More
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A Report from the Committee Appointed by Order of the House [And]...
Five Titles Investigating a Jacobite Plot [Great Britain]. [Layer, Christopher (1683-1723)]. Pulteney, William [1684-1764]. A Report from the Committee Appointed by Order of the House of Commons to Examine Christopher Layer, And Others; And to whom Several Papers and Examinations Laid Before the House, Relating to the Conspiracy Mentioned in..... More
The Tryal of Henry Baron Delamere for High-Treason, In Westminster...
A Member of a Plot to Depose James II? [Trial]. Warrington, Henry Booth, Earl of [1652-1694], Defendant. The Tryal of Henry Baron Delamere for High-Treason, In Westminster-Hall, The 14th Day of January, 1685. Before the Right Honourable George Lord Jeffreys, Baron of Wemm, Lord High Chancellour of England, Constituted Lord..... More
An Account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe; With Various...
A Notable Reformer Reports On Quarantine Conditions Howard, John [1726-1790]. An Account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe; With Various Papers Relative to the Plague: Together with Further Observations on Some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals; And Additional Remarks on the Present State of Those in Great Britain and Ireland. Warrington..... More
The Life of a Lawyer, Written by Himself.
A Heartwarming (But Fictional) Autobiography [Stewart, James]. The Life of a Lawyer. Written by Himself. London: Saunders and Benning, 1830. [ii], 421, [1] pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 4-1/2"). Contemporary three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt rules to calf edges, raised bands, gilt and blind-stamped fillets and lettering piece to spine..... More
The Justice's Case Law: Being a Concise Abridgment of All the...
A Handy Digest of Cases of Criminal Law with References for Justices [Great Britain]. [Justices of the Peace]. The Justice's Case Law: Being a Concise Abridgment of All the Cases of Crown Law, Relating to Justices of Peace, And Their Business and Proceedings, With References to the Books of Reports..... More
Opinions of John G. Roberts, Jr. Chief Justice of the United States...
Roberts, John G. [b.1955]. Opinions of John G. Roberts, Jr. Chief Justice of the United States, October Term, 2018. [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2018]. Various pagination. Original buckram, gilt title to spine, "Cole Carter" gilt-stamped to front cover, title page followed by photograph of Roberts and his law clerks..... More
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Observations Upon the Laws and Customs of Nations [with] The Science..
Two Titles by an Important Scottish Jurist, One With Several Hand-Colored Leaves of Arms and Heraldic Devices Mackenzie, Sir George [1636-1691]. Observations Upon the Laws and Customs of Nations, As to Precedency. Edinburgh: Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, Printer to His most Sacred Majesty, 1680. [xviii], [2], 92..... More
A Code of Gentoo Laws, Or, Ordinations of the Pundits....
The First Work in English on Hindu Law [Halhed, Nathaniel Brassey (1751-1830), Translator and Editor]. A Code of Gentoo Laws, Or, Ordinations of the Pundits: From a Persian Translation, Made from the Original, Written in the Shanscrit Language. London: [S.n.], 1776. lxxiv, 61, [1], 322 pp. 8 copperplate leaves with..... More
A Collection and Abridgement of of Celebrated Criminal Trials in...
First Edition of the Most Famous Collection of Scots Trials Arnot, Hugo [1749-1786]. A Collection and Abridgement of Celebrated Criminal Trials In Scotland, From A.D. 1536, to 1784. With Historical and Critical Remarks. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author; by William Smellie, 1785. xxiii, [1], 400 pp. Additional leaf of "Subscribers..... More
Reward Document with Autograph Signature of Jonathan Wild, 1718.
Signed by the "Thief-Taker General" [Manuscript]. [Great Britain]. Wild, Jonathan [c.1682-1725]. [Reward for Apprehending Thieves with Autograph Signature of Jonathan Wild, London, March 7, 1718]. Single 7" x 8-1/2" vellum sheet, text to both sides. Moderate soiling, horizontal and vertical fold lines, faint dampstaining to top edge, left and right..... More
The Full Report of the Newman Hall Divorce Case, Police News Edition.
Only Known Copy of a Raucous Divorce Case [Trial]. Hall v. Hall. The Full Report of the Newman Hall Divorce Case [Drop-Head Title]. At head of drop-head title: Police News Edition. London: [S.n.], c.1880. 16 pp. Title page has large woodcut portraits of the Halls. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched..... More
De Termino Michaelis Anno Regni Regis Henrici Octavi, XVIII.
Year 18, Michaelmas Term, Of Henry VIII, Beale R434 [Year Book]. Henry VIII [Reigned 1509-1547]. De Termino Michaelis. Anno Regni Regis Henrici Octavi, XVIII. [Drop Head Title]. London: Imprynted...in Fletestrete Within Temple Barre at the Signe of the Hande and Starre, By Rychard Tottell. Anno., 1569. 18 ff. Folio (9-1/2"..... More
De Termino Michaelis Anno XXII. Henrici Sexti, London, 1575.
Year 22, Michaelmas Term, Of Henry VI, Beale R23 [Year Book]. Henry VI [Reigned 1422-1461, 1470-1471]. De Termino Michaelis Anno XXII. Henrici Sexti [Drop Head Title]. London: Imprinted...in Fletestrete Within Temple Barre, At the Signe of the Hande and Starre, By Rychard Tottell the 18. Day of October in the..... More
The Trials of James, Duncan, and Robert M'Gregor, Three Sons of the...
Three Sons of a Jacobite Hero Tried for Abduction and Assault [Trials]. [Scotland]. M'Gregor, James, Defendant. M'Gregor, Duncan, Defendant. M'Gregor, Robert, Defendant [d.1755]. [MacGregor, Rob Roy (bap.1671-1734)]. The Trials of James, Duncan, and Robert M'Gregor, Three Sons of the Celebrated Rob Roy, Before the High Court of Justiciary in the..... More
The Dialogue in English, Betweene a Doctor of Divinitie, And a...
A Classic English Work on Equity and the Philosophy of Law that Influenced Blackstone [Saint German (Germain), Christopher]. The Dialogue in English, Betweene a Doctor of Divinitie, And a Student in the Lawes of England. Newly Corrected and Imprinted with New Additions. [London]: Printed by the Assignes of John More..... More
The Common Law of Kent: Or, The Customs of Gavelkind. With an...
An Interesting Form of Partible Inheritance Robinson, Thomas [d. 1747]. The Common Law of Kent: Or, The Customs of Gavelkind. With an Appendix Concerning Borough-English. [London]: Printed by R. And B. Nutt, And F. Gosling, 1741. xxiii, [1], 300, [16] pp. Octavo (7-3/4" x 4-3/4"). Recent period-style calf by Philip..... More
Resist Not Evil, Second Edition, Signed and Inscribed by Darrow.
Presented by Darrow to his Brother-in-Law Darrow, Clarence [1854-1938]. Resist Not Evil. Chicago: Charles H. Kerr, 1903. 179 pp. Original green textured cloth, white-stamped title and ornaments to front board, white-stamped title to spine. A few small stains to boards, some rubbing to extremities with wear to spine ends and..... More
The American Clerk's Companion, and Attorney's Prompter, A Collection.
First Edition of a Successful Layman's Manual Fessenden, Thomas G[reen] [1771-1837]. The American Clerk's Companion, and Attorney's Prompter: A Collection of the Most Useful and Approved Forms of Legal Instruments, Precedents in Pleading, &c. With Observations Relative to the Varieties of Practice, Introduced or Sanctioned by the Statutes and Courts..... More
Brief Deductions Relative to the Aid and Supply of the Executive...
The Madness of King George [Hargrave, Francis (c.1741-1821)]. Brief Deductions Relative to the Aid and Supply of the Executive Power, According to the Law of England, In Cases of Infancy, Delirium, Or Other Incapacity of the King. London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1788. iv, 6 pp. Quarto (8-3/4" x 7")..... More
Crim. Con. Actions and Trials and Other Proceedings Relating...
Criminal Conversation's Influence on Later Divorce Law [Trials]. [Marriage Law]. Crim. Con. Actions and Trials and Other Proceedings Relating to Marriage Before the Passing of the Present Divorce Act. London: [S.l.], c.1857. [iv], 110, [2] pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Contemporary quarter sheep over marbled boards, gilt title to spine..... More