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Ragbag of Legal Quotations
McNamara, M. Frances. Ragbag of Legal Quotations. Albany: Matthew Bender & Company, 1960. xi, 334 pp. Reprinted 1992 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9780963010636; ISBN-10: 0963010638. Hardcover. $25. * One of the best collections of legal quotations ever. McNamara's attractive and well-indexed volume provides over 2,000 quotations arranged under... More
Trial of Gould Alias Nicholson for the Murder of Mr. Templeman.
Murder Broadside Overlooked by COPAC and OCLC [Broadside]. Gould, Richard, Defendant. Trial of Gould Alias Nicholson for the Murder of Mr. Templeman. [London]: Birt, Printer, 39 Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials, [April 14, 1840]. 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" broadside. Text in single column below headline. Moderate toning, a faint stains... More
The Trial of Albert J Tirrell, Charged with the Murder of Mrs Maria.
Not in McDade [Trial]. Tirrell, Albert J, Defendant. The Trial of Albert J. Tirrell, Charged with the Murder of Mrs. Maria A. Bickford. Before the Suprteme Court in Boston. Boston: Daily Mail Report-Full and Complete, [1846]. 37 pp. Text in parallel columns. Portraits. Illustrations. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Disbound stab-stitched... More
The Trial and Respite of George Victor Townley for Wilful Murder...
Trial Notable for "Dr. Winslow's Analysis of the Convict's Mind" [Trial]. Townley, George Victor [b. 1838], Defendant. The Trial and Respite of George Victor Townley for Wilful Murder. With Original Documents and Correspondence Now First Published; Dr. Winslow's Analysis of the Convict's Mind, Portraits, Autographs and Plan. Derby: W. Bemrose... More
Trial of the Case of the Commonwealth Versus David Lee Child, For...
A Notable Trial that Pitted Freedom of the Press Against the Law of Libel [Trial]. Child, David Lee [1794-1874], Defendant. Whitman, John W. [1798-1833], Reporter. Trial of the Case of the Commonwealth Versus David Lee Child, For Publishing in the Massachusetts Journal a Libel on the Honorable John Keyees, Before... More
The Trial of Professor John W Webster, for the Murder of Dr George...
Illustrated Account of "America's Classic Murder" [Trial]. Webster, John White [1793-1850], Defendant. Trial of Professor John W. Webster, For the Murder of Dr. George Parkman in the Medical College, November 23, 1849. Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk, March Term, Present Chief Justice Shaw, Associate Judges Wilde, Metcalf and Dewey. (...)... More
Regiam Majestatem, The Auld Lawes and Constitutions of Scotland
Ancient Laws of Scotland Skene, John [?1543-1617]. Regiam Majestatem. The Auld Lawes and Constitutions of Scotland, Faithfullie Collected Furth of the Register, And Other Auld Authentick Bukes, Fra the Dayes of King Malcolme the Second, Untill the Time of King James the First, Of Gude Memorie: And Trewlie Corrected in... More
A Treatise on the Law of Idiocy and Lunacy; To Which is Subjoined...
First American Edition of One of The First Books on the Law of "Idiocy and Lunacy" Highmore, A[nthony] [1758-1829]. A Treatise on the Law of Idiocy and Lunacy. To Which is Subjoined an Appendix, Comprising a Selection of American Cases; In Which Some Important Subjects of This Treatise Have Been..... More
The Reports of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of...
"The Sense of the Court Truly Delivered" Fitz-Gibbons, John [d. 1780]. The Reports of Several Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench at Westminster; With Some Special Cases in the Courts of Chancery, Common Pleas and Exchequer. In the I, II, III, IV, And V Years of... More
Cases Argued and Decreed in the High Court of Chancery, From the 12th.
Chancery Cases, 1660-1688 [Keck, Sir Anthony (1630-1695)]. Cases Argued and Decreed in the High Court of Chancery, From the 12th Year of King Charles II. To the 31st. London: Printed for the Assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins, 1697. [viii], 312, [24] pp. Folio (12-1/4" x 8"). Recent period-style quarter... More
Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, From the...
"A Reporter of Acknowledged Accuracy. Carthew, Thomas. Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, From the Third Year of King James the Second, To the Twelfth Year of King William the Third. Published by His Son Thomas Carthew, Of the Inner Temple, Esq. Corrected, With Many Thousand... More
A Collection Of Sundry Statutes, Frequent in Use, With Notes in the...
"A New Standard" Pulton, Ferdinando [1536-1618], Compiler. A Collection Of Sundry Statutes, Frequent in Use. With Notes in the Margent, And References to the Book Cases, And Books of Entries and Registers, Where they be Treated of. Together, With an Abridgment of the Residue which be Expired, Repealed, Altered, And... More
An Historical Account of the Rights of Elections of the Several...
The First Significant Study of Parliamentary Elections [Carew, Thomas (1702-1766)]. An Historical Account of the Rights of Elections of the Several Counties, Cities, And Boroughs of Great Britain: Collected from Public Records, And Journals of Parliament, To the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Fifty-Four. London: Printed for John Nourse... More
Committee of Inquiry into the Case of Mr Adolf Beck, Report from the..
A Notorious Case of Wrongful Conviction that Led to the Creation of the English Court of Criminal Appeal [Great Britain]. [Home Office]. Committee of Inquiry into the Case of Mr. Adolf Beck. Report from the Committee; Together with Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, And Facsimiles of Various Documents. Presented to Both... More
De Interpretandis Romanorum Litteris Opusculum, Rome, 1509.
With a Selection of Legal Abbreviations Probus, Marcus Vererius [c.20/30-105CE]. Philiscus (Pseudonym). Bonardi, Giovanni [active 15th c.], Editor. Aurispa, Giovanni [1376-1459], Translator (of Philiscus). De Interpretandis Romanorum Litteris Opusculum. Phylisci; Cosolatoria Marco Ciccroni Colloquenti Prestita dum in Macedonia Exultaret per Ioannem Aurispame Graeco in Latinum Traducta. [Rome: Giacomo Mazzocchi, April..... More
The Laws and Customs, Rights, Liberties, And Privileges, Of the...
Rights, Liberties and Privileges of London [London]. The Laws and Customs, Rights, Liberties, And Privileges, Of the City of London: Containing: The Several Charters Granted to the Said City, From William the Conqueror to the Present Time; The Magistrates and Officers Thereof, And Their Respective Creations, Elections, Rights, Duties and... More
The Laws and Customs, Rights, Liberties, And Privileges, Of the...
Rights, Liberties and Privileges of London [London]. The Laws and Customs, Rights, Liberties, And Privileges, Of the City of London: Containing: The Several Charters Granted to the Said City, From William the Conqueror to the Present Time; The Magistrates and Officers Thereof, And Their Respective Creations, Elections, Rights, Duties and... More
The Holy Bible and the Law, Signed by the Author, New York, 1962.
Signed by the Author Ehrlich, J.W. The Holy Bible and the Law. New York: Oceana Publications, [1962]. 240 pp. Cloth very good in lightly soiled, rubbed and edgeworn dust jacket, owner signature to front pastedown, author signature to front free endpaper. $65. * A handy reference of biblical quotations relating... More
Aguilar et Al v Fenton et Al (Slip Opinion), 1985.
Pre-US Reports Printing of a Notable Supreme Court Case Concerning the establishment Clause Signed by Justice Brennan Supreme Court of the United States. [Brennan, William (1906-1997)]. (Slip Opinion) Aguilar et Al. v. Fenton et Al. [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1985]. ii, 12, 5, [i], 3, [1], 2, 12 pp... More
United States v Leon et Al (Slip Opinion), 1984.
Pre-US Reports Printing of a Notable Supreme Court Case Concerning Evidence and Search Warrants Signed by Justice White Supreme Court of the United States. [White, Byron (1917-2002)]. (Slip Opinion) New York v. Leon et Al. Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. [Washington, DC: Government... More
New York v Class (Slip Opinion), Certiorari to the United States...
Pre-US Reports Printing of a Notable Supreme Court Privacy Case Signed by Justice White Supreme Court of the United States. [White, Byron (1917-2002)]. (Slip Opinion) New York v. Class. Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals of New York. [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1986]. ii, 13, [1], 3... More
Decisiones Clarissimi et Excellentissimi D Antonii Capycii Iuris...
A Distinguished Neapolitan Jurist Capece, Antonio [c.1458-1545]. Decisiones Clarissimi et Excellentissimi D. Antonii Capycii Iuris Utriusque Consulti ac Regii Consiliarii: Quas Ipse ex Sententiis Varie Dictis, & a Indicibus Sacri Concilii Neap. Suo Tempore Prolatis Summa cum Diligentia Collegit, Ac Luculenter Digessit Nunc Demum Diligentissime Revisae: Cum Indice Locupletissimo, Omnibus..... More
Bowers, Attorney General of Georgia v. Hardwick et Al (Slip Opinion)
Pre-US Reports Printing of an Important Supreme Court Civil Rights Case Signed by Justice White Supreme Court of the United States. [White, Byron (1917-2002)]. (Slip Opinion) Bowers, Attorney General of Georgia v. Hardwick et Al. [Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1986]. ii, 9, [1], 2, 2, 16, 7 pp. Complete... More
Indictment of Ebenezer Hodges for Unlawful Gaming, Billerica, 1746
1746 Massachusetts Court Document Indicting an Innkeeper for Illegal Gaming [Manuscript]. [Massachusetts]. [Indictment of Ebenezer Hodges for Sponsoring Unlawful Gaming in His Inn]. [Billerica, MA, March 2, 1746. Single 5-3/4" x 6"-1/2" leaf, untrimmed edges, docketed on verso. Horizontal fold lines, light toning, content in neat, legible hand. $1,250. *... More
Cases and Resolutions of Cases, Adjudg'd in the Court of King's Bench.
Cases Concerning the Poor, 1727-1742 [Poor Laws]. [Great Britain]. Cases and Resolutions of Cases, Adjudg'd in the Court of King's Bench. Concerning Settlements and Removals, From the First Year of King George I. To the Present Time. Corrected, With Additions, And an Appendix; Being a Collection of the Like Cases... More