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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
The Trial of the Hon Mrs Catherine Newton, Wife of John Newton, Esq.
"All the Interesting Scenes Fully, Minutely, And Circumstantially Displayed" [Trial]. Newton, Catherine. The Trial of the Hon. Mrs. Catherine Newton, Wife of John Newton, Esq. and Daughter of the Right Honourable and Reverend Lord Francis Seymour; At the Consistory Court of Doctors Commons; Upon A Libel and Allegations, Charging Her... More
De Matrimonii Nullitate ex Defectu Consensus Contrahentis & Moralis...
"Matrimonii Nullitate ex Defectu" Orsaio, Domenico (Ursaya, Domingo, Ursaya, Domenicus). De Matrimonii Nullitate ex Defectu Consensus Contrahentis & Moralis Consensus Contrahentis & Moralis Praesentiae Parochi: Dissertatio Theologico-Legalis Dominici Ursayae, In qua Incidenter Quidem, Sed Forsan non Injucunde Agitur: De Consensus Necessitate, Illiusque Probatione; De Abolendo Usu Contrahendi Matrimonia pet Nutus... More
Quaestiones Canonicae De Decimis, Quibus Universum Jus Decimandi...
A Scarce Eighteenth-Century Treatise on Tithes by A Jesuit Canonist Friderich, Melchior [1654-1708?]. Quaestiones Canonicae De Decimis: Quibus Universum Jus Decimandi, Qua Ecclesijs, Qua Laicis Competens, Et Immunitas ab Iisdem Solvendis, Ex Jure cum Communi, Tum Consuetudinario, Tum Etiam Bavariae Statutis, & Concordatis Explicatur. Accessit Geminus Index, Unus Quaestionum, Alter... More
English Liberties: Or, The Free-born Subject's Inheritance...
First Edition of a Classic Guide to English Law and Government that Inspired the American Founding Fathers, A Variant Imprint Overlooked by the ESTC [Care, Henry (1646-1688)]. English Liberties: Or, The Free-Born Subject's Inheritance, Containing I. Magna Charta, The Petition of Right, The Habeas Corpus Act; And Divers Other Most... More
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Direct Tax, [New Hampshire: S.n, c.1807], 18" x 11" broadside
Will a New Tax be Necessary to Finance the Louisiana Purchase? [Broadside]. [Louisiana Purchase]. Direct Tax. [New Hampshire: S.n, c.1807]. 18" x 11" broadside, untrimmed edges, text in three columns. Light browning and foxing, vertical and horizontal fold lines, few minor tears along folds. $1,500. * Signed in type by... More
An Abridgment of Burn's Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer...
The Only American Abridgment Published Before the Revolution Burn, Richard [1709-1785]. Greenleaf, Joseph [1720-1810], Editor. An Abridgment of Burn's Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer. To Which is Added, An Appendix, Containing Some General Rules and Directions Necessary to be Known and Observed by All Justices of the Peace... More
Commentaria in Tit de Aleatoribus D et C.
Gambling Under Roman Law Pantoja de Ayala, Pedro. Commentaria in Tit. de Aleatoribus D. et C. Madrid: Apud Petrum Tazo, 1625. [viii], 272, [12] ff. Copperplate engraved pictorial title page, featuring large female figures representing justice and prosperity. Woodcut table. Quarto (7-3/4" x 5-3/4"). Contemporary limp vellum, early hand-lettered title... More
Prorogationes Fori & Competentiae, Preventionis, & Iuris Revocandi...
Rare Sixteenth-Century Study of Judicial Jurisdiction Mattei, Antonio. Prorogationes Fori & Competentiae, Preventionis, & Iuris Revocandi Domum, Reconventionis, Et Reorum Transmissionis. Tractatus. [Rome]: [Impensis Antonii Bladi Asulani, 1547]. [ii], 65, [2] ff. Final leaf, a blank, lacking. Main text in parallel columns. Quarto (8" x 5-1/2"). Recent period-style calf, blind... More
Murder of Mr. Steele: Documents and Observations Tending to Shew...
The Model for Mr. Jaggers in Dickens's Great Expectations [Trial]. Harmer, James [1777-1853]. [Holloway, John (d. 1807), Defendant]. [Haggerty, Owen (d. 1807), Defendant]. Murder of Mr. Steele: Documents and Observations Tending to Shew a Probability of the Innocence of John Holloway and Owen Haggerty, who Were Executed on Monday the... More
Institutiones: Auszug un Anzaigung Etlicher Geschriben Kayserlichen...
Voluminous Collection of Bavarian and Holy Roman Laws with 15 Handsome Woodcuts Perneder, Andreas [c.1500-1543]. Soccini, Bartolommeo [1436-1507], Editor. [Hunger, Wolfgang, (1511-1555) Editor]. Imp. Caes. Justiniani Institutiones, Das ist Ein Auszug und Anleittung Etlicher Keyserlichen unnd dess Heiligen Romischen Reichs Geschribner Rechten: Sampt Angehangtem Gerichtlichen Process, Lehenrecht, Halssgerichtsordnung, Summa Rolandini... More
Practicarum Resolutionum Iuris Libri Tres. Omnes Fere Iuris Utriusque.
In a Handsome Blind-Tooled Pigskin Binding Trentacinque, Alessandro [d. 1599]. Practicarum Resolutionum Iuris Libri Tres. Omnes Fere Iuris Utriusque in Foro, Ac Praxi Quotidie Occurrentes Controversias, Ac Quaestiones, Earumque Resolutiones Seu Decisiones, Tam Accurate Pertractatas Continentes, Ut in Foro Versantibus Nihil Utilius Exhiberi Possit. Nunc Recens in Lucem Editi. Frankfurt... More
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Praxis Banccae-Ruptorum [Bound with] De Officiis Mercatorum Sive...
Seventeenth-Century Treatises on Trade and Bankruptcy Sauter, Daniel. Praxis Banccae-Ruptorum Huius Seculi: Quae 1. Secundum Fallaces Actiones Depingitur, 2. Secundum Mala Adjuncta Expenditur, 3. Secundum Poenas in Eam Sancitas, Aestimatur, 4. Secundum Charitatem Emendatur. Opus Vetus et Novum. Lectu Perwquam Utile Simul & Jucundum Atque hoc in Primis Aevo &... More
Arcana Imperii Detecta: Or, Divers Select Cases in Government...
Interesting Essays on Government and Parliament by a Notable Seventeenth-Century Dutch Scholar [Boxhorn, Marcus Zuerius (1612-1653)]. Arcana Imperii Detecta: Or, Divers Select Cases in Government; More Particularly, Of the Obeying the Unjust Commands of a Prince. Of the Renunciation of a Right to a Crown. Of the Proscription of a.... More
Historical Inquiries, Concerning Forests and Forest Laws, With...
Scarce 1811 Study of English Forest Laws Lewis, Percival. Historical Inquiries, Concerning Forests and Forest Laws: With Topographical Remarks, Upon the Ancient and Modern State of the New Forest, In the County of Southampton. London: Printed for T. Payne, 1811. [iv], iii, [3], vi, 227, [1] pp. Copperplate pictorial frontispiece... More
Littletons Tenures in English, Lately Perused and Amended.
Littleton's Tenures in English Littleton, Sir Thomas [1402-1481]. Littletons Tenures in English, Lately Perused and Amended. London: Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1621. 142, [2] ff. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-1/2"). Recent period-style Modern calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands and lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Moderate toning... More
English Liberties, Or, The Free-Born Subject's Inheritance,...
A Profound Influence in the American Colonies, One of the Two Editions Owned by Jefferson [Care, Henry (1646-1688)]. N[elson], W[illiam] [b.1653], Editor. English Liberties, Or the Free-Born Subject's Inheritance; Containing Magna Charta, Charta de Foresta, The Statute De Tallagio non Concedendo, The Habeas Corpus Act, And Several Other Statutes; With... More
A Treatise on the Law of Libel and Liberty of the Press, Showing...
Important Treatise on Libel and Press Liberty by a Jeffersonian Imprisoned Under the Sedition Act Cooper, Thomas [1759-1835]. A Treatise on the Law of Libel and the Liberty of the Press; Showing the Origin, Use, and Abuse of the Law of Libel: With Copious Notes and References to Authorities in... More
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Tractatus Utilissimus Reservationum Papalium [With Two Other Titles].
Three Sixteenth Treatises on Clerical Salaries and Pensions Falconi, Enea. Tractatus Utilissimus Reservationum Papalium, Ac Legatorum Compositus per Egregium Quondam I.U.D. do. Aeneam de Falconibus, De Magliano Sabinensem. Nunc Primum in Lucem Aeditum per R.P.D. Ludovicum Gomesium Episcopum Sarnensem ac Sacri Palatii Apostoliciauditorem, Ad Communem Omnium Utilitatem. Rome: [Impensis d.... More
Volumen Praeclarissimum ac in Primis Omnibus Iurisperitis...
Sixteenth-Century Anthology of Writings on Criminal Law Illustrated With 32 Woodcut Portraits Ziletti, Giovanni Battista, Editor. Volumen Praeclarissimum ac in Primis Omnibus Iurisperitis Pernecessarium ac Utilissimum. Omnium Tractatuum Criminalium nunc per d. Ioan. Baptistam Zilettum Venetum ab Omnibus Mendis Expurgatum ac Omnino Correctum, Et Longe Diligentius Accuratius ac Foelicius quam... More
Textus Infortiati, Domini Justiniani Imperatoris Sacratissimi...
Handsomely Printed Pocket-Sized Edition with Commentaries by Sassoferrato [Justinian I (485-565 CE), Emperor of the East]. D'Aurigny, Gilles, Editor. [Sassoferrato, Bartolo de (1313-1357), Glossator]. Textus Infortiati: D[omi]ni Justiniani Imp[er]atoris Sacratissimi. Cu[m] Summariis. [Paris: Francois Regnault, c.1530]. 290, [24] ff. Main text in parallel columns. Octavo (5-1/2" x 3-3/4"). Recent three-quarter... More
![De Iure [Jure] Belli ac Pacis, Libri Tres, Second Edition. 1631. Hugo Grotius.](/pictures/thumb/69101.JPG?v=1543860101)
De Iure [Jure] Belli ac Pacis, Libri Tres, Second Edition. 1631.
The "Most Important" 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 Secunda Emendatior, & Multis Locis Auctior. Amsterdam: Apud Guilielmum Blaeuw, 1631. [xxiv], 554, [46] pp. Folio (11-1/2" x.... More
A Treatise on the Legal and Equitable Rights of Married Women...
An Important Early American Treatise on the Legal Rights of Married Women Cord, William H. A Treatise on the Legal and Equitable Rights of Married Women: As Well as in Respect to Their Property and Persons as to Their Children. With an Appendix of the Recent American Statutes and the... More
Thoughts Upon the Abolition of the Punishment of Death, In Cases...
By an Important Reformer and Opponent of Capital Punishment Montagu, Basil [1770-1851]. Thoughts Upon the Abolition of the Punishment of Death, In Cases of Bankruptcy. London: Printed for Joseph Butterworth and Son, 1821. 71 pp. 12mo. (8-3/4" x 5-1/4"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into later library buckram, calf lettering piece and... More
An Argument for Construing Largely the Right of an Appellee... o
Should We Revive Trial by Battle? Kendall, E[dward] A[ugustus] [1776?-1842]. An Argument for Construing Largely the Right of an Appellee of Murder, To Insist on His Wager of Battle, And Also for Abrogating Writs of Appeal. Humbly Addressed to the Judges of His Majesty's Courts of Law and Both Houses... More