The Present Practice of the Court of King's Bench, Containing....
"Enriched with a Number of Very Curious and Special Precedents" Sheridan, John. The Present Practice of the Court of King's Bench; Containing Ample and Complete Instructions for Commencing And Defending the Various Kinds of Suits and Actions, Entering up Judgment, Suing out Execution, Proceeding in Error from the King's Bench, Common Pleas, Exchequer Chamber, And Parliament, &c. And Calculated Not Only To Guide the Attorney, In The Course Of His Practice, In Cases Already Settled; But also, By Pointing Out the Rise and Ground of the Various Proceedings, and the Several Cases in Each Already Adjudged, To Enable Him by Analogy to Conduct Any New Matters that May Occur. Containing Rules of Court Down to Michaelmas Term, 1784, And Enriched with a Number of Very Curious and Special Precedents of the Various Writs, Pleadings, Entries, &c. In Use in the Court of King's Bench; And Particularly of Declarations, A Great Number of Which are Very Special, And Settled by the Most Eminent Pleaders. To Which is Added a Complete Index. London: Printed for W. Flexney, Opposite Gray's Inn Gate, Holborn; And J. Walker, Pater-Noster-Row, 1784. [iii], 16-614, [18] pp. Text complete. Octavo (8-1/5" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands and lettering piece to spine. Light rubbing and tiny inkspots to boards, which are beginning to separate but secure, small burn mark to front board, crease and small chip to its lower corner, moderate rubbing to extremities, a few creases and chips, heavier chipping to spine ends, corners bumped and somewhat worn, upper corner lacking from front free endpaper, early owner signature and markings to front pastedown and verso of front free endpaper. Moderate toning, somewhat heavier in places, occasional light soiling to margins, moderate soiling to title page and final leaf of index, which is lacking its lower corner with no loss to text. $500. * First edition. Unlike other practice and pleading manuals, Sheridan's book includes brief histories and descriptions of the court and its officers. It was reissued in 1785 and 1792. The reissues are scarce; the first edition is rare. OCLC does not locate a single printed copy. The ESTC locates 2, 1 in North America (at Harvard Law School). English Short-Title Catalogue N20997.
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