Reports of Cases Relative to Duty and Office of a Justice of the Peace
Settlement Cases Relating to Justices of the Peace Caldecott, Thomas [1744-1833]. Reports of Cases Relative to the Duty and Office of a Justice of the Peace, From Michaelmas Term 1776, Inclusive, to Michaelmas Term 1785, Inclusive. London: Printed by His Majesty's Law Printers, For P. Uriel, 1786-1797. [viii], 166, [2]; [viii], 167-388, [2]; [vi], 389-593, [3] pp. Three parts, each with title page and individual pagination. Quarto (10-1/2" x 8-1/2'). Recent period-style calf, endpapers renewed. Light fading to spine, minor wear to spine ends. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing in a few places, negligible faint dampstaining to preliminaries, library marking to verso of title page, small library stamp to following leaf. $450. * Only edition. Bridgeman says Caldecott was "peculiarly conversant" with settlement cases. His collection of reports was produced as a continuation of Sir James Burrow's Decisions of the Court of King's Bench, Upon Settlement-Cases, which covered the years 1732 to 1776. Several cases reported by Caldecott were decided by Mansfield. Bridgeman cited in Marvin, Legal Bibliography 170. English Short-Title Catalogue T95280.
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