Law Quibbles. Or, a Treatise of the Evasions, Tricks, Turns and...
A Reform-Oriented Layman's Guide to Law's "Evasions, Tricks, Turns and Quibbles" [Legal Criticism]. [Law Reform]. [Great Britain]. Law Quibbles: Or, A Treatise of the Evasions, Tricks, Turns and Quibbles, Commonly Used in the Profession of the Law, To the Prejudice of Clients, And Others; Necessary to be Perused by All Attornies, And Those Who Are or May be Concerned in Law Suits, Trials, &c. To Avoid the Many Abuses, Delays and Expences Introduc'd into Practice. With Abstracts of All the Late Statutes for Amending the Law, Relating to Attornies, Arrest and Bail, Bribery, Forgery and Perjury, Juries, Justices of Peace, Prisoners in Execution, Law Process, Rents of Tenants, &c. Under the Proper Heads. And an Essay on the Amendment and Reduction of the Laws of England, And a New Proposed Act of Parliament, For a Thorough Regulation of the Practice of the Law. Corrected and much Enlarged. To Which is Now Added a Second part, Containing Every Curious Precedents of Conveyances in Extraordinary Cases; Likewise Proceedings and Precedents in Chancery, And at Common Law in English; With Law-Notes Thereon. [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, 1736. [viii], 132, 135, [13], 72 pp. An Essay on the Amendment and Reduction of the Laws of England bound at rear, text complete. Octavo (8" x 4-1/2"; 20.2 x 11.5 cm). Modern quarter calf over marbled boards, lettering piece to spine, endpapers renewed. Some fading to spine, negligible light shelfwear to extremities. Moderate toning to interior, occasional light foxing, light soiling in a few places, light edgewear to first and last several leaves, first four leaves reinforced at edges on verso (reinforcement just touching text on one page without loss), early owner signature (of James Pocock) to head of title page. A good copy. $650. * Fourth and final edition, substantially expanded. First issued in 1724, Law Quibbles occupies a distinctive place in the history of English legal literature as a hybrid work combining satire, procedural commentary, statutory digest, practical precedent book, and reform tract. The first part presents an alphabetical exposition of procedural stratagems, tactical evasions, and professional "mysteries" attributed to legal practitioners. Framed for both attorneys and lay litigants, it documents contemporary perceptions of delay, expense, and pr.
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