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The law journal for Hilary and Easter Terms, 1803; comprising I. Original and authentic reports of adjudged cases. II. An abridgment of the most important statutes, with comments thereon. III. A review of new law books. IV. Ancient authors and annotations on their works. V. Law tracts. VI. Original communications from correspondents. And, VII. Useful, tables including accurate lists of bankrupts, distinguishing such of them as have obtained their certificates or writs of supersedeas. Conducted by John Morgan, and Thomas Walter Williams, of the Inner Temple, barristers at law. Vol. I.
by Morgan, John; Williams, Thomas Walter (1763-1833); Saltern, George
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London: London: printed for Richard Phillips, No. 71, St. Paul's Church-Yard. 1803., 1803. 1st Edition . Leather. Very Good. Description: 8vo (8½ × 5½ in): [2], 582, [24] p. Contemporary calf, modern gilt title label. · Register: 8: [A]1(=2Q8) B-2Q^8(-2Q8). · Condition: Joints repaired, chipped at head of spine. Light to moderate toning and foxing. · Comments: Volume 1 (of 2) only, comprising the first six monthly issues, March through August, 1803, with indexes. This is a distinct series from the later Law Journal, which started in 1823. Evidently the first periodical publication devoted to law. There was a continuation of the reports by J.P. Smith in three volumes (1804-1806), with original articles published separately in three annual parts. The volume offered here contains, among other things: a reprint of George Saltern, "Of the Antient Lawes of Great Britaine" (1605); observations regarding the powers of justices of the peace, the publication of examinations by police magistrates, permitting witnesses to hear trial testimony, powers of appointment, the study of law; a learned argument on the right against self-incrimination in the context of a prosecution for a contempt by publication of the North Briton in 1768, a case in which the defendant was imprisoned without trial for over a year while refusing to answer interrogatories; a tract on the judicial customs of the Saxon and Norman age; commentaries on Selden's "Jani Anglorum Facies Altera"; "A compendious treatise on the law of actions". · References: S&M 2:204; Soule 125, 238.
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- The law journal for Hilary and Easter Terms, 1803; comprising I. Original and authentic reports of adjudged cases. II. An abridgment of the most important statutes, with comments thereon. III. A review of new law books. IV. Ancient authors and annotations on their works. V. Law tracts. VI. Original communications from correspondents. And, VII. Useful, tables including accurate lists of bankrupts, distinguishing such of them as have obtained their certificates or writs of supersedeas. Conducted by John Morgan, and Thomas Walter Williams, of the Inner Temple, barristers at law. Vol. I.
- Author
- Morgan, John; Williams, Thomas Walter (1763-1833); Saltern, George
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: printed for Richard Phillips, No. 71, St. Paul's Church-Yard. 1803.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1803
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Nostre Livers
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About Nostre Livers
Specializing in antiquarian Anglo-American law and legal history. "Nostre livers": "our books (usu. meaning year books)."--J.H. Baker, Manual of Law French, p. 141, s.v. "livers" (1990).
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