Legal

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A trial, appeal, accusation, defence, execution, last speech, or confession relating to the law. 

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ID Title Author Firms (City) Date Edition
7162 An appeal to the publick by Signora Mingotti. Mingotti , Regina
 1755
26028 An appendix to The modern justice: containing the particular business of the Quarter Sessions; viz. the Chairman's Charge; the Methods of Proceedings in Trials of Criminals; Motions and Trials of Causes relating to Settlements; Determinations of Justices, &c. with Variety of Cases thereupon. To which is added, the power of mayors of corporations, &c. given by Acts of Parliament. By G. Jacob, Gent. Jacob , Giles
 Bernard Lintott (London)
1718
5921 An authentic account of the imprisonment, trial, and execution of Marie Antoinette, late Queen of France; Who was beheaded at the Place de la Revolution, at Paris, October 16, 1793; In pursuance of a sentence passed the preceding day by the Revolutionary Tribunal. Translated from the French of a Gentleman present at the Trial and Execution. de Lorraine , Marie-Antoinette
 John Evans [41 Long Lane] (London)
1793
5933 An authentic impartial and candid account of the trial, charges, defence and execution, of Marie Antoinette Josepha Jeane, ci devant Queen of France. Giving an impartial historical account of her transactions from her accession to the French crown to her death by the guillotine, on Wednesday, October, 16th. 1793. ... de Lorraine , Marie-Antoinette
 1793
15108 An essay on crimes and punishments, translated from the Italian; with a commentary, attributed to Mons. de Voltaire, translated from the French. Beccaria , Cesare Bonesana di
 Elizabeth Newbery (London)
1785 The fourth edition.
21519 An Investigation of the Conduct and Proceedings of the Commissioners of Insolvents and their Secretary, Under the act of Assembly of the 13th of March, 1812. Together with a Petition and Remonstrance to the Governor. 1812
24066 Arthur Squire, attorney at law ---- appellant. Dame Rachael Pearshall ... respondent. The respondent's case. Pearshall , Rachael
 1727
25492 Articles of impeachment of high-treason and misdemeanors, against Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. July 9. 1715. With his Lordship's answer, paragraph by paragraph. To which is added, A short state of the late war and peace. Harley , Robert
Parliament of Great Britain , House of Commons
 James Roberts [Warwick Lane] (London)
Anne Dodd I (London)
Elizabeth Nutt [Royal Exchange] (London)
Nicholas Blandford (London)
1727
21290 Articles of the Friendship Fire Company of the Northern Liberties, Instituted in the year 1796. 1796
5928 Authentic trial at large of Marie Antoinette, late Queen of France, before the Revolutionary Tribunal at Paris, on Tuesday, October 15, 1793, ON A Charge of having been accessary to, and having co-operated in divers Manoeuvres against the Liberties of France, entertained a Correspondence with the Enemies of the Republic, and participated in a Plot tending to kindle Civil War in the Interior of the Republic by arming Citizens against each other. To which are prefixed, her life, And A Verbal Copy Of Her Private Examination Previous To Her Public Trial. With a supplement, containing the particulars of her execution. The third edition. de Lorraine , Marie-Antoinette
 Chapman and Co. (London)
1793 The third edition.
26094 Baron and feme. A treatise of the common law concerning husbands and wives. Wherein is contained The Nature of a Feme Covert, and of Marriages, Bastardy, the Privileges of Feme Coverts: What Alterations are made by Marriage as to Estates, Leases, Goods and Actions. What Things of the Wife accrue to the Husband by the Intermarriage, or not. What Acts, Charges, Forfeitures by the Husband, shall bind the Wife after his Death, or not. Of Jointures and Pleadings, Fines and Recovery, Conveyances, and other Law Titles relating to Baron and Feme. Of Wills, and Feme Covert being Executrix. Of the Wife's Separate Disposition and Maintenance. What amounts to the Disposition of the Wife's Term by the Husband. Of. Actions brought by or against Baron and Feme. What Actions done, or Contracts made by the Wife, shall bind her Husband. Of Indictments and Informations against them. Of Baron and Feme's Joinder in Action. Of a Feme Sole Merchant. Declarations and Pleas, &c. of Divorces, &c. The Second Edition, with large Additions. Unknown ,
John Walthoe I (London)
1719 The Second Edition, with large Additions.
21272 By Laws of the Farmers & Mechanics Bank. 1809
14213 By-laws, rules, and orders, for the better regulating of hackney-coaches, chairs, brewers, drays, carts and carrs, and all other carts and carrs, plying for hire, and the drivers and carriers thereof, within the city of Dublin, and the liberties. Made by the governours of the work-house of the said city of Dublin, and approved of by the Lord High Chancellor, and chief judges. Dublin Workhouse ,
1749
26012 Cases in law: wherein justices of peace have a jurisdiction, as well by their commission, as by Act of Parliament, which have received a determination by the judges in Westminster Hall, their [unclear] and in Sergeants Inn, from Edward the Third's time to this day: as they are reported in the year-books, and all the other reports down to this time. With the addition of some modern cases, not yet reported in any Book. Being the second part of The justice of peace's companion. By Samuel Blackerby, of Gray's Inn, Esq. Blackerby , Samuel
 John Walthoe I (London)
John Walthoe II (Cornhill)
1717
14263 Charges and orders for the several officers of Christ's-Hospital; Revised by the committee of Almoners at several meetings; and approved and confirmed by general courts held in the said hospital on Monday the 29th day of November, 1784; and on Friday the 11th day of February, 1785. A second edition, including various alterations and additions to November, 1794. 1797 The second edition, including various alterations and additions to November, 1794.
26057 Compendious and Accurate Treatise of Fines and Recoveries. Vol. II. Containing a Compleat Collection of Choice Precedents for Fines upon Writs of Covenant, and Common Recoveries upon Writs of Entry in the Post, in all Cases; Whereby Lands may be Settled, 1. In the Crown, to preserve the same in the Name and Blood to the utmost Posterity: Or, 2. The same may be transferred from one Person to another, in Fee-simple, Fee-tail, for Life or Years: Or, 3. Annuities, or Rent charges, may be granted thereby in Fee, in Tail, for Life or Years: And, 4. Any other Estate may be raised thereby, which can be done by Deed of Conveyance at Common Law. To which Precedents are prefixt two Discourses of the Nature and Operation of, and the Use and Practice relating to, Fines and Recoveries, deduced from Experience, and the best Authors both Ancient and Modern upon the Subject. The second edition, very much corrected and amended. By W. Brown, a Clerk of the Court of Common-Pleas. Brown , William
 Abel Roper II (London)
Daniel Midwinter I (London)
Thomas Ward (London)
1719 The second edition, very much corrected and amended
14060 Considerations on the legality of general warrants, and the propriety of a Parliamentary regulation of the same. To which is added, a postscript on a late pamphlet concerning juries, libels, &c. The third edition. With additions. Elizabeth Watts [m. Lynch in 1768] (Dublin)
1765 The Third Edition. With Additions.
26076 Doctor and student: or dialogues between a doctor of divinity, and a student in the laws of England, Containing the Grounds of those Laws, together with Questions and Cases concerning the Equity and Conscience thereof; also comparing the Civil, Canon, Common and Statute Laws, and shewing wherein they vary from one another. To which is now added an account of the author, and a general table of the principal matters; never before printed. Saint German , Christopher
 1721
20521 Ebenezer's dream, as it appeared at the trial of Mrs. Louisa Williams, on an indictment for an assault and battery; committed upon Mr. Ebenezer Albin: with the speeches of the learned and facetious counsel upon the interesting subject of housewife's law, recommended to the diligent perusal of all housekeepers and others. Williams , Louisa
 Stephen Gould (New York)
1808
26101 Emblems, divine and moral; together with Hieroglyphicks of the life of man. Written by Francis Quarles. Quarles , Francis
 1718
26093 English liberties, or the free-born subject's inheritance; containing Magna Charta, Charta de Foresta, the statute De Tallagio non concedendo, the Habea Corpus act, and several other statutes; with comments on each of them. Likewise. The Proceedings in Appeals of Murder: Of Ship-Money; Of Tonnage and Poundage. Of Parliaments, and the Qualification and Choice of Members: Of the Three Estates, and of the Settlement of the Crown by Parliament. Together with a Short History of the Succession, not by any Hereditary Right: Also a Declaration of the Liberties of the Subject: And of the Oath of Allegiance and Supremacy. The Petition of Right; with a short but impartial Relation of the Difference between Charles I. and the Long Parliament, concerning the Prerogative of the King, the Liberties of the Subject, and the Rise of the Civil Wars. Of Trials by Juries, and of the Qualifications of Jurors; their Punishment for Misbehaviour, and of Challenges to them. Lastly, Of Justices of the Peace, Coroners, Constables. Church-Wardens, Overseers of the Poor, Surveyors of the Highways, &c. With many Law-Cases throughout the Whole. Compiled first by Henry Care, and now continued, with large additions, by W. N. of the Middle-Temple, Esq; The Fourth Edition. Nelson , William
Care , Henry
 Arthur Bettesworth (London)
John Hooke (London)
1719 The fourth edition.
15071 Every man his own lawyer: or, a summary of the laws of England in a new and instructive method, under the following Heads, Viz. I. Of Actions and Remedies, Writs, Process, Arrest, and Bail. II. Of Courts, Attornies and Solicitors therein, Juries, Witnesses, Trials, Executions, &c. III. Of Estates and Property in Lands and Goods, and how acquired; Ancestors, Heirs, Executors and Administrators. IV. Of the Laws relating to Marriage, Bastardy, Infants, Ideots, Lunaticks. V. Of the Liberty of the Subject, Magna Charta, and Habeas Corpus Act, and other Statutes. VI. Of the King and his Prerogative, the Queen and Prince, Peers, Judges, Sheriffs, Coroners, Justices of Peace, Constables, &c. Vii. Of publick Offences, Treason, Murder, Felony, Burglary, Robbery, Rape, Sodomy, Forgery, Perjury, &c. And their Punishment. All of them so plainly treated of, that all Manner of Persons may be particularly acquainted with our Laws and Statutes, concerning Civil and Criminal Affairs, and know how to defend Themselves and their Estates and Fortunes; In All Cases Whatsoever. Jacob , Giles
 William Strahan (London)
Francis, Charles and John Rivington (London)
Thomas and William Lowndes (London)
Thomas Longman II (London)
Joseph Johnson (London)
Richardson and Urquhart (Cornhill)
George Robinson [ii] (London)
William Goldsmith [Paternoster Row] (London)
John Bew [Paternoster Row] (London)
Elizabeth Newbery (London)
1784 The ninth edition, corrected and improved with many additions
21805 Extract from the act of Congress, passed the 28th day of February, 1803, entitled, "An act supplementary to the act concerning consuls and vice-consuls, and for the further protection of American seamen." Unknown ,
1803
2326 Facts: or, A plain and explicit narrative of the case of Mrs. Rudd. Published from her own manuscript, and by her authority. In which, the particular transactions of Messrs. Perreaus; the public and private conversations and consultations of Mr. H- D-: the impartial view of the character of Colonel -. The answer to Mr. Daniel Perreau's defence; and the circumstantial account of the proceedings from the time of commitment till this present hour will be faithfully related; and the invidious and sillogistical arguments of a hireling resulted. Rudd , Margaret Caroline
 1775
6452 Genuine letters that pass'd between Miss Blandy and Miss Jeffries, before and after conviction. Blandy , Mary
 John Scott (London)
1752

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