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Nelson, William. The office and authority of a Justice of Peace: collected out of all the books, whether of common or statute law, hitherto written on that subject. Shewing also the duty of constables, commissioners of sewers, coroners, overseers of the poor, surveyors of the highways, church-wardens, and other parish-officers: digested under alphabetical titles. To which are added, precedents of indictments and warrants, never before printed. Very useful for Justices of the Peace, coroners, sheriffs, clerks of the Assizes, and of the Peace, and all others concern'd in such matters. The seventh edition, corrected, amended, and continued down to this present year 1721. By W. Nelson, of the Middle-Temple, Esq;The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 26077, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/26077. Accessed 2024-04-27.

@book{ wphp_26077
  author={Nelson,William},
  year={1721},
  title={The office and authority of a Justice of Peace: collected out of all the books, whether of common or statute law, hitherto written on that subject. Shewing also the duty of constables, commissioners of sewers, coroners, overseers of the poor, surveyors of the highways, church-wardens, and other parish-officers: digested under alphabetical titles. To which are added, precedents of indictments and warrants, never before printed. Very useful for Justices of the Peace, coroners, sheriffs, clerks of the Assizes, and of the Peace, and all others concern'd in such matters. The seventh edition, corrected, amended, and continued down to this present year 1721. By W. Nelson, of the Middle-Temple, Esq;},
  publisher={Daniel Browne I \& John Walthoe I \& Benjamin Tooke II \& William Mears [Temple Bar] \& Robert Gosling \& John Hooke \& Thomas Woodward \& Francis Clay \& John Peele \& Joel Stevens [Stephens]},
  address={London},    }

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