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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 sixth edition, corrected, amended, and continued down to this present year 1718. By W. Nelson, of the Middle-Temple, Esq;The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 26085, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/26085. Accessed 2024-04-27.

@book{ wphp_26085
  author={Nelson,William},
  year={1718},
  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 sixth edition, corrected, amended, and continued down to this present year 1718. By W. Nelson, of the Middle-Temple, Esq;},
  publisher={John Walthoe I \& John Hooke \& Benjamin Tooke II \& Executors of John Nicholson},
  address={London},    }

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