Parish Law: or, a Guide to Justices of the Peace, Ministers, Churchwardens, Overseers of the Poor, Constables, Surveyors of the Highways, Vestry-clerks, and all others concern'd in parish business: compiled from the common, statute, and other authentick books; as also from some adjudged cases never before published: together with correct forms of warrants, commitments, indictments, presentments, convictions, &c. To which is added a choice collection of precedents for Justices of the Peace, communicated by an able hand. With a new and correct table. The ninth edition, in which are inserted many cases from Lord Raymond and other new reports; the Acts of Parliament continued to the present time; observations on the last Vagabond Act; and a tab
Published by In the Savoy: printed by Henry Lintot. 1755, 1755
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Seller: Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers, London, United KingdomJarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers
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[18], 402, [20]pp index. 8vo. Full contemporary calf, blind fillet border, spine with raised bands & traces of hand written title; first section of upper joint cracked, old mark to outer edge of upper board, sl. wear to head of spine. Contemporary note on leading e.p. 'A more modern and much more important unit of local government, the parish, was made the subject of a book by Joseph Shaw in 1733, which reached a tenth edition in 1763. It is a useful and clearly written summary of a topic which demanded a knowledge both of ecclesiastical law and of the common law enacted and unenacted.' : Holdsworth, A History of English Law XII:338.
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- Title
- Parish Law: or, a Guide to Justices of the Peace, Ministers, Churchwardens, Overseers of the Poor, Constables, Surveyors of the Highways, Vestry-clerks, and all others concern'd in parish business: compiled from the common, statute, and other authentick books; as also from some adjudged cases never before published: together with correct forms of warrants, commitments, indictments, presentments, convictions, &c. To which is added a choice collection of precedents for Justices of the Peace, communicated by an able hand. With a new and correct table. The ninth edition, in which are inserted many cases from Lord Raymond and other new reports; the Acts of Parliament continued to the present time; observations on the last Vagabond Act; and a tab
- Author
- SHAW, Joseph.
- Publisher
- In the Savoy: printed by Henry Lintot. 1755
- Publication year
- 1755
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- box two
Jarndyce, The 19th Century Booksellers
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ABA, ILAB & PBFA member. Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers have been selling 18th & 19th Century English books, especially first editions of English Literature and Social History since 1969 and are world leading specialists in Dickens. Our premises are opposite the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London. We publish between 4 and 6 major catalogues per annum. As traditional and professional booksellers, we prefer to develop a personal relationship with collectors - and customers via the internet.…
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Fine, rare & interesting books & manuscripts, English Literature, pre. 1920., Charles Dickens, 1st, early edns., all Dickensiana, The Romantics, 1790-1850., English Language & Education, pre. 1920, 18thC &, primarily 19thC English books, Economics, Politics, Social History, pre. 1920., Women Writers, pre. 1920., 17thC & 18thC books & pamphlets., Plays & Theatre, pre. 1920.Association member
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