The Under-Sheriff: Containing the Office and Duty of High-Sheriffs.

Publication date: 1766

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London, 1766. Sole edition. Thorough 1766 Handbook on the Duties of Sheriffs [Sheriffs]. [Great Britain]. The Under-Sheriff: Containing the Office and Duty of High-Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs and Baliffs, In the Following Order, Viz. Arrest, County-Court, Bail, Return of Writs, Venire Facias, Habeas Corpora Juratorum, Distringas, Juries, Habeas Corpus, Writs of Inquiry, Goals and Prisoners, Execution, Rescue, Escapes, False Imprisonment, Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, Assisizes and Sessions of the Peace, Fees, Bonds, Covenants, &c., Members of Parliament, Sheriff's Accounts. With an Appendix of Precedents, Never Before Published. By a Gentleman of the Inner-Temple. London: Printed for His Majesty's Law-Printers, 1766. 6, 601, [1] pp. Last page blank. Octavo (8" x 5"). Recent quarter calf over marbled boards, blind fillets, gilt title and gilt ornaments to spine, endpapers renewed. Moderate toning to text, light foxing in a few places, a few cracks to text block. A handsome copy of a scarce title. $250. * Only edition, one of two issues, both from 1766. This is an unusually thorough guidebook that considers the relation of sheriffs to other parts of the legal system. OCLC locates 13 copies in North American law libraries. English Short-Title Catalogue N35407.…

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The Under-Sheriff: Containing the Office and Duty of High-Sheriffs.
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Sheriffs; Great Britain
Publication year
1766
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London, 1766. Sole edition.
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