Modern Entries, Being a Collection of Select Pleadings in the Courts

Lilly, John

Erscheinungsdatum: 1723

Beschreibung

London, 1723. 1st ed. First Edition of Lilly's Modern Entries Lilly, John [fl. c.1740]. Modern Entries, Being a Collection of Select Pleadings in the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer, Viz. Declarations, Pleas in Abatement and in Bar, Replications, Rejoinders, &c. Demurrers, Issues, Verdicts, Judgments, Forms of Making up Records of Nisi Prius, and Entring of Judgments, &c. In Most Actions. As also Special Assignments of Errors, and Writs and Proceedings Thereupon, Both in the Said Courts and in Parliament. With The Method of Suing to and Reversing Outlawries by Writ of Error or Otherwise. To Which is Added a Collection of Writs in Most Cases Now in Practice. With Two Tables, One of the Names of the Cases; And the Other of the Pleadings and Writs. [London]: Printed by E. And R. Nutt and R. Gosling, 1723. [viii], 676, [32] pp. Final leaf blank. Folio (12-1/2" x 7-1/2"). Modern quarter calf over textured cloth, gilt spine with raised bands and gilt-stamped title, endpapers renewed. Light to moderate toning, light foxing in places, chip to final index leaf with some loss to text. A nice copy in an attractive binding. $450. * First edition. Holdsworth discusses this work at length in his chapter on eighteenth century legal literature. First published in 1732 and a standard work for decades, it contains pleadings arranged alphabetically, entries on the rolls of the court and precedents of writs original and judicial. Holdsworth, A History of English Law XII:358. English Short-Title Catalogue T133313. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 68430

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Titel: Modern Entries, Being a Collection of Select...

Erscheinungsdatum: 1723

Einband: Hardcover

Illustrator: London, 1723. 1st ed

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