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A Compact Gentleman's Law Library [Great Britain]. [Layman's Guide]. A Compendious Library of the Law: Necessary for Persons of All Degrees and Professions. In Two Parts. Part I. Containing, I. The Laws Relating to Parish-Officers, Viz. Church-Wardens, Overseers of the Poor, Constables, Scavengers, Surveyors of the Highways, &c. II. The Laws Relating to the Game. III. The Laws Relating to Landlords, Tenants, &c. IV. The Laws Relating to Juries. V. Precedents for Vestry-Clerks, Justices Clerks, &c. VI. A Summary of the Laws in Force Against Idle and Disorderly Persons, Rogues, Vagrants, &c. Part II. Containing, I. The Forms of Bonds, Or Obligations, Conditions, Agreements, &c. II. Articles of Apprenticeship, For Leases, Compositions, &c. III. Assignments of Bonds, Judgments, Leases, Policies, &c. IV. Awards, Deeds of Bargain and Sale, Bottomree, Charter-Party, &c. V. Deeds of Composition, Declarations of Trust, Defeasances, Feoffments, &c. VI. Deeds Relating to Fines, Leases, Mortgages, &c. VII. Letters of Attorney, Letters of Licence, &c. VIII. Forms of Deeds of Copartnership, Deeds Relating to Recoveries, Releases, Warrants of Attorney, &c. IX. Precedents for Last Wills and Testaments, And Codicils. X. Forms of Acquittances, Affidavits, Certificates of Different Kinds. XI. Promissory Notes, Bills of Exchange, And Protests Thereon, Protections, &c. XII. Petitions of Apprentices on Bad Usage, Of Debtors, For Suing Out Commissions of Bankruptcy, For the Sole Use of an Invention, &c. XIII. Recognizances of Various Kinds. XIV. The Manner of Recording and Inrolling Deeds, An Account of the Four Terms and Their Returns, &c. [London]: Printed by Henry Lintot, (Assignee of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for J. Osborn, At the Golden Ball in Pater-Noster-Row, 1743. Two parts, each with title page. [iv], 191, [9]; 204, [10] pp. Publisher advertisement facing title page of first part. 12mo. (6-1/2" x 4"). Contemporary calf, rebacked, blind rules to boards, blind fillets along joints, lettering piece and blind fillets to spine, gilt publication date to foot of spine, corners mended, endpapers renewed. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to board edges. Moderate toning to interior, negligible faint dampstaining to a few places on the top and fore-edges of text block, faint spotting to preliminaries, early owner inscription, "James Constable. His Bo.
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