English liberties, or The free-born subject's inheritance; containing Magna Charta, Charta de Foresta, The Statute de Tallagio non concedendo, the Habeas Corpus Act, and several other Statutes; with comments on each of them. Likewise the proceedings in appeals of murder: of ship-money; of tonnage and poundage. Of Parliaments, and the qualification and choice of members: of the three estates, and of the settlement of the crown by the Parliament. Together with a short history of the succession, not by any hereditary right: also a declaration of the liberties of the subject: And of the Oath of Allegiance and Supremacy. The Petition of Right; with a short but impartial relation of the difference between K. Charles I. and the rise of the civil wars. Of trials by juries, and of the qualifications of jurors; their punishment for misbehaviour, and of challanges to them. Lastly, of justices of the peace, coroners, constables, churchwardens, overseers of the poor, surveyors of the high-ways, &c. With many law-cases throughout the whole
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| OCLC: | 6738171 |
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| Language: | English |
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Boston,
Printed by J. Franklin, for N. Buttolph, B. Eliot, and D. Henchman,
1721.
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| Edition: | The 5th ed. |
| Series: | American Culture Series I.
r.010, item 108. |
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| Format: | Monograph Microform Note that CRL will digitize material from the collection when copyright allows. |