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Conductor Generalis, or, The office, duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, goalers, coroners, constables, jury-men, over-seers of the poor and also the office of clerks of Assize and of the peace, &c. ; collected out of all the books hitherto written on those subjects, whether of common or statute-law ; to which is added, a collection out of Sir Matthew Hales concerning the descent of lands ; the whole alphabetically digested under the several titles, with a table directing to the ready finding out the proper matter under those titles.

Title
Conductor Generalis, or, The office, duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, goalers, coroners, constables, jury-men, over-seers of the poor [electronic resource] : and also the office of clerks of Assize and of the peace, &c. ; collected out of all the books hitherto written on those subjects, whether of common or statute-law ; to which is added, a collection out of Sir Matthew Hales concerning the descent of lands ; the whole alphabetically digested under the several titles, with a table directing to the ready finding out the proper matter under those titles.
Publication
Printed and Sold by Andrew Bradford ; in Philadelphia, 1722.

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Additional Authors
Hale, Matthew, 1609-1676.
Description
4 p.l., xii, 299, [1] p.; 19 x 15 cm.
Alternative Title
The Office and duty of sheriffs.
Subject
  • Justices of the peace
  • Sheriffs
  • Coroners
  • Constables
  • Jury
  • Inheritance and succession > Great Britain
Note
  • Pages 53-60 (sig. II4) duplicated ; many irregularities in numbering of signatures.
  • Includes (p. [233]-289) : The Office, Duty And Authority Of Sheriffs ... Together with the Office and Duty of Coroners Philadelphia, 1721 (with special t.-p.) ; and the following articles (p. 265-299, [1]) with caption titles only: The Office and Duty of the Clerk of Assize and Clerk of the Peace ; A Guide to Coroners ; The Course of Descents of Lands or Estates. Collected out of Sir Matthew Hale's History of the Laws of England ; Of Tryals by a Jury ; Forms of Indictments for Assault and Stealing.
  • Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
  • Sabin no. 15215.
Indexed In (note)
  • RLIN
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
LCCN
29006506
OCLC
CTRG10034436-B
Title
Conductor Generalis, or, The office, duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, goalers, coroners, constables, jury-men, over-seers of the poor [electronic resource] : and also the office of clerks of Assize and of the peace, &c. ; collected out of all the books hitherto written on those subjects, whether of common or statute-law ; to which is added, a collection out of Sir Matthew Hales concerning the descent of lands ; the whole alphabetically digested under the several titles, with a table directing to the ready finding out the proper matter under those titles.
Imprint
Printed and Sold by Andrew Bradford ; in Philadelphia, 1722.
Indexed In:
RLIN, CTRG10034436-B
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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Added Author
Hale, Matthew, 1609-1676. lcn00053092
Added Title
The Office and duty of sheriffs.
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