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The new universal parish officer. Containing all the laws now in force, relating to parish business, rang'd in alphabetical order. Very proper for attornies, constables, churchwardens, Justices, Overseers of the Poor, Surveyors of the Highways, all Persons in office, who would gain a competent Knowledge of this Branch of the Law, so as to enable them to discharge their respective Duties with Ease and Expedition, It is also very proper for every House-Keeper and Inhabitant who is desirous of being perfectly acquainted with the Laws relating to Parishes, that he may not entirely rely upon the Skill of Parish Officers, who are but too frequently unacquainted with some material part of their Duty. This Work is entirely freed from the Errors, Obscurities, and Repetitions of former Writers on this Subject. Collected from the common, statute, and other authentic law-books. Interspersed with many useful precedents. The third edition, corrected and enlarged, particularly under the Titles Apprentices, Highways, Poor, Servants (to Taylors) and Vagrants. By a gentleman of the Middle-Temple.

Title: The new universal parish officer. [electronic resource] : Containing all the laws now in force, relating to parish business, rang'd in alphabetical order. Very proper for attornies, constables, churchwardens, Justices, Overseers of the Poor, Surveyors of the Highways, all Persons in office, who would gain a competent Knowledge of this Branch of the Law, so as to enable them to discharge their respective Duties with Ease and Expedition, It is also very proper for every House-Keeper and Inhabitant who is desirous of being perfectly acquainted with the Laws relating to Parishes, that he may not entirely rely upon the Skill of Parish Officers, who are but too frequently unacquainted with some material part of their Duty. This Work is entirely freed from the Errors, Obscurities, and Repetitions of former Writers on this Subject. Collected from the common, statute, and other authentic law-books. Interspersed with many useful precedents. The third edition, corrected and enlarged, particularly under the Titles Apprentices, Highways, Poor, Servants (to Taylors) and Vagrants. By a gentleman of the Middle-Temple.
Author: Gentleman of the Middle Temple.
Publication: London : printed for W. Strahan, and M. Woodfall, His Majesty's Law Printers for T. Caslon, in Stationers Court, S. Crowder, at No 12, and Robinson and Roberts N9 25 Paternoster-Row, 1771.

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With a final errata leaf.
Attibuted to Timothy Cunningham in Goldsmiths'.
Reproduction of original from Harvard University Law Library.

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Higgs
Goldsmiths'
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642107278
ECCO1-N10213

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Gentleman of the Middle Temple.

Title

The new universal parish officer. [electronic resource] : Containing all the laws now in force, relating to parish business, rang'd in alphabetical order. Very proper for attornies, constables, churchwardens, Justices, Overseers of the Poor, Surveyors of the Highways, all Persons in office, who would gain a competent Knowledge of this Branch of the Law, so as to enable them to discharge their respective Duties with Ease and Expedition, It is also very proper for every House-Keeper and Inhabitant who is desirous of being perfectly acquainted with the Laws relating to Parishes, that he may not entirely rely upon the Skill of Parish Officers, who are but too frequently unacquainted with some material part of their Duty. This Work is entirely freed from the Errors, Obscurities, and Repetitions of former Writers on this Subject. Collected from the common, statute, and other authentic law-books. Interspersed with many useful precedents. The third edition, corrected and enlarged, particularly under the Titles Apprentices, Highways, Poor, Servants (to Taylors) and Vagrants. By a gentleman of the Middle-Temple.

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London : printed for W. Strahan, and M. Woodfall, His Majesty's Law Printers for T. Caslon, in Stationers Court, S. Crowder, at No 12, and Robinson and Roberts N9 25 Paternoster-Row, 1771.

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Higgs, 5304

Goldsmiths', 10803

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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English Short Title Catalog, N10213.

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