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The laws respecting women, as they regard their natural rights, or their connections and conduct; in which their interests and duties as daughters, wards, heiresses, spinsters, sisters, wives, widows, mothers, legatees, executrixes, &c. are ascertained and enumerated: also, the obligations of parent and child, And the Condition of minors. The Whole laid down according to the Principles of the Common and Statute Law, explained by the Practice of the Courts of Law and Equity, and describing the Nature and Extent of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. In which are inserted a great Variety of curious and important Decisions in the different Law Courts, and the Substance of the Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston, on an Indictment for Bigamy, before the House of Peers, April 1776. In four books.

Title
The laws respecting women, [electronic resource] : as they regard their natural rights, or their connections and conduct; in which their interests and duties as daughters, wards, heiresses, spinsters, sisters, wives, widows, mothers, legatees, executrixes, &c. are ascertained and enumerated: also, the obligations of parent and child, And the Condition of minors. The Whole laid down according to the Principles of the Common and Statute Law, explained by the Practice of the Courts of Law and Equity, and describing the Nature and Extent of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. In which are inserted a great Variety of curious and important Decisions in the different Law Courts, and the Substance of the Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston, on an Indictment for Bigamy, before the House of Peers, April 1776. In four books.
Publication
London : printed for J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLXXVII. [1777]

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Description
xxiii,[1],449,[15]p.; 8⁰.
Subject
  • Kingston, Evelyn Pierrepont, Duke of, 1711-1773 > Relations with women
  • Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788 > Trials, litigation, etc
  • Parent and child > Great Britain
  • Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Great Britain
  • Children > Legal status, laws, etc. > Great Britain
  • Trials (Bigamy) > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
Note
  • With an index.
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • Goldsmiths'
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642456079
  • ECCO1-T149863
Title
The laws respecting women, [electronic resource] : as they regard their natural rights, or their connections and conduct; in which their interests and duties as daughters, wards, heiresses, spinsters, sisters, wives, widows, mothers, legatees, executrixes, &c. are ascertained and enumerated: also, the obligations of parent and child, And the Condition of minors. The Whole laid down according to the Principles of the Common and Statute Law, explained by the Practice of the Courts of Law and Equity, and describing the Nature and Extent of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. In which are inserted a great Variety of curious and important Decisions in the different Law Courts, and the Substance of the Trial of Elizabeth Duchess Dowager of Kingston, on an Indictment for Bigamy, before the House of Peers, April 1776. In four books.
Imprint
London : printed for J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLXXVII. [1777]
Indexed In:
Goldsmiths', 11626
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T149863.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
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