A collection of tracts relative to the law of England, from manuscripts, now first edited by Francis Hargrave, Esquire, barrister at law. Vol. I.

[1982 Photo reprint by Professional Books Ltd. of] Dublin: Printed for E. Lynch [et al.]. M DCC LXXXII. [1787], 1982. Hardcover. Fine. Description: 8vo (9½ × 6½ in): [6], li, 578 p. Red cloth with gilt lettering. · Comments: No more volumes published. Contains eleven works: 1. A treatise, in three parts.--Pars prima. De jure maris et brachiorum ejusdem.--Pars secunda. De portibus maris.--Pars tertia. Concerning the custom of goods imported and exported.--From a manuscript of Lord Chief-Justice Hale. 2. Considerations touching the amendment or alteration of lawes. By Lord Chief-Justice Hale. 3. A treatise of the maisters of the chauncerie. 4. Two pieces touching suits in chancery by subpoena. 5. A discourse concerning the courts of King's Bench and Common-Pleas. By Lord Chief-Justice Hale. 6 A discourse against the jurisdiction of the King's Bench over Wales by process of latitat. 7. The abuses and remedies of chancery. By Mr. George Norburie. 8. Concerning the effects of sentences of the courts ecclesiastical in cases of marriage, when pleaded or offered in evidence in the courts temporal. By the editor [Francis Hargrave]. 9. An argument in the Exchequer-Chamber on giving judgment in the case of Perrin and another against Blake. By the Hon. Mr. Justice Blackstone. 10. An argument by the editor, on the appeal from Chancery in the case of Messrs. Wicker and Sir Thomas and Lady Broughton against John Mitford, Esquire, delivered at the bar of the House of Lords in June 1782. 11. Observations concerning the rule in Shelley's case; namely, that "heirs of the body or other inheritable words, after an estate for life, shall operate as words of limitation, not of purchase:" chiefly with a view to the application of that rule to last wills. By the editor. There is also a lengthy preface giving some context for the various works.