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A treatise of common recoveries, their nature and use. To which is added the case of Page and Hayward more fully reported than in any other book extant: and also a case between the late Earl of Derby and the coheirs of his elder brother. With precedents for amending fines and recoveries: and a complete table to the whole. By N. Pigott, Esq; late a Barrister of the Inner Temple. The second edition; wherein the text and the table are revised and corrected: in the margin are added notes and references, with some cases which have been adjudged since the author wrote. By a Serjeant at Law.
by Pigott, Nathaniel (1661-1737); Wilson, George (d. 1778)
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London: London: printed by his Majesty's law-printers; for J. Worrall and B. Tovey, in Bell Yard; and P. Uriel. at the Inner Temple Gate, both near Temple Bar. 1770., 1770. 2nd Edition . Leather. Very Good. Description: 4to (8 × 6¼ in): [4], 232 (i.e., 236), [16] p. Contemporary calf. · Register: 4º: [A]^2 B-2I^4 2K^2. · Condition: Boards rubbed, worn at edges, joints cracking yet sound, gilt morocco title label. Engraved bookplate on front pastedown; "John Howes / Grays Inn / 1777" inscribed on front free endpaper. · Comments: Second edition, star-paged to the original. A common recovery was a feigned action for land, the judgment in which had the intended effect of cutting off future interests in the land in question. According to Holdsworth, this learned book deals clearly and comprehensively with every aspect of its recondite subject. Serjeant Wilson edited this second edition. · References: Johnson 155 (2 copies); Worrall 155; Bridgman 251; Marvin 572; S&M 490(15); Holdsworth, HEL 12:278; ESTC T130106.
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- A treatise of common recoveries, their nature and use. To which is added the case of Page and Hayward more fully reported than in any other book extant: and also a case between the late Earl of Derby and the coheirs of his elder brother. With precedents for amending fines and recoveries: and a complete table to the whole. By N. Pigott, Esq; late a Barrister of the Inner Temple. The second edition; wherein the text and the table are revised and corrected: in the margin are added notes and references, with some cases which have been adjudged since the author wrote. By a Serjeant at Law.
- Author
- Pigott, Nathaniel (1661-1737); Wilson, George (d. 1778)
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: printed by his Majesty's law-printers; for J. Worrall and B. Tovey, in Bell Yard; and P. Uriel. at the Inner Temple
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1770
- Keywords
- Property, Legal History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Johnson Imported Law Treatises; Property & Tenures;
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Nostre Livers
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About Nostre Livers
Specializing in antiquarian Anglo-American law and legal history. "Nostre livers": "our books (usu. meaning year books)."--J.H. Baker, Manual of Law French, p. 141, s.v. "livers" (1990).
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