1805 AMERICAN LAW-IMPR/DUTY OF A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
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1805 AMERICAN LAW, SLAVERY, Â DUTY OF A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE SHERIFFÂ
There are 2 title pages & both are dated 1805. The section on slaves discusses the prohibition of the slave trade in New Jersey as well as other laws relating to slaves and that state, with the form to be used for manumission.
CORONER CONSTABLE And Of Executors Administrators And Guardians: In Which Is Particularly Laid Down The Rules For Conducting An Action In The Court For The Trial Of Small Causes.
The Whole Arranged In Alphabetical Order, And Adapted To The State Of New Jersey. To Which Are Added, The Public Laws, Passed Since The Revision By Judge Paterson.
 The first of four editions of a popular New Jersey legal manual, and the standard vade mecum for the New Jersey justice of the peace. The work is an outgrowth of James Parker's Conductor Generalis (1764) and William Griffith's Treatise on the Jurisdiction and Proceedings of Justices of the Peace (1796-97). Subtitle continues,
558 pages followed by a 56 page section containing the index and the public laws of NJ.
Rare American Law Literature. Absolutely spectacular. Quite scarce. A classic work.Â
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