Tryals per pais, or, The law of England concerning juries by nisi prius, &c. : collected and composed for the publick good in the 16th. year of the reign of our Soveraign Lord Charles the Second, King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, &c. / by G.D. of the Inner Temple, Esquire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duncombe, Giles.

Contributor:

Eure, Samson, Sir, -1659.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jury--England--Early works to 1800.

Jury.

Nisi prius--Forms--Early works to 1800.

Nisi prius.

England.

Forms (Law)--Great Britain.

Forms (Law).

Great Britain.

Genre:

Blank forms.

Physical Description:

32 unnumbered pages, 172, 4, 173-248, 351-409, 500-504, 415-448, 2, 449-512 pages, 18 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm (8vo)

Edition:

The second edition newly revised and much inlarged, with an addition of precendents, and forms of challenges, demurrers upon evidence, bills of exception, pleas puisne darrien continuance, &c. Very useful and necessary for all lawyers, attorneys and other practicers, especially at the assises.

Other Title:

Tryals per pais

Law of England concerning juries by nisi prius, &c.

Precendent containing the forms of challenges to the array, &c.

Fingerprint:

toto s.nd t.he be56 (3) 1682 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for George Dawes, over against Lincolns Inn Gate in Chancery Lane, 1682.

Notes:

Edition statement precedes author's initials on t.p.

Title within double-ruled border.

G.D. is Giles Duncombe. Sometimes erroneously attributed to Sir Samson Eure.

Imprimatur is on leaf A1v: I do allow the printing and publishing of this book ... Fr. Pemberton.

"Precedents containing the forms of challenges to the array, &c." has separate dated t.p. on leaf 3N2r.

Includes marginal notes and bibliographical references.

NUC pre-1956 151:668 (LC) cites a variant issue with leaf Qqq4 cancelled, replaced by gatherings *-5*⁴, inserting a Table to the precedents and Errata, printed in small roman type.

Wing (2nd ed.) lists three editions, beginning in 1665, prior to this "second" ed. (E3411, E3411A, E3412).

Final leaves bear table and advertisements.

Signatures: A⁸ a⁶ B-Y⁴ Z⁴ (Z2 + **²) Aa-Ii⁴ Aaa-Sss⁴.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy is variant issue: Qqq⁴ cancelled, replaced by gatherings *-5*⁴, inserting a Table to the precedents and errata printed in small roman type.

Culture Class Collection copy has ms. annotations.

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), E3413.

ESTC, R43153

OCLC:

21480735