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An abridgment of the laws of Pennsylvania : from the year one thousand seven hundred, to the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eleven : with references to reports of judicial decisions in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania / by John Purdon, Junr.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Purdon, John, 1784-1835.
- Series:
- Making of modern law : primary sources ; pt. 1, 1620-1926.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law--Pennsylvania--Digests.
- Law.
- Pennsylvania.
- Genre:
- Digests.
- Law digests.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxi, 637 pages)
- Manufacture:
- [Philadelphia] : Fry and Kammerer, Printers.
- Other Title:
- MOML Primary Sources.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Published by Farrand, Hopkins, Zantzinger, and Co., 1811.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Contents:
- Acts of Assembly
- Adultery
- Aliens
- Apprentices
- Arbitration
- Arms
- Arson
- Assignment
- Attachment
- Attornies
- Auctions
- Banks
- Bark
- Barrators
- Beef and pork
- Bigamy
- Bills of exchange
- Board of property
- Bread and flour
- Burglary
- Butter
- Constable
- Contempts of court
- Contracts of decedents
- Convicts
- Corn and salt
- Corporations
- County rates and levies
- Deeds and mortgages
- Defalcation
- Divorce
- Dogs and sheep
- Dower
- Duelling
- Ejectment
- Elections
- Errors and appeals
- Escheats
- Estates tail
- Evidence
- Executions
- Executors and administrators
- Fees
- Feme sole traders
- Fences
- Ferries
- Fines and recognizances
- Fire, Firing of guns
- Flaxseed
- Forcible entry
- Forgery
- Fornication and bastardy
- Freeholders
- Gaming
- Gaol
- German redemptioners
- Habeas corpus
- Horse stealing
- Hunting
- Incest
- Indictment
- Insolvents
- Insurance
- Interest
- Intestates
- Islands
- Judgments
- Judiciary
- Juries
- Justices of the peace
- Landlord and tenant
- Land-marks
- Land-office
- Larceny and robbery
- Legacies
- Libel
- Licenses
- Liens
- Limitation of actions
- Lumber
- Malicious mischief
- Malicious prosecution
- Markets
- Marriages
- Masquerades
- Mayhem
- Mayor's court
- Militia
- Milldams
- Murder
- Negroes
- Notaries public
- Oaths
- Offices
- Orphans' court
- Outlawry
- Oysters
- Parol leaves
- Partition
- Pedlars
- Penal laws
- Perjury
- Poor
- Profaneness
- Proprietaries
- Public accounts
- Rape
- Register, Recorder
- Register's court
- Religious societies
- Riot
- Roads
- Salaries
- Secretary
- Servants
- Shad and herring
- Sheriff
- Sheriff's sales
- Slander
- Soldiers
- Squirrels and crows
- Strays
- Sunday
- Supreme Executive Council
- Surety of the peace
- Swine
- Timber
- Treason
- Unseated lands
- Vagrants
- Wills
- Wolves and panthers
- Workhouses
- Notes:
- Includes index
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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