The compleat sheriff : wherein is set forth, his office and authority, with directions, how and in what manner to execute the same, according to the common and statute laws of this kingdom, which are now in force and use, and the judgments and resolutions of the judges in divers late cases, in the several courts of Westminster, relating thereunto : likewise of vnder-sheriffs and their deputies, and where the high-sheriff shall be answerable for their defaults, and where not, &c. : together with the learning of bail bonds, with an explication of Stat. 23 H.6. cap. 10 and pleadings thereon : retorns of writs, remedies against non retorn and faux retorn, Habeas corpus, Venires, challenges and enquiry of damages, prisoners and prisons, execution by fieri fac, elegit, &c. : escapes, actions and pleadings therein, fresh pursuit, and other pleas, attachment, americament : actions, declarations and pleadings on the sheriffs nonfesance or male-fesance : customs of London, as to prisons, courts, process, sheriffs fees, extortion, sheriffs accompts, &c, : to which is added The office and duty of coroners.

Format:

Book

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sheriffs--England--London.

Sheriffs.

England--London.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (23 unnumbered pages, 443 pages, 20 unnumbered pages)

Other Title:

Office and duty of sheriffs, &c.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by the assigns of R. and E. Atkyns, Esquires for John Walthoe, 1696.

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text file

Notes:

Includes citations of legal cases and bibliographical references.

Advertisement: preliminary pages [1].

Index: pages [1]-[20] at end.

First edition.

Running title on verso of pages: The office and duty of sheriffs, andc.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 662:2) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing C5653

OCLC:

12409742

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