English liberties : or, the free-born subject's inheritance. Being a help to justices as well as a guide to constables, containing, I. Magna Charta, the petition of right, The Habeas Corpus Act, &c. With Comments upon each of them. The Proceedings in Appeals of Murder; The Work and Power of Parliaments, the Qualifications necessary for such as should be Chosen to that great Trust. The Advantage Englishmen enjoy by Trials by Juries; That they are Judges of Law as well as Fact; and are not Fineable, nor to be Punish'd, for going contrary to the Judges Directions. II. Of justices of the peace; their Oath, Office, and Power, in many Respects; With several Law-Cases Alphabetically Degested for Ease and Brevity, and Warrants proper thereto, concluding with Directions for Drovers, Badgers, Butchers, Toll-Keepers, and Clerks of the Market, &c. III. The coroner and constable's duty, Relating to Dead Bodies, Murder, Man-Slaughter, and Felo-de-se; Arrests, Escapes, and Conservation of the Peace. And Lastly, The Church-Warden, Overseer, and Scavenger's Duty at Large, in the most necessary Particulars. First compiled by Henry Care, and now inlarged with new and useful additions, by a wellwisher to his country. Dedicated to the Honourable House of Commons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Care, Henry, 1646-1688.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Constitutional law.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government.

Magna Carta.

England and Wales. Test Act 1673. Laws, etc.

England and Wales.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([8],240p. )

Other Title:

English liberties

Place of Publication:

London : printed and sold by Benj. Harris, at the Golden Bear's Head, in Grace Church-Street, 1703.

Notes:

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Law Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N6537.

OCLC:

642217738