Conductor Generalis, or, The office, duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, goalers, coroners, constables, jury-men, over-seers of the poor : and also the office of clerks of Assize and of the peace, &c. ; collected out of all the books hitherto written on those subjects, whether of common or statute-law ; to which is added, a collection out of Sir Matthew Hales concerning the descent of lands ; the whole alphabetically digested under the several titles, with a table directing to the ready finding out the proper matter under those titles.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Hale, Matthew, Sir, 1609-1676.

Series:

• Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
• Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Justices of the peace.
• Sheriffs.
• Coroners.
• Constables.
• Jury.
• Inheritance and succession--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 p.l., xii, 299, [1] p. )

Other Title:

Conductor Generalis, or, The office, duty and authority of justices of the peace, high-sheriffs, under-sheriffs, goalers, coroners, constables, jury-men, over-seers of the poor

Place of Publication:

Printed and Sold by Andrew Bradford ; in Philadelphia, 1722.

Notes:

• Pages 53-60 (sig. II4) duplicated ; many irregularities in numbering of signatures.
• Includes (p. [233]-289) : The Office, Duty And Authority Of Sheriffs ... Together with the Office and Duty of Coroners Philadelphia, 1721 (with special t.-p.) ; and the following articles (p. 265-299, [1]) with caption titles only: The Office and Duty of the Clerk of Assize and Clerk of the Peace ; A Guide to Coroners ; The Course of Descents of Lands or Estates. Collected out of Sir Matthew Hale's History of the Laws of England ; Of Tryals by a Jury ; Forms of Indictments for Assault and Stealing.
• Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
• Sabin no. 15215.

Cited in:

RLIN, CTRG10034436-B

Contains:

The Office and duty of sheriffs.

OCLC:

367826966