Every man his own lawyer: or, a summary of the laws of England, in a new and instructive method, under the following Heads, Viz. I. Actions and Remedies, Writs, Process, Arrests, and Bail. II. Courts, Attornies and Solicitors therein, of Juries, Witnesses, Trials, Executions, &c. III. Estates and Fortunes in Lands and Goods, and how acquired; Ancestors, Heirs, Executors and Administrators. IV. Laws relating to Marriage, Bastardy, Infants, Ideots, Lunaticks. V. Liberty of the Subject, Magna Charta, Habeas Corpus, and other Statutes. VI. King and his Prerogative, the Queen and Prince, Peers, Judges, Sheriffs, Coroners, Justices of Peace, Constables, &c. Vii. Public Offences, Treason, Murder, Felony, Burglary, Robbery, Rape, Sodomy, Forgery, Perjury, &c. And their Punishment. So plainly treated of that all Persons may be fully acquainted with our Common and Statute Law, and that as well in Cases Civil as Criminal, and know how to protect themselves and their Property, In Every Circumstance Whatsoever.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x,[16],497,[5]p. )

Edition:

The eleventh edition, corrected and improved, with many additions, ..

Other Title:

Every man his own lawyer

Place of Publication:

Dublin : printed for James Moore, No. 45, College-Green, M.DCC.XCI. [1791]

Notes:

The preface, which is signed J. R., claims Giles Jacob as "the original compiler of this treatise".

Braces in imprint.

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Law Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N9505.

OCLC:

642233316