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Bearcroft, Edward. Collection of legal opinions, ca. 1731-1780.

Title: Collection of legal opinions, ca. 1731-1780.

A collection of manuscript opinions of at least 17 English barristers or judges in 38 cases. The cases are all in equity and the opinions were written in response to a request from the defendant's or plaintiff's counsel. The subject matter includes cases in inheritence, real property disputes, electoral disputes, business litigation, bankruptcy and debt, contested bills of exchange, illegal arrest, procedure in recovery, and cases relating to settlement laws for paupers and tradesmen. Many of the cases originate in Ipswich (England). The signature on several remain undecipered.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62526029 View

Baldwin, William. Cases and opinions of counsel, 1737-1783.

Title: Cases and opinions of counsel, 1737-1783.

This work cites specific cases and the opinions of the counsel in each case. Includes an index.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 16 x 20 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80281674 View

Ord, Henry. Precedents of the Exchequer, 1746-1753.

Title: Precedents of the Exchequer, 1746-1753.

Contains a review of precedent setting cases heard before the Exchequer. "All the following informations in this book except 5 or 6 were drawn by Mr. Ord and afterwards perused by Attorney General." Henry Ord was a Sworn Clerk 1727-1757. The Attorney General throughout this period was Sir Dudley Ryder.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (225 p.) ; 32 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78577959 View

Ryder, Dudley, Sir, 1691-1756. Papers of Sir Dudley Ryder, 1746-1749, undated.

Title: Papers of Sir Dudley Ryder, 1746-1749, undated.

ArchivalResource: 1 oversize volume.2 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71015560 View

Ryder, Dudley, Sir, 1691-1756. Opinions on devises, 16 June 1740.

Title: Opinions on devises, 16 June 1740.

Opinions in response to two questions regarding devises in the case of William Ashburnham v. George Bradshaw. At issue was the application of the statute of mortmain and the designation of the town of Lowestoft as the beneficiary of the devise.

ArchivalResource: 1 sheet (1 p.) ; 37.8 x 31.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/236049722 View

Ryder, Dudley, Sir, 1691-1756. Readings on entails and remainders, 9 June 1743.

Title: Readings on entails and remainders, 9 June 1743.

Copy of the readings of Sir Dudley Ryder, then soliciter general, on docking entails and barring remainders in the Massachusetts Bay Colony; also document's former storage folder (n.d.) with handwritten biographical notes on Ryder.

ArchivalResource: [1] p. : paper ; 31 x 38.5 cm. folded to 31 x 19.5 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/236236551 View

William Upcott papers, 1650-1881.

Title: William Upcott papers, 1650-1881.

Papers of the English collector William Upcott concerning his collecting.

ArchivalResource: 3 volumes (.6 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00289/catalog View

Booth, James. Cases with opinions of counsel, 1713-1772.

Title: Cases with opinions of counsel, 1713-1772.

Contains a brief synopsis of the subject matter of each of the many trials covered and has an analysis of the legal questions presented in each.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (365 p.) ; 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79057088 View

Ryder, Dudley, Sir, 1691-1756. Report, 1748 Aug 10.

Title: Report, 1748 Aug 10.

A report in answer to a petition by Arthur Dobbs and others to find a passage to the Western and Southern Ocean of America and assume title to all lands they may discover and settle adjacent to the Hudson's Bay Company lands.

ArchivalResource: 5 p.; 31 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702128287 View

Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820. Cases and opinions of counsel, 1728-1780.

Title: Cases and opinions of counsel, 1728-1780.

Contains copies of cases with the opinions of counsel, apparently of Nothumberland provenance, the bulk covering 1728-1770, with a few additions. On fo. 249 is a report of a case at Berkshire assizes, 1787, and a few more reports of cases in the 1780s taken from newspapers. Several counsel who transcribed the cases have attributed this effort with their signatures.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 37 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81400056 View