Stearns, Asahel, 1774-1839

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Birth 1774-06-17
Death 1839-02-05

Biographical notes:

Stearns graduated from Harvard College (1797), practised law in Chelmsford, Mass. until 1815, taught at Harvard Law School (1815-1829), served as District Attorney for Middlesex County (1813-1823) and edited a series of revisions of the laws of Massachusetts (1798-1821).

From the description of Opinion in Richardson v. Coburn, 1817. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234337867

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Subjects:

  • Debt
  • Dower
  • Forms (Law)
  • Law
  • Libel and slander
  • Moot courts
  • Pleading
  • Replevin
  • Tax remission
  • Trespass
  • Trials
  • Trover and conversion
  • Waste (Law)

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Places:

  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Middlesex County (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Cambridge (as recorded)

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