Notification for a town meeting in Falmouth, Me., 1761 May 9.

Falmouth (Me.)

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Massachusetts. General Court

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The Governor and Company of the Massachusetts Bay, chartered by the English Crown in 1629, sat as a General Court, which after the 1630 emigration to America became the government of the Massachusetts Bay colony. It consisted of colony freemen (company stockholders); and the governor, deputy governor, and assistants (magistrates) chosen by them. The latter group met separately as a Court of Assistants, but in 1634 its legislative powers were ceded to the General Court as a whole (Ma...

Massachusetts. Superior Court of Judicature

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The Superior Court of Judicature, Court of Assize, and General Gaol Delivery, was created by the General Court of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay (as Massachusetts was designated by the Charter of 1691), initially by St 1692-3, c 33 (disallowed by the English Privy Council) and then by St 1699-1700, c 3. The court had cognizance of all pleas involving real or personal property, pleas to which the English Crown was a party, and all matters relating to conservation of the peace ...