Ecclesiastical jurisdiction and prohibitions [manuscript], ca. 1620.

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Ecclesiastical jurisdiction and prohibitions [manuscript], ca. 1620.

Quoting at length many legal precedents on the question of the common lawyers' right to stop an action in an ecclesiastical court by a writ of prohibition, and so bring it under common law jurisdiction. Manuscript of Sir John Dolben, and, according to a modern note, possibly written by his great-grandfather, William Dolben.

130 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7943798

Folger Shakespeare Library

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Dolben, William, 1588?-1631

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Dolben, John, Sir, 1684-1756

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