Lawyer's commonplace book, ca. 1575-1625.

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Lawyer's commonplace book, ca. 1575-1625.

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Contains an alphabetical commonplace, from Abatement to Waste, with non-alphabetical continuations; mostly from the yearbooks and Perkins. At the end reversing, a brief summary of the leading cases in Plowden. Inscribed 'Liber Hotchpott'.

1 v. ; 20 cm.

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872

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English lawyer. From the description of A Treatise proving [tha]t if our soueraigne ladie Queene Elisab[e]th whome god blesse with longe life [and] many children should dye without issue that the Queene of Scotts is not disabled by [th]e lawe of England to receaue [th]e Crowne of England by discent : contemporary manuscript, ca. 1580. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617655 ...

Fairfax, Charles, 1597-1673

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