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English liberties: or, the free-born subject's inheritance. Being a help to justices as well as a guide to constables, containing, I. Magna Charta, the petition of right, The Habeas Corpus Act, &c. With Comments upon each of them. The Proceedings in Appeals of Murder; The Work and Power of Parliaments, the Qualifications necessary for such as should be Chosen to that great Trust. The Advantage Englishmen enjoy by Trials by Juries; That they are Judges of Law as well as Fact; and are not Fineable, nor to be Punish'd, for going contrary to the Judges Directions. II. Of justices of the peace; their Oath, Office, and Power, in many Respects; With several Law-Cases Alphabetically Degested for Ease and Brevity, and Warrants proper thereto, concluding with Directions for Drovers, Badgers, Butchers, Toll-Keepers, and Clerks of the Market, &c. III. The coroner and constable's duty, Relating to Dead Bodies, Murder, Man-Slaughter, and Felo-de-se; Arrests, Escapes, and Conservation of the Peace. And Lastly, The Church-Warden, Overseer, and Scavenger's Duty at Large, in the most necessary Particulars. First compiled by Henry Care, and now inlarged with new and useful additions, by a wellwisher to his country. Dedicated to the Honourable House of Commons.
Care, Henry, 1646-1688.Date: 1703- Books
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The difference between an absolute and limited monarchy; as it more particularly regards the English constitution. Being a treatise written by Sir John Fortescue, Kt. Lord Chief Justice, and Lord High Chancellor of England, under King Henny VI. Faithfully Transcribed from the MS. Copy in the Bodleian Library, and Collated with three other Mss. Publish'd with some remarks by John Fortescue-Aland, of the Inner-Temple, Esq; F. R. S.
Fortescue, John, Sir, 1394?-1476?.Date: 1714- Books
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Jura Anglorum. The rights of Englishmen. By Francis Plowden, Esq. Conveyancer, of the Middle Temple.
Plowden, Francis, 1749-1829.Date: MDCCXCII. [1792]- Books
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An essay on the constitution of England. With an appendix.
Date: 1793- Books
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A view of the English constitution, with respect to the sovereign authority of the prince, and the allegiance of the subject. In Vindication of the Lawfulness of taking the Oaths, to Her Majesty, by Law Required. To which is added, A defence, by way of Reply, to the several Answers that have been made to it. By William Higden, D. D. late Rector of St. Paul Shadwell.
Higden, William, 1662 or 1663-1715.Date: 1716