The Universal officer of justice. Containing, the general power and authority by law, of the several officers and ministers following, viz. 1. Of justices of peace. 2. Clerks of the peace. 3. Of custos rotulorum. 4. Of commissioners of hackney-coaches. 5. - - of hawkers and pedlars. 6. - - of the wine licence, &c. 7. Of mayors and bailiffs of towns. 8. Of clerks of markets and tool-takers. 9. Os sheriffs of counties 10. Of under-sheriffs, and their bailiffs, &c. 11. Of coroners. 12. Of constables &c. 13. Of church-wardens and sidesmen. 14. Of vestry-men. 15. Of overseers of the poor. 16. And surveyors of the highways. The whole being collected from all the books our common and statute laws written upon the subjects and render'd generally useful to all sorts of people.

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1731
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In the Savoy : Printed by E. and R. Autt, and R. Gosting, (Assings of Edw. Sayer, Esq;) for D. Midwinter and A. Ward, J. Brotherton, J. Hazard, W. Meadows, T. Cox, W. Hinchlife. W. Bickerton, T. Astley, S. Austen, L. Gilliver, and R. Willock, 1731.

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[6],336,[12]p. ; 80.

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ESTC N36002

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