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Description and Holding Information
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Davis. Office and authority of a justice of peace, 1774
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The Office and Authority of a Justice of the Peace, as well as a number of other officers, written and printed by James Davis in 1774 in New Bern,
North Carolina. This volume contained an alphabetical list of legal terms and processes, along with their explanations and copies of the
their
respective indictments. Margin notes of topics were also used by the author. Included was an appendix containing precedents from common law and statutes
of England and North Carolina. An index of topics was also included, which could serve as a table of contents. (Digitized from a microfilm copy of
titles originally held by the University of North Carolina Library).
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Title:
The office and authority of a justice of the peace. : And also, the duty of sheriffs, coroners, constables, churchwardens, overseers of roads and other officers. : Together with precedents of warrants, judgments, executions and other legal process, issuable by magistrates within their several juristictions, in cases civil and criminal, with the method of judicial proceedings before justices of the peace out of sessions. also some directions for their conduct within their county courts. : To which is added, an appendix containing many useful precedents, and directions for the execution of them. : Collected from the common and statute laws of England, and the acts of assembly of this province, and adapted to our constitution and practice. / by J. Davis. Esq ; one of His Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of Craven.
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OCLC Number:
62808852
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| Vol. 1 | | Yes | No |
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