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1736
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Webb, George. The Office and Authority of a Justice of Peace and Also the Duty of Sheriffs, Coroners, Church-Wardens, Surveiors of Highways, Constables, and Officers of Militia. Williamsburg: Printed by William Parks, 1736. Library of Virginia.
A New Kent planter and attorney, George Webb (d.1758) was widely renowned for his legal scholarship. He assisted William Parks (1699–1750) in compiling A Collection of all the Acts of Assembly. Parks and Lt. Governor William Gooch (1681–1751) prevailed upon him to write this work. Known popularly as Webb's Justice, it was based on Virginia law and practice. As such it supplanted Michael Dalton's Countrey Justice or William Lambarde's Eirenarcha as manuals for Virginia magistrates until it was replaced in 1774. This copy is on loan from the Library of Virginia.
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Item from the Library of Virginia, used with permission.