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Identifier
KD 7309 .B65 1685
Creation Date
1685
Description
Bond, John. A Complete Guide for Justices of the Peace According to the Best Approved Authors in Two Parts. 1st ed. London: Printed by T. B. for Hannah Sawbridge, 1685.
John Bond compiled his guide to address the defects and errors which he felt marked other publications on the subject. Working after the Civil War and Commonwealth period, Bond followed the form of Michael Dalton's (1564–1644) Countrey Justice while adding new laws and removing obsolete ones. The second part of the work consists of "authentic useful precedents in all cases" related to the justice of the peace. Four editions of the work were published between 1685 and 1707.
Second title page available as an additional file, below.
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Second title page, Complete Guide for Justices