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Identifier
KD 7307 .K55 1685
Creation Date
1685
Description
Kilburne, Richard. Choice Presidents upon all Acts of Parliament, Relating to the Office and Duty of a Justice of Peace with Necessary Notes and Instructions Thereupon taken out of the Said Acts of Parliament, and other Particular Cases in Law Adjudg'd Therin. 3rd ed. London: Printed by the Assigns of Rich. and Edw. Atkins 1685.
In this manual, compiled from his legal notes after his death, Richard Kilburne (1605–1678) presents the practical knowledge gained from his service as a justice of the peace and chancery court solicitor. Although a great admirer of William Lambarde (1536–1601) and the Eireanarcha, Kilburne's Choice Presidents follows the alphabetical arrangement of topics developed by authors such as Michael Dalton (1564–1644). Despite the number of justice of the peace manuals available in the late seventeenth century, Kilburne's work proved popular enough to warrant eight editions between 1680 and 1715.
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