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Law Quibbles. Or a Treatise of the Evasions Tricks Turns and.

1736ref. 857121736. London 1736. Fourth & final edition. London 1736. Fourth & final edition. A Spirited Call for Reform: A Layman's Guide to Law's "Evasions Tricks Turns and Quibbles" Legal Criticism. Law Reform. Great Britain. Law Quibbles: Or A Treatise of the Evasions Tricks Turns and Quibbles Commonly Used in the Profession of the Law To the Prejudice of Clients And Others; Necessary to be Perused by All Attornies And Those Who Are or May be Concerned in Law Suits Trials &c. To Avoid the Many Abuses Delays and Expences Introduc'd into Practice. With Abstracts of All the Late Statutes for Amending the Law Relating to Attornies Arrest and Bail Bribery Forgery and Perjury Juries Justices of Peace Prisoners in Execution Law Process Rents of Tenants &c. Under the Proper Heads. And an Essay on the Amendment and Reduction of the Laws of England And a New Proposed Act of Parliament For a Thorough Regulation of the Practice of the Law. Corrected and much Enlarged. To Which is Now Added a Second part Containing Every Curious Precedents of Conveyances in Extraordinary Cases; Likewise Proceedings and Precedents in Chancery And at Common Law in English; With Law-Notes Thereon. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling 1736. viii 72 132 135 13 pp. With an index and advertisement leaf. Collated and complete. Octavo 7-3/4" x 4-1/2"; 19.6 x 11.8 cm. Contemporary calf blind rules to boards blind fillets along joints raised bands and lettering piece to spine gilt tooling to board edges. Moderate rubbing to boards light wear to extremities joints starting at head chip to center of lettering piece spine ends lightly abraded small vertical surface crack to spine hinges cracked. Light toning to interior crack in text block between pp. 78 & 79 all leaves secure occasional small faint dampstains at page edges. Early owner signature of Thomas Winter dated 1781 to front pastedown. A good sound copy of a scarce and engaging title. $750. Fourth and final edition significantly expanded. First published in 1724 Law Quibbles is a lively and sharply critical guide to the procedural artifices and technical maneuvers of the English legal profession. Designed for the lay reader as much as the practitioner it functions both as a satirical expose and as a practical survival manual for navigating 18th-century litigation. The first part presents an alphabetical "dic. unknown

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Legal Criticism; Law Reform; Great BritainBiblio.com

Law Quibbles. Or a Treatise of the Evasions Tricks Turns and.

1736ref. 856711736. London 1736. Fourth & final edition. London 1736. Fourth & final edition. A Reform-Oriented Layman's Guide to Law's "Evasions Tricks Turns and Quibbles" Legal Criticism. Law Reform. Great Britain. Law Quibbles: Or A Treatise of the Evasions Tricks Turns and Quibbles Commonly Used in the Profession of the Law To the Prejudice of Clients And Others; Necessary to be Perused by All Attornies And Those Who Are or May be Concerned in Law Suits Trials &c. To Avoid the Many Abuses Delays and Expences Introduc'd into Practice. With Abstracts of All the Late Statutes for Amending the Law Relating to Attornies Arrest and Bail Bribery Forgery and Perjury Juries Justices of Peace Prisoners in Execution Law Process Rents of Tenants &c. Under the Proper Heads. And an Essay on the Amendment and Reduction of the Laws of England And a New Proposed Act of Parliament For a Thorough Regulation of the Practice of the Law. Corrected and much Enlarged. To Which is Now Added a Second part Containing Every Curious Precedents of Conveyances in Extraordinary Cases; Likewise Proceedings and Precedents in Chancery And at Common Law in English; With Law-Notes Thereon. London: Printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling 1736. viii 132 135 13 72 pp. An Essay on the Amendment and Reduction of the Laws of England bound at rear text complete. Octavo 8" x 4-1/2"; 20.2 x 11.5 cm. Modern quarter calf over marbled boards lettering piece to spine endpapers renewed. Some fading to spine negligible light shelfwear to extremities. Moderate toning to interior occasional light foxing light soiling in a few places light edgewear to first and last several leaves first four leaves reinforced at edges on verso reinforcement just touching text on one page without loss early owner signature of James Pocock to head of title page. A good copy. $650. Fourth and final edition substantially expanded. First issued in 1724 Law Quibbles occupies a distinctive place in the history of English legal literature as a hybrid work combining satire procedural commentary statutory digest practical precedent book and reform tract. The first part presents an alphabetical exposition of procedural stratagems tactical evasions and professional "mysteries" attributed to legal practitioners. Framed for both attorneys and lay litigants it documents contemporary perceptions of delay expense and pr. unknown