Tracts

Tracts

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Edition Details

• Creators or Attribution (Responsibility): Adam Littleton, Robert White, John Selden
• Language: English
• Jurisdiction(s): Michigan
• Publication Information: London : Printed for Thomas Basset and Richard Chiswell, and are to be sold by Robert Clavell …, MDCLXXXIII [1683] – MDCLXXXIII
• Publication Type (Medium): History
• Type: Book
• Other titles: Works.
  Of the original of ecclesiastical jurisdiction of testaments
  Of the disposition or administration of intestates goods
  Jani Anglorum facies altera.
  England’s epinomis.
  Two treatises.
• Series title: Early English books, 1641-1700, 294:5.
• Permalink: https://books.lawi.org.uk/tracts/ (Stable identifier)

Short Description

[34], 131, [9], 39, [5], 24 pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait

Purpose and Intended Audience

Useful for students learning an area of law, Tracts is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Bibliographic information

• Publisher: Robert Clavell
• Responsable Person: written by John Selden of the Inner-Temple, Esquire ; the first entituled, Jani Anglorvm facies altera, rendred into English, with large notes thereupon, by Redman Westcot, Gent. ; the second, England’s epinomis ; the third, Of the original of ecclesiastical jurisdictions of testaments ; the fourth, Of the disposition or administration of intestates goods ; the three last never before extant.
• Publication Date: 1683
• Country/State: Michigan
• Number of Editions: 13 editions
• First edition Date: 1671
• Last edition Date: 1683
• General Notes: Each part has special t.p. and separate paging.
  Reel guide erroneously identifies this work as Wing S2441.
  Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author signed: R: White sculpsit.
  Error in paging: p. 23 of second count misprinted 17.
  Errata: p. [1] following p. [131] of first grouping.
  Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.
• Reproduction Notes: Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1968. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 294:5).
• Languages: English
• Library of Congress Code: KD358
• OCLC: 12603009

Main Contents

The reverse or back-face of the English Janus, to-wit, all that is met with in story concerning the common and statute-law of English Britanny … / written in Latin by John Selden … ; and rendred into English by Redman Westcot, Gent. London : Printed for Thomas Basset, and Richard Chiswell, MDCLXXXII [1682]
England’s epinomis / by John Selden, Esquire. London : Printed for Thomas Basset … and Richard Chiswell …, MDCLXXXIII [1683]
Two treatises written by John Selden … : the first, Of the original ecclesiastical jurisdiction of testaments, the second, Of the disposition or administration in intestates goods. London : Printed for Thomas Basset … and Richard Chiswell … MDCLXXXIII [1683].

Structured Subjects (Headings):

• Common law
• Ecclesiastical law
• England
• Great Britain
• Inheritance and succession
• Probate law and practice

Unstructured Subjects (Headings):

• Ecclesiastical law
• England
• Inheritance and succession
• Probate law and practice