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cause_n action_n court_n defendant_n 1,397 5 10.0062 5 false
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A51909 Actions for slaunder, or, A methodicall collection under certain grounds and heads of what words are actionable in the law and what not a treatise of very great use and consequence to all men, especially in these times wherein actions for slaunder are more common and do much more abound then in times past, and when the malice of men so much increases, well may their tongue want a directory : to which is added awards or arbitrements methodified under severall grounds and heads collected out of our year-books and other private authentick authorities ... / by Jo. March. March, John, 1612-1657. 1647 (1647) Wing M571; ESTC R29500 98,473 242

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