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land_n case_n heir_n tail_n 2,529 5 9.7722 5 true
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A31505 Certain proposals of divers clerks and attorneys of the Court of Common Pleas for the taking away fines upon original writs and damage cleer and regulating the proceedings of law and remedying some inconveniences ... / presented to the Right Honourable the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament. 1661 (1661) Wing C1729; ESTC R35481 7,641 14

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