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A50674 The touchstone of wills, testaments, and administrations being a compendium of cases & resolutions touching the same : carefully collected out of the ecclesiastical, civil and canon-laws, as also out of the customs, common laws, and statutes of this kingdom / by G. Meriton ... Meriton, George, 1634-1711. 1668 (1668) Wing M1811; ESTC R11357 81,710 267

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