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A54680 The ancient, legal, fundamental, and necessary rights of courts of justice, in their writs of capias, arrests, and process of outlary and the illegality ... which may arrive to the people of England, by the proposals tendred to His Majesty and the High Court of Parliament for the abolishing of that old and better way and method of justice, and the establishing of a new, by peremptory summons and citations in actions of debt / by Fabian Philipps, Esq. Philipps, Fabian, 1601-1690. 1676 (1676) Wing P2002; ESTC R3717 157,858 399

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bibliotheque_fw-fr o●_n thresor_fw-la du_fw-fr droit_fw-fr du_fw-fr france_n do_fw-mi arrest_n 326._o gonzale_n de_fw-fr suarez_n de_fw-fr pas_fw-fr as_o part_n tom._n 81._o decret_n uladis●ai_fw-fr regis_fw-la hungariae_fw-la anno._n 1492._o art_n 91._o edict_n &_o arrest_n de_fw-fr savoy_n a_o 1574._o law_n of_o genoa_n print_v at_o milan_n 1576._o law_n of_o new-england_n print_v at_o london_n 1641._o purchas_n pilgrimage_n lib._n 5._o deut._n 25._o v_o 1._o &_o 3_o 2_o reg._n 4._o v._n 1._o &_o 2._o matth._n 18._o v._n 25._o gellius_n noct_n attic._n livy_n plutarch_n in_o vita_fw-la luculli_fw-la &_o solonis_fw-la dionysius_n halicar_n lib._n 6._o ll._n longobard_fw-mi do_fw-mi 21._o §._o 1._o 7_o 8._o ll._n wisigothorum_fw-la in_o liudenbrogio_fw-la l._n 2._o cap._n 88_o fletcher_n de_fw-fr republica_n moscoviae_n quenstadt_n de_fw-fr sepultur_n veter_fw-la valer._n maxim_n l_o 5._o cap._n 4._o &_o covarruvias_n de_fw-fr variorum_fw-la resolut_a goldastus_n constitut._n imperial_a philip_n albert_n orthen_n de_fw-fr regali_fw-la conducendi_fw-la jure_fw-la cap._n 4._o 9_o 13._o impress_n norimbergae_n anno_fw-la 1672._o skeneus_fw-la reg._n majest_n &_o craig_n de_fw-fr feudis_fw-la ll._n canuti_n §._o 2._o ll._n edgari_fw-la 11._o &_o 67._o ll._n canuti_n 30_o &_o 61._o ll._n edwardi_fw-la confessor_n 45._o bracton_n de_fw-fr corona_n cap._n 11._o stamford_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 35._o tit_n forfeiture_n westminster_n 2._o c._n 18._o rot._n parl._n &_o petition_n in_o parl._n 25_o e._n 3._o charles_n george_n cock_n essay_n of_o christian_a government_n in_o anno_fw-la 1651._o stat._n of_o acton_n burnel_n 13_o e._n 1._o juxta_fw-la gl._n in_o l._n 14._o &_o c._n de_fw-fr advocate_n divers_a judic_n exod._n 22._o v_o 26._o &_o 27._o d●ut_fw-la 24._o v._n 10_o 11_o 12._o ll._n alamannorum_fw-la in_o lindenbrogio_fw-la 86._o ll._n wisigothorum_fw-la lib._n 5_o §._o 2._o ll._n longobard_fw-mi do_fw-mi 21._o §._o 5._o &_o 16._o edictum_fw-la theodorici_n regis_fw-la 122_o 123_o 124._o ll._n frisonum_n tit_n 9_o &_o in_o additamen_fw-la sapient_a ulmari_fw-la ll._n bajuvariorum_fw-la §._o 24_o ll._n wisigothorum_fw-la lib._n 5._o tit_n 3._o ll._n longobard_fw-mi do_fw-mi 21._o §._o 3._o ll_o baivar_n ti●_n 12._o §._o 1._o 3_o &_o 4._o constitut._n theodoric_n in_o goldasto_n §._o 95._o ll._n longobardorum_fw-la tit_n 21._o §._o 26._o ll._n burgundionum_fw-la §._o 9_o &_o 19_o ll._n bajuvariorum_fw-la tit_n 3._o §._o 24._o purchas_n pilgrimage_n tom._n 1._o pryn_n historical_a collection_n in_o the_o reign_v of_o king_n john_n h._n 3._o &_o e._n 1._o rot._n pat._n 25_o e._n 1._o intus_fw-la bracton_n lib._n 3._o de_fw-la actionibus_fw-la ca._n 3._o fleta_n lib._n 2._o ca._n 6._o §._o 22_o 23._o fleta_n bronkhor_v tit_v reg._n juris_n &_o commentar_n ad_fw-la loc_n bracton_n lib._n 1._o ca._n 5._o grotius_n de_fw-fr jure_fw-la belli_n lib._n 2._o ca._n 6._o scottish_a record_n in_o the_o tower_n of_o london_n whilst_o they_o be_v there_o imprison_v by_o oliver_n cromwell_n &_o parl._n james_n the_o six_o in_o anno_fw-la 1600._o john_n coppen_n in_o rangensdorf_n in_o decis_n quaestion_n 33._o butrigarius_n in_o tract_n de_fw-fr renunciation_n genesis_n 47._o genesis_n ca._n 38._o genesis_n ca._n 42._o sigonius_n de_fw-fr judiciis_fw-la lib._n 1._o cap._n 21._o bracton_n lib._n 5._o de_fw-la exceptionibus_fw-la ca._n 8._o 31._o exodus_fw-la 22._o 7_o 8._o bracton_n lib._n 1._o ca._n 6._o coke_n 2._o part_n institutes_n 47._o verstegans_fw-la antiquity_n ca._n 3._o stamfords_n plea_n of_o the_o crown_n oldendorpius_n in_o diffinit_a actionum_fw-la 1_o sam._n ca._n 17._o v._n 25._o dugdale_n 1._o part_n monastic_a 172_o 173._o &_o blount_v nomolexic_a in_o verbo_fw-la frodmortel_n spelman_n glossar_n in_o diatriba_fw-la de_fw-la comitib_fw-la spelmans_fw-mi glossar_n in_o verbo_fw-la legalis_fw-la bacon_n historical_a discourse_n of_o the_o government_n of_o england_n psalm_n 15._o ursinus_n cathechisme_n &_o majer_n upon_o the_o ●8_o commandment_n law_n of_o war._n 23_o h._n 8._o ca._n 9_o coke_n 2._o part_n institutes_n 52._o 14_o eliz._n ca._n 15._o sigonius_n de_fw-fr repub._n athen_a lib._n 3._o ca._n 4._o rous._n archeologia_n attica_n lib._n ca._n 4._o plutarch_n in_o vita_fw-la solonis_fw-la plutarch_n in_o vita_fw-la luculli_fw-la livi_n dec._n 1._o lib._n 2._o livy_n lib_n 3._o 109._o dionis_fw-la halicarnassaeus_n lib._n 10._o livii_n decad._n 1._o lib._n 3._o pomponius_n de_fw-fr origine_fw-la juris_fw-la lib._n 2._o §._o 4._o isidorus_n 5._o orig_n sigonius_n de_fw-fr judiciis_fw-la lib._n 4_o 1._o ca._n de_fw-fr in_o jus_o vocatione_n aulus_n gellius_n attic_a noct_v lib._n 20._o ca._n 1._o cujacius_n lib._n 10._o ca._n 10._o gothofredus_fw-la in_o fragmen_fw-la 12._o tabularum_fw-la sigonius_n de_fw-fr repub._n athen_a lib._n 1._o de_fw-la judiciis_fw-la gothofredus_fw-la in_o fragmen_fw-la 12._o tabul_n gellius_n lib._n 20._o livii_n decad._n 1._o lib._n 3._o sigonius_n &_o a._n gellius_n attic._n noct_n livii_n lib._n 3._o 110._o lib._n 3._o 117._o pomponius_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la origine_fw-la juris_fw-la livii_n lib._n 6._o 225._o livii_n lib._n 6._o 226_o 227._o livii_n lib._n 6._o 228_o &_o 229._o livii_n lib._n 6._o 230._o livii_n lib._n 6._o 231._o &_o plutarch_n in_o vita_fw-la camilli_n livii_n lib._n 6._o 236._o livii_n lib._n 6._o 239_o 240._o livii_n lib._n 6._o 241._o lib._n 6._o 242._o lib._n 6._o 243._o livii_n lib._n 6._o 245._o livii_n lib._n 6._o 247._o livii_n lib._n 6._o 248._o plutarch_n in_o vita_fw-la camilli_n livii_n lib._n 7._o 262._o ibid._n 263_o livii_n lib._n 7._o 267._o livy_n lib._n 7._o 279._o lib._n 8._o 301._o livius_n in_o 4._o edit_fw-la apud_fw-la francofurt_n ad_fw-la moenum_fw-la anno_fw-la 1568._o p._n 411._o sigonius_n de_fw-fr antiquo_fw-la jure_fw-la roman_n 120._o joannes_n sarius_fw-la zamoscus_fw-la de_fw-la roman_n ant._n augustinus_n de_fw-fr s._n c_o rom._n bodin_n lib._n de_fw-la repub._n dionis_fw-la halicar_n lib._n 4_o &_o 7._o bodin_n de_fw-fr repub_fw-la paulus_n manutius_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la romanis_n livy_n lib._n 9_o 339._o livy_n lib._n 38●_n 1017._o plutarch_n in_o vita_fw-la scipiovis_fw-la africani_n livy_n lib._n 38._o 1022._o tacit._n annal_n cicero_n lib._n 1._o tusc._n quaest_n &_o strabo_n lib._n 14._o cicero_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la legibus_fw-la ammianus_n marcellinus_n lib._n 11._o quintilian_n lib._n 5._o ca._n 6._o ritterhusius_n commentar_n ad_fw-la 12._o tabul_n cl_o 1._o gothofr●dus_fw-la ad_fw-la tabul_n de_fw-fr in_o jus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d peregrinus_n janninius_fw-la tract_n de_fw-fr citat_fw-la real_a lib._n 1._o ca._n 2._o ab_fw-la §._o 141._o ad_fw-la 199._o &_o lib._n 2._o ca._n 1._o 25_o e._n 3._o ca._n 4._o 36_o e._n 3._o ca._n 1._o the_o oath_n of_o a_o freeman_n of_o london_n and_o act_n of_o parliament_n for_o confirmation_n of_o their_o liberty_n in_o archivis_fw-la in_o albo_fw-la tur●i_fw-la london_n &_o in_o recept_n thesaurat_n scaccarii_fw-la post_fw-la 25_o e._n 3._o pas_n 22._o e._n 1._o london_n rot_v 3._o 7_o h._n 5._o ca._n 1._o 19_o h._n 7._o ca._n 6._o 23_o h._n 8._o ca._n 14._o trin._n 21._o eliz_n rot_v 113._o in_o banco_n regis_fw-la old_a book_n of_o entry_n tit_n false_a imprisonment_n fol._n 320._o welwade_v sea-law_n 27._o 63._o 38_o e._n 3._o ca._n 1._o petition_n parl._n 38_o e._n 3._o rot._n parl._n 46._o e._n 3._o rot._n parl._n 50._o e._n 3_o 7_o h._n 4._o ca._n 13._o 10_o h._n 6._o &_o 18_o h._n 6._o ca._n 9_o inter_fw-la petitiones_fw-la parl._n 33_o h._n 6._o n._n 57_o coke_n 2._o part_n institutes_n 50_o &_o 51._o posthuma_n grotii_n in_o epistola_fw-la quadam_fw-la plowdens_fw-fr comment_fw-fr 363_o 369_o &_o 469._o ibid._n 46_o &_o 467._o coke_n 5._o report_n 2._o part_n 5_o &_o 6._o coke_n 3_o relat_n case_n deal_v fine_n 5_o eliz._n ca._n 4._o 28_o e._n 3._o ca._n 3._o 42_o e_z 3._o ca._n 1._o coke_n comment_fw-fr super_fw-la magna_fw-la chart._n 37_o e._n 3._o ca._n 18._o petition_v of_o right_n in_o 3_o car._n primi_fw-la vide_fw-la act_n of_o common_a council_n coke_n 11._o report_v doctor_n foster_n case_n coke_n 6._o report_n 10._o &_o 18._o h._n 6._o ca._n 9_o rot._n parl._n 5_o r._n 2._o coke_n in_o prefat_n '_o 8._o report_n fortescue_n de_fw-fr laudibus_fw-la legum_fw-la angliae_fw-la coke_n 2._o relat_n in_o prefat_n bracton_n lib._n 5._o ca._n 33._o genesis_n 42._o v_o 16_o &_o 36._o sir_n edward_n coke_n in_o mag._n chart._n 50_o 51_o 53._o register_n 64._o rot._n pat_o 21._o e._n 3._o part_n 1._o asser_n menevensis_n de_fw-fr alfredi_n rebus_fw-la gestis_fw-la 21._o ll._n inae_fw-la ca._n 6._o ll._n alured_n cap._n 6._o ●3_n ll._n inae_fw-la ca._n 23._o mirror_n of_o justice_n cap._n 1._o §._o 3._o and_o cap._n 5._o §._o 5._o and_o article_n upon_o the_o statute_n of_o westud_v 2._o mirror_n of_o justice_n ca._n 5._o §._o 2._o spelman_n glossar_n '_o in_o verbo_fw-la justicia_fw-la &_o eire_n ll._n alured_n cap._n 1._o exact_a collection_n of_o the_o king_n speech_n &_o declaration_n ibidem_fw-la prynn_n sovereign_a power_n of_o paliarment_n rutherford_n lex_fw-la rex_fw-la heugh_n peter_n good_a work_n for_o a_o good_a magistrate_n mr._n jo._n dury_n reproposals_a mr._n john_n rogers_n sagrir_fw-fr boon_n examen_fw-la legum_n angliae_fw-la ca._n 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 8_o 10_o 11_o 12_o 13._o declaration_n of_o the_o army_n in_o anno_fw-la 1659._o declaration_n of_o parliament_n 9_o feb._n 1648._o declaration_n of_o the_o parliament_n of_o england_n 17_o march_n 1648_o express_v the_o ground_n of_o their_o settle_v the_o present_a government_n in_o the_o way_n of_o a_o free-state_n cromwel_n speech_n to_o his_o parliament_n upon_o his_o dissolution_n of_o they_o the_o 12_o day_n of_o september_n 1654._o remonstrance_n of_o the_o prisoner_n for_o debt_n to_o the_o parliament_n concern_v the_o injustice_n of_o the_o committee_n fit_v at_o salters-hall_n in_o london_n for_o relief_n of_o creditor_n and_o prisoner_n the_o distress_a condition_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o south-wales_n linwood_n in_o constitutionibus_fw-la othoboni_n josh_n 15_o calvins_n case_n in_o coke_n 7_o report_n and_o lord_n ellesmeres_n post_fw-la nati_fw-la mic_n 12_o e._n 4._o 22._o shefferus_fw-la history_n of_o lapland_n cap_n 11._o proposal_n of_o s._n d._n and_o divers_a atorney_n of_o the_o court_n of_o common_a plea_n to_o the_o committee_n for_o the_o regulation_n of_o the_o law_n 24_o may_n 1650._o exod._n 22._o v_o 26._o deut._n 17._o 12._o 13_o e._n 1._o ca._n 18._o 1_o h._n 4._o 6._o 15_o h._n 7._o 14_o 15._o 45_o e._n 3._o 19_o 34_o e._n 3._o br._n 922._o pas._n 22_o e._n 3._o 4._o jones_n report_v 255._o bracton_n lib._n 5._o c._n 17._o zeiglerus_n dicastice_v sive_fw-la de_fw-la judicum_fw-la officio_fw-la conclus_fw-la 40._o §._o 1_o 9_o 46_o 53_o cic._n offic._n l._n 37._o ff_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la l._n 34._o l._n 114._o ff_n de_fw-fr reg._n jur._n tob._n paurmester_n de_fw-fr jurisdict_n lib._n 2._o ca._n 6._o num_fw-la 119._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d §_o 4._o in_o his_o soliloquy_n upon_o the_o 19_o proposition_n varsevicus_fw-la de_fw-la legato_fw-la 22._o