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ENQUIRY INTO THE USE AND PRACTICE OF JURIES AMONG THE GREEKS AND ROMANS; FROM WHENCE THE ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH JURY MAY PROBABLY BE DEDUCED

Pettingal, John


Item #: 63265

Pages: xv, (1), 200 pp
Published: OE; W. and W. Strahan; Reprinted in 2007.

Reprint of the scarce sole edition. This early history ofjuries is enriched with numerous citations from the Greekand Latin authors. "The Reader(...) will be pleased to findthe glorious Characteristic of this Nation, a Jury, to beoriginally founded in the Liberty of Greece, and handed downto us Through the Channel of the Commonwealth of Rome, andthe Colonies Planted in their conquests.": Preface xiii.Pettingal, a doctor of divinity and Fellow of the Society ofAntiquaries, was a prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral.Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc.

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