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The Court of Common Pleas in fifteenth century England : a study of legal administration and procedure / Margaret Hastings.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Hand CollectionPublication details: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 1971.Description: xviii, 302 p. : illustrations ; 23 cm. ; casedISBN:
  • 0208011218
  • 9780208011213
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 347.42
Contents:
General Picture of the Court -- The Fifteenth Century -- The Business of the Court -- A Day in Court -- The Records -- Personnel of the Court -- Bench and Bar: Apprentices and Sergeants at Law -- Bench and Bar: The Justices -- Officers of the Court -- The Prothonotaries -- The Keepers of the Records -- Filacers and Other Clerks -- Method of Bringing a Personal Action -- The Original Writ -- Mesne Process -- Pleading -- Trial, Judgment, and Final Process -- THandicaps and Weaknesses -- Delays and Hindrances to Justice -- Evaluation -- List of Fees of the Officers of the Court from the Black Book of the Common Pleas Transcribed in the Early Seventeenth Century -- Thomas Jakes's Memoranda -- Clerks of the Court during the Reigns of Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III -- Return Days in the Bench -- Keepers of the Writs and Chirographers of the Court of Common Pleas from the Reign of Henry III through the Reign of Henry VII -- Sources for the Study of the Court of Common Pleas in the Fifteenth Century.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Reference Carlow Campus Library Reference 347.42 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 75862

Donated by Professor Geoffrey Hand, formerly professor of law in University College, Dublin, the European University Institute, Florence, and the University of Birmingham.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-291).

General Picture of the Court -- The Fifteenth Century -- The Business of the Court -- A Day in Court -- The Records -- Personnel of the Court -- Bench and Bar: Apprentices and Sergeants at Law -- Bench and Bar: The Justices -- Officers of the Court -- The Prothonotaries -- The Keepers of the Records -- Filacers and Other Clerks -- Method of Bringing a Personal Action -- The Original Writ -- Mesne Process -- Pleading -- Trial, Judgment, and Final Process -- THandicaps and Weaknesses -- Delays and Hindrances to Justice -- Evaluation -- List of Fees of the Officers of the Court from the Black Book of the Common Pleas Transcribed in the Early Seventeenth Century -- Thomas Jakes's Memoranda -- Clerks of the Court during the Reigns of Edward IV, Edward V, and Richard III -- Return Days in the Bench -- Keepers of the Writs and Chirographers of the Court of Common Pleas from the Reign of Henry III through the Reign of Henry VII -- Sources for the Study of the Court of Common Pleas in the Fifteenth Century.

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