Lavv, or, a discourse thereof in foure bookes. Written in French by Sir Henrie Finch Knight, his Maiesties Serieant at Law. And done into English by the same author.
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Lavv, or, a discourse thereof in foure bookes. Written in French by Sir Henrie Finch Knight, his Maiesties Serieant at Law. And done into English by the same author.
Author
Finch, Henry, Sir, d. 1625.
Publication
London :: Printed [by Adam Islip] for the Societie of Stationers,
1627.
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Law -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"Lavv, or, a discourse thereof in foure bookes. Written in French by Sir Henrie Finch Knight, his Maiesties Serieant at Law. And done into English by the same author." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A00741.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 16, 2024.
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17. E. 4. cap. 2. made perpetuall, 1. R. 3. cap. 6. No plea shall be holden in Court of Pipowders, vnlesse the plaintife or his At∣turney sweare, that the matter of declara∣tion was done in time of the same Faire, & within iurisdiction thereof, but that oath shal be no conclusion to the defendant, but that he may pleade as he might before. E∣uery Steward, &c. holding plea contrarie, forfeiteth C. s.
The King (by commission vnder his letters pattents) but not by writ, may erect other Courts at his pleasure.
Such were Iustices of Eyre, and such Courts of record in Corporations, and o∣ther places, by speciall Charter.
The Kings Councell also is a Court, to deale with the punishment of contempts, and called the Starre-Chamber. But this is no Court of Law.