Certain assayes propounded to the consideration of the honourable committee for regulating the proceedings at law. Whereby it is made evident that most cases now determined in Chancery and other courts of equity, may be reduced to tryall at law. To the great ease and benefit of the Commonwealth.
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Certain assayes propounded to the consideration of the honourable committee for regulating the proceedings at law. Whereby it is made evident that most cases now determined in Chancery and other courts of equity, may be reduced to tryall at law. To the great ease and benefit of the Commonwealth.
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S. D.
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London :: printed for Thomas Creake,
1652.
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Courts -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE the COMMITTEE appointed for the regulating proceedings at LAW.
May it please your Honours,
TAking to consideration the great delay and charge that continu∣ally happens to the Clyent by prolix and costly suits in Equi∣ty, and considering the flouri∣shing condition of the Common Law, even in the Swording times of the three first Edwards, and for some good space after, when few, or rather no suits were determined in an equi∣table course: and finding the inconveniency of them at this day, which no man can wonder at, when the Lord chiefe Iustice Fairfax in their infancy com∣plained * 1.1 against them, and the pleaders or Counsel∣lers
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that promoted them, the same having been more proper for actions of the Case at Law. And also observing the great care former Parliaments have used to reduce causes from Equity to Law, as appeares by the Act of 27. H. 8. of transferring uses, 13 Eliz. for suppressing frauds, and divers others; and having formerly published some Pro∣posals in order to regulating the proceedings at Law, many of which you have been pleased to take into consideration, hath made me to adventure upon your clemencies this once more, by submitting these second considerations to your judgements, assu∣ring my selfe that by your patronage and favouring the same with your eye and labours, something may thereby be produced to the benefit of the Common∣wealth, and the Common Law cleared of many aspersions (by the ignorant) cast upon it, by reason of the delato••y and costly proceedings in all Courts of Equity. Which is the greatest of the ambition of him that herein is