The third part of the reports of severall excellent cases of law, argued and adjudged in the courts of law at Westminster in the time of the late Queen Elizabeth, from the first, to the five and thirtieth year of her reign collected by a learned professor of the law, William Leonard ... ; with alphabetical tables of the names of the cases, and of the matters contained in the book.
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The third part of the reports of severall excellent cases of law, argued and adjudged in the courts of law at Westminster in the time of the late Queen Elizabeth, from the first, to the five and thirtieth year of her reign collected by a learned professor of the law, William Leonard ... ; with alphabetical tables of the names of the cases, and of the matters contained in the book.
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Leonard, William.
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London :: Printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins ... for Henry Twyford, Thomas Basset, William Rawlins and John Place,
1686.
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Law -- England -- Cases.
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"The third part of the reports of severall excellent cases of law, argued and adjudged in the courts of law at Westminster in the time of the late Queen Elizabeth, from the first, to the five and thirtieth year of her reign collected by a learned professor of the law, William Leonard ... ; with alphabetical tables of the names of the cases, and of the matters contained in the book." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A47718.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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XI. Joscelin and Sheltons Case. Mich. 4 and 5 Phil. and Mary. In the Common Pleas.
* 1.1IN an Action upon the Case, the Plaintiff declared, That the Defendant in Consideration that the Son of the Plaintiff would marry the Daughter of the Defendant, assumed and promised to pay to him 400 Marks in 7 years next ensuing, by such portions. And upon Non Assumpsit pleaded, It was found for the Plaintiff. It was Obiected in Arrest of Iudgment, That one of the said 7 years was not incurred at the time of the Action brought, &c. and that ap∣peared upon the Declaration, so as the Plaintiff had not cause of Action for the whole Mony promised. And for that cause, the Writ was abated by the Court by award, although it was after Verdict. See Br. Title, Action upon the Case, 108.