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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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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 reports, digests, etc. -- England.
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 15, 2024.

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Page 138

CLXXXVII. Hare and Mellers Case. Mich. 28 Eliz. In the Common Pleas.

* 1.1HUgh Hare of the Inner-Temple brought an Action upon the Case against Phillip Mellers, and declared, That the Defendant had exhibited unto the Queen a slanderous Bill against the Plaintiff, charging the said Hugh to have recovered against the Defendant 400 l. by Forgery, Perjury, and Cosening; And also, that he had published the matter of the said Bill at Westm. &c. In this Case, it was said by the Court, That the exhibiting of the Bill to the Queen, is not in it self any Cause of Action; For the Queen is the Head and Fountain of Iustice, and therefore it is lawful for all her Subjects to resort unto her ad faciendam Querimoniam: But if a subject after the Bill once exhibited will divulge the mat∣ter therein comprehended to the disgrace and discredit of the per∣son intended, the same is good cause of Action. And that was the Case of Sir John Conway, who upon such matter recovered: And as to the words themselves, It was the Opinion of the Court, That they are not actionable: For it is not expresly shewed, That the Plaintiff hath used perjury, forgery, &c. And it may be, that the Attorny, or Sollicitor in the Cause, hath used such indirect means not known to the Plaintiff: And in such case it is true, That the Plaintiff hath recovered by forgery, &c. and yet without reproach: And by perjury he cannot recover, for he cannot be sworn in his own Cause. It was adjudged against the Plaintiff.

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