The Office and Duty of a Justice of the Peace: And a Guide to Sheriffs, Coroners, Clerks, Constables, and Other Civil Officers : According to the Laws of North-Carolina, with an Appendix Containing the Declaration of Rights and Constitution of this State, the Constitution of the United States, with the Amendments, Thereto : and a Collection of the Most Approved Forms |
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