The Law-dictionary: Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State, of the English Law: Defining and Interpreting the Terms Or Words of Art; and Comprising Copious Information on the Subjects of Law, Trade, and Government, Volume 3and I. Riley, New-York. I. Riley, printer, 1811 - Law |
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