Difference between revisions of "Lex Testamentaria"

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by William Nelson

In addition to treatises on evidence, game law and a notable JP manual, Nelson produced editions of Dalton's Countrey Justice, Blount's Nomo Lexicon and Manwood's Laws of the Forest. OCLC locates 6 copies of this imprint, 4 in North American law libraries. ^[1]

Bibliographic Information

Author: William Nelson

Title: Lex Testamentaria: Or, A Compendious System Of All The Laws Of England, As Well Before The Statute Of Henry VIII. As Since, Concerning Last Wills And Testaments : In Which Are Collected, All The Judgments And Resolutions Dispers'd In The Year-Books, And All Other Reports Both In Law And Equity, What Estates In Fee, In Tail, For Life Or Years, Have Been Created By Wills Either Expressly Or By Implication. Treating Also Of All Cases Concerning Executory Devices And Legacies. And Of All Actions, Pleas, And Judgments, By, For, Or Against Executors, Administrators, And Guardians : Very Necessary For All Who Are, Or May Be, Entitled To Any Estates By Virtue Of Any Will Or Administration, Or As Guardians To Infants : Collected In A More Plain, Easy, And Methodical Manner Than Hither To Hath Been Done In Any Treatise Of This Nature

Published: London, In the Savoy: Printed by E. and R. Gosling for Joell Stephens, 1728.

Edition:

Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library

Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy

Bound in contemporary calf with blind frames to boards, rebacked retaining spines with raised binds and lettering pieces and mended hinges. Contains signatures of early owner to the head of the title page. Purchased from The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

References

1. ↑ Sweet & Maxwell, A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 1:493(26).